Luciano Teixeira

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Teixeira.

Luciano Teixeira

Personal information
Full name	Luciano Mendes Teixeira
Date of birth	(1993-10-10) 10 October 1993
Place of birth	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Coruchense
Youth career
2010–2011	Étoile Lusitana
2012	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Benfica B	33	(0)
2013–2014	Metz	4	(0)
2014–2015	Chaves	9	(0)
2015–2016	R.F.C. Seraing	0	(0)
2018–2019	Cartaxo	17	(2)
2019–	Lusitano de Évora	0	(0)
2019–	Coruchense	11	(0)
International career‡
2010–	Guinea-Bissau	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:11, 4 May 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:03, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Luciano Mendes Teixeira (born 10 October 1993) is a Guinea-Bissauan professional footballer who plays for as a defensive midfielder for Portuguese lower-league side Coruchense. Between 2010 and 2012, he made six appearances for the Guinea-Bissau national team.

Club career

On 11 August 2012, Teixeira made his debut with Benfica B in a 2012–13 Segunda Liga match against Braga B where he played 72 minutes as a defensive midfielder and scored an own goal at 63rd minute.

He joined Metz during the summer 2013. A year later, he moved to Chaves.

External links

• Luciano Teixeira at ForaDeJogo (archived)