Alfredo Valadas

In 1947, he made his debut as head coach, guiding Vitória Guimarães to a seventh place in the 1947–48 season, and improving one position in the next season. He also guided Salgueiros to the first division in 1951–52.

On 31 January 1937, he scored the club 100th goal in the Primeira Liga. In the nineteen-forties, he scored 21 league goals in two seasons combined, to help the club win two more leagues, in 1941–42, 1942–43. He retired with a match in his honor on 1 December 1944, after 264 official matches, scoring 158 times; immediately assuming an assistant position under János Biri.

In 1934, he returned to Lisbon and joined Benfica, again with the promise to help him find a job, which they did, when he became a civil servant in 1937. He made his debut on 14 October 1934, in a home win against his former team, Sporting, and helped the club conquer the Campeonato de Portugal, again defeating previous team on 30 June 1935. He was also the club's first goalscorer in the Primeira Liga, after opening the score in a 3-1 win over Vitória de Setúbal on 20 January 1935 and finished the season with 23 goals in all competitions, a club best. In the following three seasons, he played alongside Vítor Silva, Espírito Santo and Domingos Lopes, as Benfica conquered a three-peat, winning the league in 1935–36, 1936–37, 1937–38, with Valadas being club topscorer in the first of those.

Valadas made his national team debut against Yugoslavia on 3 May 1932 in Lisbon and scored 1 goal in a 3–2 win. He gained 6 caps and scored 2 goals, with his last cap arriving in a one-nil win over Spain on 30 January 1938.

Alfredo Valadas Mendes (16 February 1912 – 1994) was a Portuguese footballer who played as outside forward.