Ryan Mendes
Cape Verde · FW · age 36
2026 World Cup squad profile
- Team
- Cape Verde
- Position
- FW
- Squad role
- Projected starter
- Position rank
- #1
- Intl caps
- 96
- Intl goals
- 22
- Intl assists
- 7
- Composite rating
- 0.17(model rating, 0–1)
- P(scores ≥1)
- 14.3%
See Ryan Mendes on the full Cape Verde scoring list →
Recent form
Rising
2022/23 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (7.27 vs 6.62).
Major tournament stats
| Tournament | MP | Min | G | A | xG | Sh | KP | PrgP | PrgC | Tkl | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFCON 2023 | 5 | 388 | 2 | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 2 |
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in the tournament.
- Min
- Total minutes on the pitch.
- G
- Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
- A
- Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
- xG
- Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
- Sh
- Shots taken.
- KP
- Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
- PrgP
- Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
- PrgC
- Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
- Tkl
- Tackles won.
- Int
- Interceptions.
Full definitions in the glossary.
54
Career matches
2,159
Career minutes
7
Goals
5
Assists
0.0
xG
Career percentiles
Goals / 90
0.29
90
xG / 90
0.00
17
xAG / 90
0.00
18
vs 356 MF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.
Career — goals & xG by season
GoalsxG
Season-by-season
| Season | Club | League | MP | Mins | Goals | Assists | xG | xAG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Lille | Ligue 1 | 9 | 328 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 2013-14 | Lille | Ligue 1 | 16 | 654 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| 2014-15 | Lille | Ligue 1 | 19 | 852 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| 2015-16 | Lille | Ligue 1 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016-17 | Lille | Ligue 1 | 7 | 236 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
- MP
- Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
- Mins
- Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
- Goals
- Goals scored (penalties included).
- Assists
- Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
- xG
- Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
- xAG
- Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.
Full definitions in the glossary.