Mario Mendez
Mario Mendez | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Mario Méndez Olague | |
birthday | June 1, 1979 | |
place of birth | Guadalajara , Mexico | |
size | 175 cm | |
position | Defense | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1998-2003 | Atlas Guadalajara | 175 (10) |
2004-2005 | Deportivo Toluca | 60 | (2)
2005 | CF Monterrey | 10 | (0)
2006 | UANL Tigres | 15 | (0)
2007 | CA Vélez Sarsfield | 29 | (0)
2008-2009 | Deportivo Toluca | 48 | (3)
2009-2010 | Atlas Guadalajara | 26 | (0)
2010-2011 | Deportivo Toluca | 17 | (1)
2011–2012 | CD Irapuato | 24 | (0)
2012-2013 | Club San Luis | 1 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2000-2008 | Mexico | 37 | (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of March 5, 2014 2 As of March 5, 2014 |
Mario Méndez Olague (born June 1, 1979 in Guadalajara ) is a retired Mexican soccer player .
At the age of 19 Méndez made his debut with his hometown club Atlas Guadalajara in the Mexican first division and was immediately a regular. He remained loyal to the club for six years and almost 200 league games before moving to Deportivo Toluca in 2004 . The following year he became a master in the aperture , but it was the first year in which he was no longer part of the first team. And so in 2005 he was loaned to CF Monterrey . From the 2006 season he will play for the UANL Tigres .
As a national player, he had his first major tournament in 1999 in the youth team at the U21 World Cup in Nigeria and reached the quarter-finals. On January 9, 2000 he made his debut in the senior team . Mario Méndez played a total of 37 times for the national team until 2008, he was in the squad when he won the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2003, played in 4 of the 5 Confed Cup games in 2005 and in 7 games in the qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where he was part of the Mexican World Cup squad and - with the exception of the last 13 minutes in the third round match against Portugal - played all games over the full distance.
Title / Achievements
- CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003
- Mexican champion : Apertura 2005
- Best league newcomer 1998 (winter)
Web links
- Player profile at esmas.com
- Profile at the Mexican Football Association
- Mario Méndez in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Méndez, Mario |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Méndez Olague, Mario |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mexican soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Guadalajara |