Igor Mendes

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Barcelona de Ilhéus U18
21 Dec 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Igor Mendes

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The Barcelona de Ilhéus Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

The knee: Leomir out for 122 days

122 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Barcelona de Ilhéus lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Match

A bad afternoon for Barcelona de Ilhéus against Central

0‑2 to Central, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Barcelona de Ilhéus promote Éder Rodrigues from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Éder Rodrigues has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Barcelona de Ilhéus promote Igor Mendes from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Igor Mendes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Player ratings

Dija Baiano runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Paulo Guimarães left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout

No hiding place for Daniel Lima

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Lima, and the manager let it.

Squad

Éder Rodrigues makes his debut at 14

At 14 years old, Éder Rodrigues became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Squad

Jairo has taken the shirt

At 37 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Barcelona de Ilhéus are won quietly and lost loudly.

In brief