Nilton Pereira Mendes

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Mendes.

Mendes
Personal information
Full name	Nilton Pereira Mendes
Date of birth	(1976-01-07)January 7, 1976
Place of birth	Governador Valadares, Brazil
Date of death	September 18, 2006(2006-09-18) (aged 30)
Place of death	Karagandy, Kazakhstan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Atlético Mineiro
	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	25	(2)
1999–2001	Irtysh Pavlodar	76	(43)
2002–2004	Zhenis Astana	71	(20)
2004	Shakhter Karagandy	16	(6)
2005	Zhenis Astana	26	(7)
2006	Shakhter Karagandy	11	(3)
Total		225	(81)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nilton Pereira Mendes or simply Mendes (January 7, 1976, Governador Valadares, Brazil – September 18, 2006, Karagandy) was a Brazilian professional footballer.

Death

Mendes collapsed on the pitch during a training match for his club FC Shakhter Karagandy and died on the way to the hospital.^[1]

Awards

Kazakh Footballer of the Year

Football Federation	1992: Volgin 1993: Kurganskiy 1994: Musatayev 1995: Miroshnichenko 1996: Voskoboynikov 1997: Voskoboynikov 1998: Voskoboynikov 1999: Avdeyev 2000: Avdeyev 2001: Tlekhugov 2002: Lovchev 2003: Zhumaskaliyev 2004: Smakov 2005: Zhumaskaliyev 2006: not held 2007: not held 2008: Smakov 2009: not held 2010: Zhumaskaliyev 2011: Konysbayev 2012: Nurdauletov 2013: Finonchenko 2014: Islamkhan

GOAL Magazine	1999: Zubarev 2000: Mendes 2001: Tlekhugov 2002: Lovchev 2003: Novikov 2004: Smakov 2005: Litvinenko 2006: Loria 2007: Smakov 2008: Smakov 2009: Smakov 2010: Zhumaskaliyev 2011: Schmidtgal 2012: Bakayev 2013: Finonchenko 2014: Islamkhan

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