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Ronaldinho\u2019s son, Joao Mendes, has signed a contract with Barcelona\u2019s under-19 team, FC Barcelona.<\/p>\n
ESPN reported in January that Joao Mendes de Assis Moreira, 18, was training with Barca\u2019s Juvenil A side pending a decision on whether to hand him a deal.<\/p>\n
Following a successful trial, Barca have now taken up an option to extend Mendes\u2019 stay. He signed a contract yesterday alongside academy director Jose Ramon Alexanco.<\/p>\n
Sources have told ESPN that Mendes\u2019 contract will run until summer next year, when the forward would exit the U-19 age bracket. Sources added the club will assess whether to offer an extended deal after his initial contract expires.<\/p>\n
The teenager had been playing for Cruzeiro since he was 14, but rescinded his contract with the Brazilian side at the end of last year.<\/p>\n
He is a left-footed forward who can play across the front line, with his career being overseen by his uncle, Roberto de Assis Moreira, who also played an active role in Ronaldinho\u2019s playing career.<\/p>\n
Mendes\u2019 move to Barcelona will allow Ronaldinho to spend more time back in the city where he spent five years as a player, from 2003-08.<\/p>\n
Ronaldinho, 42, has already been in Barcelona while his son has been on trial at Camp Nou, and he turned out in Gerard Pique\u2019s Kings League last weekend.<\/p>\n
The 2002 World Cup winner played for Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos\u2019 team in the seven-a-side competition, but could not stop them falling to a penalty shootout defeat.<\/p>\n
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