Career
He now works as an assistant coach foreign His former teams are, Arizona, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax and NAC Breda. He is a very versatile player who can play all over midfield and in defence.
He is known for his dribbling and technique as well as his tackling.
He started his career at Sparta Rotterdam in 1999 signed a professional contract, withdrawing in 2004 and was for a time on loan at Ajax (2003), without, however, to measure formal involvement with the jersey. The next stop in his career was the NAC Breda, that signed Mendes da Silva in summer 2004 in a four-year deal, where he made 56 appearances scoring five goals.
Two year later he was signed by in a five-year deal,where he made 119 appearances scoring 11 goals in all competitions. In 2010 transferred to
Football Club Salzburg coach Huub Stevens has signed his No1 transfer target after completing a move for midfielder David Mendes da Silva, a fellow Dutchman.
Football Club Salzburg have signed midfielder David Mendes da Silva on a three-year contract. The 27-year-old arrives for an undisclosed fee having been a regular at Arizona for four seasons which included a Dutch title triumph in 2008/09. The right-sided player previously worked with Stevens" assistant Ton Lokhoff during a spell at NAC Breda.
Mendes after his transfer stated: "I admit that the Austrian league is not very well known, but I"m very happy with this transfer.
Red Bulletin are the reigning champions and play Champions League football next term. I"m looking forward to a new challenge," to Voetbal International.
On 20 October 2009, Mendes da Silva scored a stunning 93rd-minute equaliser against Arsenal in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League to give his team somewhat of a historic result after Arsenal had led through Cesc Fàbregas"s first half goal. There he stayed until February 2013.
On 4 July 2013, the Dutch international football player signs for F.C. for three years for an undisclosed fee.
After advancing in the 3rd round of the CL competition and elimination in the playoff round of CL the team and Mendes participated in the Group Stage of the 2014/15 Uefa Cup Competition. The Greek side is managed by former Roda JC, and Ajax striker Giannis Anastasiou.On 29/10 he announced his retirement from football. He made his international debut for Netherlands on 7 February 2007.
Mendes has 7 Netherlands caps to his name, with his last appearance for the Oranje back in 2009, coming on in the 84th minute of a 0-0 draw with Australia.He also played for Dutch U-20s team at 2001 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship, which lost to Egypt U-20 team in the quarter-finals.