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{{Portuguese name|Pereira|Mendes}}
{{Infobox football biography
 | name        = Mendes
 | image       = 
 | fullname    = Nilton Pereira Mendes
 | height      = {{height|m=1.80}}
 | birth_date  = {{birth date|1976|1|7}}
 | birth_place = [[Governador Valadares]], [[Brazil]]
 | death_date  = {{death date and age|2006|9|18|1976|1|7}}
 | death_place = [[Karagandy]], [[Kazakhstan]]
 | position    = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
 | currentclub = 
 | clubnumber  = 
 | youthyears1 =           | youthclubs1 = [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]]
 | youthyears2 =           | youthclubs2 = [[Associação Atlética Internacional (Limeira)|Internacional]]
 | years1      = 1998      | clubs1   = [[FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi|Zhemchuzhina Sochi]] | caps1   = 25 | goals1   = 2
 | years2      = 1999–2001 | clubs2   = [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]       | caps2   = 76 | goals2   = 43
 | years3      = 2002–2004 | clubs3   = [[FC Zhenis Astana|Zhenis Astana]]           | caps3   = 71 | goals3   = 20
 | years4      = 2004      | clubs4   = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]] | caps4   = 16 | goals4   = 6
 | years5      = 2005      | clubs5   = [[FC Zhenis Astana|Zhenis Astana]]           | caps5   = 26 | goals5   = 7
 | years6      = 2006      | clubs6   = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]] | caps6   = 11 | goals6   = 3
 | totalcaps   = 225       | totalgoals = 81
 | pcupdate    = 
 | ntupdate    = 
}}
'''Nilton Pereira Mendes''' or simply '''Mendes''' (January 7, 1976, [[Governador Valadares]], [[Brazil]] &ndash; September 18, 2006, [[Karagandy]]) was a [[Brazil]]ian professional [[Association football|football]]er. 

==Death==
Mendes collapsed on the pitch during a training match for his club [[FC Shakhter Karagandy]] and died on the way to the hospital.<ref>[http://sport.gazeta.kz/art/?aid=25302 МЫ остались без Мендеса…], Наш спорт, September 19, 2006</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
; Irtysh
*[[Kazakhstan Premier League]] winner (1): [[1999 Kazakhstan Premier League|1999]].
*Kazakhstan Premier League bronze (1): [[2000 Kazakhstan Premier League|2000]].

; Astana-1964
*[[Kazakhstan Premier League]] bronze (1): [[2003 Kazakhstan Premier League|2003]].
*[[Kazakhstan Cup]] winner (2): 2002, 2005
*Kazakhstan Cup runner-up (1): 2001

===Individual===
* [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] top scorer: [[2000 Kazakhstan Premier League|2000]] (21 goals).
* [[Kazakhstan Premier League]] best foreign player: [[2002 Kazakhstan Premier League|2002]].

==References==
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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:Brazilian footballers]]
[[Category:Association football players who died while playing]]
[[Category:FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi players]]
[[Category:Russian Premier League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Russia]]
[[Category:FC Irtysh Pavlodar players]]
[[Category:FC Shakhter Karagandy players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriates in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:FC Zhenis Astana players]]

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[[Category:Association football forwards]]