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Lethal Portuguese striker, Carolina Mendes has penned a contract with a domestic top division club, Sporting Lisbon. The contract is until 30 June 2020

Carolina (30) moves to the Portuguese giants-Sporting Lisbon from the Italy’s first division club, where she played 16 league matches and scored five goals for ASD Mozzanica outfit. She also featured in one Coppa Italia match and scored a goal. ASD Mozzanica ended in the fifth position of Serie A.

Prior to Italy, the Portuguese international spent a season in Icelandic top-flight (Úrvalsdeild Women) with Grindavik. She also played for Djurgården in Sweden, for FC Rossiyanka in Russia where she won the Russian Women’s Football Championship and has also played in Spain, since she started her international career.

Carolina has 72 caps and 13 goals with Portugal Women’s National team. With four games and a goal scored, she helped Portugal to finish third in the Algarve Cup 2018, this was the team’s highest-ever finish in this tournament. She also featured in all five World Cup Qualification matches so far for her country and also scored a goal.

LTA Agency wish Carolina the best of luck at her new club.