{{short description|Brazilian footballer}} {{For|the Portuguese player and manager|Tiago Mendes}} {{Portuguese name|Mendes|Ribeiro}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Thiago Mendes | image = 20191002 Fußball, Männer, UEFA Champions League, RB Leipzig - Olympique Lyonnais by Stepro StP 0223 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Mendes with Lyon in 2019 | full_name = Thiago Henrique Mendes Ribeiro | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|15|df=y}} | birth_place = São Luís, Brazil | height = 1.77 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ol.fr/en/football/roster/players/thiago-mendes |title=Thiago Mendes |publisher=Olympique Lyonnais |access-date=9 March 2023 }}</ref> | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Vasco da Gama | clubnumber = 23 | youthclubs1 = Goiás | youthyears1 = | years1 = 2012–2014 | clubs1 = Goiás | caps1 = 137 | goals1 = 9 | years2 = 2015–2017 | clubs2 = São Paulo | caps2 = 112 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2017–2019 | clubs3 = Lille | caps3 = 66 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2019–2023 | clubs4 = Lyon | caps4 = 114 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Al-Rayyan | caps5 = 20 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2025– | clubs6 = Vasco da Gama | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 3 | club-update = 8 April 2026 }} '''Thiago Henrique Mendes Ribeiro''' (born 15 March 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama
==Career== ===Lille=== On 8 July 2017, Ligue 1 side Lille announced the signing of Mendes on a five-year contract. The transfer fee was reported as "worth up to €9 million" after being signed by manager Marcelo Bielsa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lille finalise deals for Mendes and Malcuit|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/lille-finalise-deals-mendes-and-malcuit|accessdate=29 July 2017|work=FourFourTwo|date=8 July 2017}}</ref>
===Lyon=== On 3 July 2019, Mendes signed for Ligue 1 club Lyon.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thiago Mendes transféré de Lille à Lyon (officiel)|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Thiago-mendes-transfere-de-lille-a-lyon-officiel/1036304|accessdate=3 July 2019|work=L'Équipe|date=3 July 2019}}</ref>
===Vasco da Gama=== On 3 July 2025, Mendes signed for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Vasco da Gama.
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 7 July 2023}}{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other{{ref|a|1}} !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Goiás |2012 |Série B |35||1||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||2||52||3 |- |2013 |rowspan="2"|Série A |27||1||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan=2|—||14||1||48||2 |- |2014 |34||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||4||1||16||1||56||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !96!!5!!15!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!1!!41!!4!!156!!10 |- |rowspan="4"|São Paulo |2015 |rowspan="3"|Série A |35||1||5||1||colspan="2"|—||3||0||11||0||54||2 |- |2016 |32||2||2||0||colspan="2"|—||14||1||14||1||62||4 |- |2017 |5||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||1||1||15||4||26||5 |- !colspan="2"|Total !72!!3!!12!!1!!colspan=2|—!!18!!2!!40!!5!!142!!11 |- |rowspan="3"|Lille |2017–18 |rowspan="2"|Ligue 1 |31||3||2||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||4 |- |2018–19 |35||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||37||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!3!!4!!1!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!72!!4 |- | rowspan="5" |Lyon |2019–20 |rowspan="4"|Ligue 1 |22||0||3||0||4||0||8||0||colspan="2"|—||37||0 |- |2020–21 |32||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||35||0 |- |2021–22 |29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0||colspan="2"|—||37||1 |- |2022–23 |31 |1 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |34 |1 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !114!!2!!9!!0!!4!!0!!16!!0!! colspan="2" |—!!143!!2 |- |rowspan="2"|Al-Rayyan |2023-24 |QSL |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !349!!13!!39!!2!!6!!0!!38!!3!!81!!9!!512!!27 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}} *1.{{note|a}}Includes Campeonato Goiano and Campeonato Paulista.
==Honours== '''Goiás''' * Campeonato Goiano: 2012, 2013 * Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: 2012 '''São Paulo''' *Florida Cup: 2017 '''Lyon''' *Emirates Cup: 2019 * Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2020 |title=Paris St-Germain beat Lyon in French League Cup final for another treble |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/53617357 |access-date=16 June 2022 |website=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * [https://www.ol.fr/en/football/roster/players/thiago-mendes Profile] at the Olympique Lyonnais website * {{Soccerway|thiago-henrique-mendes-ribeiro/167149}} * {{LFP Ligue 1|thiago-henrique-santos-mendes}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Thiago}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Brazilian men's footballers Category:Goiás Esporte Clube players Category:São Paulo FC players Category:Lille OSC players Category:Olympique Lyonnais players Category:Al-Rayyan SC players Category:CR Vasco da Gama players Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Qatar Stars League players Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Category:Footballers from São Luís, Maranhão Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
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