Carlos Mendes Varela
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Portuguese rugby league player (b.1984)
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Varela.
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| Born | (1984年12月28日) 28 December 1984 (age 40) Seixal, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlos Mendes Varela (born 28 December 1984) is a Portuguese-born French professional rugby league footballer. Arrived in France at 12, he took the French nationality and played in 2008 for the France A team (reserve of the national team).[3] His position is winger or centre. He is currently playing for Toulouse Olympique in the Co-operative Championship competition in France and England. Prior to his signing with Toulouse he was playing at Lyon in the French first division.
Background
[edit ]Carlos Mendes Varela was born in Seixal, Portugal and is of Cape Verdean descent. He moved to France at the age of 12.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ itsrugby.fr
- ^ championshipstats.rlfans.com
- ^ La Depeche:"Carlos Mendes Varela et la zen attitude"
- ^ https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/08/07/651156-toulouse-olympique-carlos-mendes-varela-et-la-zen-attitude.html#:~:text=Arriv%C3%A9%20en%20France%20%C3%A0%20l,situ%C3%A9e%20au%20large%20du%20S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal.
External links
[edit ]- Toulouse Olympique profile
- Widnes Vikings: Portuguese star could figure for Toulouse in Co-operative Championship game Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News
Categories:
- 1984 births
- Living people
- French people of Cape Verdean descent
- French rugby league players
- Lyon Villeurbanne XIII players
- People from Seixal
- Portuguese rugby league players
- Portuguese sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent
- Portuguese emigrants to France
- Rugby league wingers
- Sportspeople from Setúbal District
- Toulouse Olympique players
- 21st-century French sportsmen