Carolina Mendes
Carolina Ana Trindade Coruche Mendes (born 27 November 1987) is a Portuguese football striker, who plays for SC Braga and the Portugal women's national football team. Club career. She first played for UD Ponte Frielas and SU 1º de Dezembro of the National Football Championship. She subsequently moved to Spain, where she player for UE L'Estartit and SPC Llanos de Olivenza in Spain's Primera División. In 2013, she moved to Italy's ASD Riviera di Romagna, and the next year she signed for WFC Rossiyanka in Russia. In 2016 Mendes signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF  for one year. International career. Mendes made her debut for the senior Portugal national team in March 2007, as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Ireland at the 2007 Algarve Cup. She was named by coach Francisco Neto in the Portugal squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. In Portugal's 2–1 win over Scotland, Mendes scored the national team's first ever goal at a major international tournament finals. She scored again in the final group match against England, but Portugal lost 2–1 and were eliminated.