About Clive Mendonca
Clive Paul Mendonca is an English former professional footballer, who played as a forward between 1986 and 2002, notably for Grimsby Town and Charlton Athletic. Mendonca also played for Sheffield United, Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United. Mendonca also scored a penalty in the subsequent penalty shoot-out after a 4–4 draw, which Charlton won 7–6. Mendonca scored another hat-trick in Charlton's first home game in the Premier League, a 5–0 win against Southampton. Mendonca scored 60 goals in 166 appearances for Grimsby, and is considered to be their best striker in recent history. However, he started to suffer a series of injury problems, with his final appearance for Charlton coming in the first half of the 1999–2000 season against Queens Park Rangers.
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