Ronaldinho, his son Joao Mendes signs for Barcelona: who is it – Corriere.it

The last game of Ronaldinho with the shirt of Barcelona dates back to almost 15 years ago. March 9, 2008, the blaugrana of Rijkaard forgiveness at home with the Villarreal third in the standings. From there, the Brazilian will miss the entire last part of the season due to a muscle injury and his teammates will end the year with zero titles before filling his stomach with the arrival of Guardhouse. And if Pep leads City today, another Ronaldinho set foot in Cataloniaor the son of the ex 10. It is about Joao Mendes (17 years old), who in the last few hours has signed the first contract that will bind him to the club in which his father – who returned to the field in recent days at the age of 42 – grew up. In the Blaugrana offices, the young man shook hands with the leaders of the cantera Joan Soler and Jos Ramn Alexanko.

Who Joao Mendes, the son of Ronaldinho

Only the announcement was missing, because everyone knew that signing Ronaldinho jr would have been a matter of little. On February 6, the president Joan Laporta (struggling with Baragate) confirmed the latest rumors at Sports world
and also Joao Mendes himself had made his debut in a friendly against Manchester United. This is a striker who can also play as a midfielder. Naturally right handed, according to those who know him well, he knows how to use his left hand with considerable familiarity. He started in Brazil, in a football school in Rio de Janeiro, when he was just four years old. Then the landing in the youth sector of Flamengotransfers to Vasco da Gama and Boavista. Finally the most important adventure, the one at Cruzeirowhere it all started in a particular way, because Joao has always hidden the fact that he was the son of one of the greatest Brazilian champions ever. His real identity was revealed in 2019, when he found himself signing his first professional contract. His parenthesis in Belo Horizonte ended in February 2022, from there almost a year without a team and finally the Barcelonafor which he signs right on the day of Classic against the Real (kick-off at 21).