{"id":855096,"date":"2025-06-12T17:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/martinez-calls-nuno-mendes-best-left-back-hes-ever-seen-in-ballon-dor-backing\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:11:53","slug":"martinez-calls-nuno-mendes-best-left-back-hes-ever-seen-in-ballon-dor-backing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/12\/martinez-calls-nuno-mendes-best-left-back-hes-ever-seen-in-ballon-dor-backing\/","title":{"rendered":"Martinez calls Nuno Mendes \u2018best left-back he\u2019s ever seen\u2019 in Ballon d\u2019Or backing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roberto Martinez called Nuno Mendes the \u2018best left-back he\u2019s ever seen\u2019 and backed the Portugal star for the Ballon d\u2019Or award after an incredible season.<\/p>\n

Mendes played a crucial role in Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s historic treble, which included their first-ever Champions League title.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old also scored a goal in normal time along with a penalty in the shootout as Portugal beat Spain to win their second Nations League.<\/p>\n

National team manager Martinez hailed the defender\u2019s performances this season, calling him a level above the rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to think that the perfect player didn\u2019t exist, but Nuno is very close to that,\u201d Martinez told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Nuno Mendes is the best left-back I\u2019ve ever seen. He can play out wide or inside. He\u2019s very fast and has great passing ability.<\/p>\n

\u201cMendes and Vitinha are way above the rest, both at club level and in terms of their profile.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soccer Roberto Martinez called Nuno Mendes the \u2018best left-back he\u2019s ever seen\u2019 and backed the Portugal star for the Ballon d\u2019Or award after an incredible season. Mendes played a crucial role in Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s historic treble, which included their first-ever Champions League title. The 22-year-old also scored a goal in normal time along with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":855097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,37247,2005],"tags":[5691,48339],"class_list":{"0":"post-855096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calls","8":"category-martinez","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-calls","11":"tag-martinez"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}