Reinildo Mandava

Mozambican footballer

Reinildo Mandava
Mandava playing for Lille in 2021
Personal information
Full name Reinildo Isnard Mandava
Date of birth (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Beira, Mozambique
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Madrid
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ferroviário da Beira
2014–2015 GD Maputo
2015–2018 Benfica B 1 (0)
2017 → Fafe (loan) 16 (1)
2017–2018 → Sporting Covilhã (loan) 30 (4)
2018–2019 Belenenses SAD 16 (0)
2019 → Lille (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2022 Lille 63 (1)
2022– Atlético Madrid 49 (1)
International career‡
2014– Mozambique 39 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Reinildo Isnard Mandava (born 21 January 1994) is a Mozambican professional footballer who plays as a left back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Mozambique national team.[2]

Club career

Born in Beira, Mandava began his football career with Ferroviário da Beira and GD Maputo.[3] In December 2015, he signed for Portuguese club Benfica[4] and was assigned to their reserve team. In June 2017, he was loaned out to Sporting da Covilhã in LigaPro for one season.[5][6]

In 2018 he moved to Belenenses SAD,[7][8] and in January 2019 he moved to French club Lille on loan with a €3 million option to purchase the player at the end of the season.[9] On 31 May 2019, it was confirmed that Lille had completed the permanent purchase of Mandava.[10]

On 31 January 2022, Spanish club Atlético Madrid announced the transfer of Mandava on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[11]

International career

Mandava made his international debut for Mozambique in 2014.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2016–17[12] LigaPro 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Fafe (loan) 2016–17[12] LigaPro 16 1 0 0 0 0 — — 16 1
Sporting Covilhã (loan) 2017–18[12] LigaPro 30 4 0 0 1 0 — — 31 4
Belenenses SAD 2018–19[12] Primeira Liga 16 0 1 0 2 1 — — 19 1
Lille (loan) 2018–19[12] Ligue 1 3 0 — — — — 3 0
Lille 2019–20[12] Ligue 1 16 0 2 0 2 0 2[c] 0 — 22 0
2020–21[12] Ligue 1 29 0 0 0 — 6[d] 0 — 35 0
2021–22[12] Ligue 1 18 1 2 0 — 6[c] 0 1[e] 0 27 1
Total 63 1 4 0 2 0 14 0 1 0 84 1
Atlético Madrid 2021–22[12] La Liga 17 0 — — 4[c] 0 — 21 0
2022–23[12] La Liga 22 0 5 0 — 6[c] 0 — 33 0
2023–24[12] La Liga 10 1 2 0 — 1[c] 0 0 0 13 1
Total 49 1 7 0 — 11 0 0 0 67 1
Career total 178 7 12 0 4 1 25 0 1 0 220 8

International

Scores and results list Mozambique's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mandava goal.[13][14][15]
List of international goals scored by Reinildo Mandava
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 June 2015 Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira, Mozambique  Seychelles 2–0 5–1 2016 African Nations Championship qualification
2 4 July 2015 Stade Linité, Victoria, Seychelles  Seychelles 4–0 4–0 2016 African Nations Championship qualification
3 6 January 2024 FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Lesotho 1–0 2–0 Friendly
4 22 January 2024 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast  Ghana 2–2 2–2 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Lille

Mozambique

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Página oficial del Atlético de Madrid". Atlético Madrid.
  2. ^ Reinildo: Du Mozambique à Lille, le parcours atypique du joueur africatopsports.com
  3. ^ a b "Reinildo Mandava". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Reinildo no Benfica, Amâncio no Sporting em Lisboa" (in Portuguese). O País. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ^ O defesa-esquerdo moçambicano Reinildo, emprestado pelo Benfica por uma temporada. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese)
  6. ^ Reinildo Mandava at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ Reinildo chega para a defesa A Bola (in Portuguese)
  8. ^ Reinildo Mandava at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  9. ^ LE LATÉRAL GAUCHE REINILDO MANDAVA PRÊTÉ AU LOSC, losc.fr, 31 January 2019
  10. ^ Lille purchase Reinildo Mandava in €3m deal, getfootballnewsfrance.com, 31 May 2019
  11. ^ "¡Bienvenido, Reinildo Mandava!" [Welcome, Reinildo Mandava!] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Reinildo". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  13. ^ "CHAN 2016: Nooij sacked after Tanazania [sic] lose to Uganda". bbc.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Four-star Mambas move on as Chipolopolo survive". cafonline.com. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  15. ^ Adjei-Mintah, Yaw (7 January 2024). "Black Stars AFCON opponent, Mozambique, secures win in friendly game". citisportsonline.com. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Lille beat PSG to clinch first French Super Cup". Sky Sports. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  17. ^ "COSAFA Cup 2015 - Match Details". RSSSF.com.
  18. ^ "Trophées UNFP : cinq Parisiens, deux Lillois et deux Lyonnais dans l'équipe type" [Trophées UNFP : five Parisiens, two Lillois and two Lyonnais in the typical team]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

External links

  • Reinildo Mandava at BDFutbol

Media related to Reinildo Mandava at Wikimedia Commons

  • Profile at the Atlético Madrid website
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