Nilton Mendes

Nilton Mendes
Personnel
Surname	Nilton Pereira Mendes
birthday	7th January 1976
place of birth	Governador Valadares ,  Brazil
date of death	September 18, 2006
Place of death	Karagandy ,  Kazakhstan
size	180 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
	Atlético Mineiro
	AA Internacional (Limeira)
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998	Shemchushina Sochi	25 0(2)
1999-2001	Irtysh Pavlodar	76 (43)
2002-2004	Zhenis Astana	71 (20)
2004	Shakhtar Karagandy	16 0(6)
2005	Zhenis Astana	26 0(7)
2006	Shakhtar Karagandy	11 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.

Nilton Mendes Pereira (born January 7, 1976 in Brazil , † September 18, 2006 in Kazakhstan ) was a Brazilian football player . He played in the position of a center forward.

Mendes was released from the junior division of the AA Internacional (Limeira) in 1998 after he was not intended for the leap into the professional squad. In the same year was for Russia to Zhemchuzhina Sochi taught. A year later he went to Kazakhstan to Irtysh Pavlodar . With the club he could in his first season champions are. In 2002 he went to Zhenis Astana with whom he could win the cup. This was followed by a move to Shakhtar Karagandy in 2004 and a return to Astana in 2005.

In 2006 he went back to Karagandy. He died here on September 18, 2006 as a result of a heart attack. An ambulance was called after Mendes complained of chest pain during exercise. He was still taken to a hospital but could not be saved.

successes

Irtysh Pavlodar

• Kazakh champion : 1999
• Kazakh bronze medalist : 2000

Astana-1964

• Kazakh bronze medalist: 2003
• Kazakh Cup Winner : 2002, 2005

Personal achievements

• Top scorer in the Premjer League (2000) with 21 goals

Web links

• [1]
• Profile on transfermarkt.com
• Profile on worldfootball.net
• Report on death on jornaldebrasilia.com.br of September 18, 2006, page in portug., Accessed October 9, 2019
• Career history on uefa.com, 19 September 2006, page in portugal, accessed 9 October 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Change to Schemchuschina , report on limeiraesporte.com, page in portug., Accessed on October 9, 2019
2. ↑ Heart attack , report on focus.de from September 19, 2009, accessed on October 9, 2019