Virgílio Mendes

Virgílio Mendes
Personal information
Full name Virgílio Marques Mendes
Date of birth (1927-11-17)17 November 1927
Place of birth Entroncamento, Portugal
Date of death 24 April 2009(2009-04-24) (aged 82)
Place of death Porto, Portugal
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
1943–1946 Ferroviários
1946–1947 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1962 Porto 346 (5)
International career
1949–1960 Portugal 39 (0)
Managerial career
1966 Porto
1979–1980 Mirandela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Virgílio Marques Mendes (17 November 1926 – 24 April 2009) was a Portuguese professional footballer, noticed as a leading figure of FC Porto and the Portugal national team during the 1950s.