| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Manuel Ascenção Bebiano Mendonça | ||
| Date of birth | (2005-03-24)24 March 2005 (age 20) | ||
| Place of birth | Faro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP B | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2014 | ADGG | ||
| 2014–2017 | Louletano | ||
| 2017–2025 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Sporting CP B | 63 | (9) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Portugal U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Portugal U18 | 12 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (2) |
| 2024– | Portugal U20 | 14 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:31, 10 December 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:31, 10 December 2025 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Ascenção Bebiano Mendonça (born 24 March 2005) is a Portuguesefootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder forSporting CP B and thePortugal under-20 national team.
Born inFaro on theAlgarve, Mendonça began playing for Geração de Génios in his hometown before joining nearbyLouletano, and in 2017 he joinedSporting CP'syouth team.[1] At the end of 2021 he signed a professional contract, having seven goals in 15 games for the under-17 team that hecaptained,[2] and with whom he ended the season as national champion.[3] Having been made captain of the under-19 team while also taking part with the under-23 team,[3] he extended his contract in 2023.[1]
In January 2025, as captain ofSporting CP B in theLiga 3 and training with the first team, Mendonça received offers from clubs in Spain and Germany.[4] In July, having finished the season with 33 games, six goals and fiveassists as his team won promotion, he extended his contract to 2028.[5][6]
On 1 November 2025, Mendonça scored his firstLiga Portugal 2 goal in the 10th game of theseason, an equaliser in a 3–2 home win overFeirense.[7]
Mendonça was chosen for thePortugal under-17 team at the2022 UEFA European Championship in Israel. On 29 May, after a 2–2 draw withFrance in the semi-finals, his miss lost thepenalty shootout.[8]
On 11 June 2023, Mendonça scored for theunder-18 team in a 5–0 win over Norway in the Torneio Internacional Cidade de Lisboa in the Portuguese capital.[9] With theunder-19 team, he scored in a 4–1 home win overSerbia in2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, though his team did not make thefinal tournament in Northern Ireland.[10]