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'''Albert Junior Hillyard Andrew Mendes''' (born 15 September 1976) is an English-born [[Montserrat]]ian former professional [[association football|footballer]] and sports scientist who as of 2024, works as Head of Performance for [[
As a player he was a [[forward (association football)|striker]] from 1995 to 2015. Mendes began his career with [[Premier League]] side [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] in 1995, but was released at the 95–96 season. He went on to play in the [[Football League]] for [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]], [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]], [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]], [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] and [[Aldershot Town F.C.|Aldershot Town]], in Scotland with [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]], [[Dunfermline Athletic F.C.|Dunfermline Athletic]] and [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]], and in English Non-league football with [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage Borough]] and [[Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945)|Ilkeston Town]]. He has represented [[Montserrat national football team|Montserrat]] seven times, scoring one goal.
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He signed for [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage Borough]] in March 2009 on loan until the end of the [[2008–09 in English football|2008–09]] season.<ref name="Stevange sign">{{cite news|title=Stevenage sign Aldershot's Mendes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/7968610.stm|publisher=BBC Sport |date=27 March 2009|accessdate=28 March 2009}}</ref> He had a trial with Conference team [[York City F.C.|York City]] in October 2009,<ref name="Montserrat international Junior Mendes to play for York City reserves">{{cite news|first=Dave|last=Flett|title=Montserrat international Junior Mendes to play for York City reserves|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/yorkcityfc/4704608.Montserrat_international_Junior_Mendes_to_play_for_York_City_reserves/|work=The Press|date=27 October 2009|accessdate=27 October 2009}}</ref> before signing as stand in for one game on non-contract terms for [[Conference North]] club [[Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945)|Ilkeston Town]], to play against [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] in the [[FA Cup]] First Round.<ref name="Reds bring in Mendes">{{cite news|title=Reds bring in Mendes |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=62106 |publisher=nonleaguedaily.com |date=6 November 2009 |accessdate=8 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925140545/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=62106 |archivedate=25 September 2012 }}</ref> Mendes signed for [[Scottish Football League First Division]] club [[Ayr United F.C.|Ayr United]] in November 2009, until mid-January.<ref name="Maic Mendes">{{cite news|title=Magic Mendes |url=http://www.ayradvertiser.com/sport/football/articles/2009/11/19/394305-magic-mendes/ |publisher=ayradvertiser.com |first=Stuart |last=McConnell |date=19 November 2009 |accessdate=8 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707202240/http://www.ayradvertiser.com/sport/football/articles/2009/11/19/394305-magic-mendes/ |archivedate= 7 July 2011 }}</ref>
Mendes signed for [[Clydebank F.C.|Clydebank]] in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/sport/football/articles/2014/11/14/515895-experienced-mendes-can-help-squad/|title=Experienced Mendes can help squad|author=|date=14 November 2014|website=Clydebank Post|accessdate=29 May 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life==
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