Tiago Mendes

**Tiago Cardoso Mendes**  (; born 2 May 1981), known simply as **Tiago**, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Braga|1999–2000|Primeira Liga|18|1|1|0|—|—|—|19|1||||
|2000–01|Primeira Liga|27|0|1|0|—|—|—|28|0||||||
|2001–02|Primeira Liga|17|3|3|0|—|—|—|20|3||||||
|rowspan="4"|Benfica|2001–02|Primeira Liga|15|1|3|0|—|—|—|18|1||||
|2002–03|Primeira Liga|31|13|0|0|—|—|—|31|13||||||
|2003–04|Primeira Liga|29|5|5|3|—|9|3|—|43|11|||||
|rowspan="3"|Chelsea|2004–05|Premier League|34|4|2|0|4|0|11|0|—|51|4||
|2005–06|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|||
|rowspan="3"|Lyon|2005–06|Ligue 1|29|5|0|0|0|0|8|2|—|37|7||
|2006–07|Ligue 1|27|4|0|0|3|0|8|2|—|38|6||||
|rowspan="4"|Juventus|2007–08|Serie A|20|0|||—|—|—|20|0||||
|2008–09|Serie A|15|0|0|0|—|3|0|—|18|0|||||
|2009–10|Serie A|7|0|0|0|—|3|0|—|10|0|||||
|rowspan="2"|Atlético Madrid (loan)|2009–10|La Liga|18|2|5|1|—|—|—|23|3||||
|2010–11|La Liga|31|4|2|1|—|6|1|—|39|6|||||
|rowspan="7"|Atlético Madrid|2011–12|La Liga|24|0|0|0|—|8|0|—|32|0|||
|2012–13|La Liga|22|2|3|0|—|5|0|—|30|2|||||
|2013–14|La Liga|23|2|3|0|—|7|0|0|0|33|2||||
|2014–15|La Liga|31|5|1|0|—|4|0|1|0|37|5||||
|2015–16|La Liga|14|1|0|0|—|5|0|0|0|19|1||||
|2016–17|La Liga|12|1|0|0|—|3|0|0|0|15|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Portugal|2002|1|0|
|2003|4|0|||
|2004|7|0|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|12|0|||
|2007|6|1|||
|2008|1|0|||
|2009|9|0|||
|2010|10|2|||
|2014|4|0|||
|2015|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tiago goal._
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|28 March 2007|Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia||1–0|1–1|Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|2|21 June 2010|Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa||4–0|7–0|2010 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|3|7–0|||||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Vitória Guimarães||align=left|28 July 2020|align=left|8 October 2020||||||

## Honours

**Benfica**
- Taça de Portugal: 2003–04

**Chelsea**
- Premier League: 2004–05
- Football League Cup: 2004–05
- FA Community Shield: 2005

**Lyon**
- Ligue 1: 2005–06, 2006–07
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2006–07

**Atlético Madrid**

- La Liga: 2013–14
- Copa del Rey: 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2014
- UEFA Europa League: 2011–12
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2013–14, 2015–16

**Portugal**
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2004

**Orders**
- Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tiago
- **image**: Tiago Mendes - 01.jpg
- **caption**: Tiago as an Atlético Madrid player in 2013
- **fullname**: Tiago Cardoso Mendes
- **birth place**: Viana do Castelo, Portugal
- **height**: 1.83 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1991–1995
- **youthclubs1**: SC Vianense, Vianense
- **youthyears2**: 1996–1997
- **youthclubs2**: Âncora-Praia
- **youthyears3**: 1997–1999
- **youthclubs3**: S.C. Braga, Braga
- **years1**: 1999–2001
- **clubs1**: S.C. Braga B, Braga B
- **caps1**: 13
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 1999–2002
- **clubs2**: S.C. Braga, Braga
- **caps2**: 62
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2002–2004
- **clubs3**: S.L. Benfica, Benfica
- **caps3**: 75
- **goals3**: 19
- **years4**: 2004–2005
- **clubs4**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps4**: 34
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2005–2007
- **clubs5**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 9
- **years6**: 2007–2011
- **clubs6**: Juventus FC, Juventus
- **caps6**: 42
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2010–2011
- **clubs7**: → Atlético Madrid (loan)
- **caps7**: 49
- **goals7**: 6
- **years8**: 2011–2017
- **clubs8**: Atlético Madrid
- **caps8**: 126
- **goals8**: 11
- **totalcaps**: 457
- **totalgoals**: 52
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2002
- **nationalteam1**: Portugal national under-21 football team, Portugal U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 21
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2015
- **nationalteam2**: Portugal national football team, Portugal
- **nationalcaps2**: 66
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2017–2018
- **managerclubs1**: Atlético Madrid (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2020
- **managerclubs2**: Vitória S.C., Vitória Guimarães