Guillermo Mendizábal

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Guillermo Mendizábal
Personnel
Surname Guillermo Mendizábal Sánchez
birthday October 8, 1954
place of birth Mexico City ,  Mexico
size 181 cm
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1974-1983 CD Cruz Azul ? (17)
1983-1985 UAG Tecos 58 0(5)
1985-1986 Rayo Vallecano 28 0(2)
1986-1991 Deportivo Guadalajara 99 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1978-1981 Mexico 24 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1995-1996 Club León
???? - ???? UAT Correcaminos
1 Only league games are given.

Guillermo "Wendy" Mendizábal Sánchez (born October 8, 1954 in Mexico City ) is a retired Mexican soccer player who started his career as a central defender , but was soon promoted to midfield and held this position until the end of his playing career. He later worked as a trainer and then in management. In 2003 he became Vice President of CD Veracruz .

Career

society

At the beginning of his career, Mendizábal was active for his hometown club CD Cruz Azul for nine years , then moved to UAG Tecos for two years and then to Spain for the Madrid district club Rayo Vallecano for a year . Back in Mexico, he played for five years for Club Deportivo Guadalajara , where he ended his active career in 1991. He later worked as a coach at Club León and the UAT Correcaminos . He was also the sports director of his former club Cruz Azul and has been vice president of CD Veracruz since 2003.

Overall, Mendizábal was three times champion of the Mexican Primera División : 1979 and 1980 with Cruz Azul and 1987 with Guadalajara. It was interesting that the final of 1987 took place between his then current club Guadalajara and his former club Cruz Azul. Guadalajara was able to prevail relatively clearly with 3: 0 and 1: 2.

National team

Mendizábal made his debut in the Mexican national team on February 14, 1978 during a visit to El Salvador, which the Mexicans won 5-1. He scored his first goal in his second international match on April 4, 1978 against Bulgaria, which was won 3-0 at the Estadio Jalisco . In total, "Wendy" appeared in the national jersey of his home country 24 times and scored three goals; the other two on April 15, 1980 in Guatemala (4: 2) and on November 9, 1980 in the Aztec Stadium against the USA (5: 1). He was also part of the Mexican squad at the 1978 World Cup , where he was used in all three Mexico games. His last international match completed Mendizábal on November 22, 1981 in Honduras, which ended goalless.

successes

  • Mexican champion: 1979, 1980, 1987

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The statistics on the international matches were taken from the book by Jorge Gomez Anguas: A History of Football in Mexico (Heart Books, Rijmenam, Belgium, 1995) .

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personal data
SURNAME Mendizábal, Guillermo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mendizábal Sánchez, Guillermo (full name); Mendizábal, Wendy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mexican soccer player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city