Jesús Méndez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús David José Méndez | ||
Date of birth | August 1, 1984 | ||
Place of birth | San Rafael, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente Rivadavia | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | River Plate | 20 | (0) |
2006 | → Olimpo (loan) | 16 | (2) |
2007 | St. Gallen | 29 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Rosario Central | 55 | (3) |
2010–2013 | Boca Juniors | 36 | (0) |
2011 | → Rosario Central (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → Rosario Central (loan) | 59 | (8) |
2014 | Rosario Central | 17 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Independiente | 47 | (2) |
2016–2017 | Toluca | 40 | (3) |
2018 | Vélez Sarsfield | 7 | (0) |
2020 | Deportivo Maipú | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Independiente Rivadavia | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2009–2010 | Argentina | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:59, 17 November 2020 (UTC) |
Jesús David José Méndez (born 1 August 1984) is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Independiente Rivadavia.
Career
[edit]Méndez made his league debut for River Plate in a 2–1 away win at Atlético Rafaela on 3 March 2004. In 2006 he had a loan spell with Olimpo, before joining St. Gallen of Switzerland in 2007. Méndez returned to Argentina in 2008 to play for Rosario Central.
In January 2010, he signed for Boca Juniors.[1] After two loan spells playing again for Rosario Central, the midfielder joined Independiente in 2014.
Méndez played two years in Mexico with Toluca, before returning to Argentina to play for Vélez Sarsfield in the second semester of the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División.
Thirty four year old Méndez announced his retirement at the beginning of 2019, after playing some games with Vélez.[2] However, a year later, at the beginning of 2020, Méndez returned to the pitch and joined Deportivo Maipú where he managed to play some games before the start of the quarantine and the suspension of all tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His contract at Maipú expired in June 2020 and he then joined Independiente Rivadavia a few months later.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Boca arregló con Central por Méndez at espn.com (in Spanish)
- ^ Se retiró Jesús Méndez, ole.com.ar, 23 February 2019
- ^ Jesús Méndez, nuevo refuerzo de la Lepra, losandes.com.ar, 26 September 2020
External links
[edit]- Media related to Jesús Méndez (futbolista) at Wikimedia Commons
- Guardian statistics
- Jesús Méndez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jesús Méndez at Soccerway
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mendoza Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Swiss Super League players
- Liga MX players
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Club Olimpo footballers
- Rosario Central footballers
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers
- FC St. Gallen players
- Deportivo Maipú players
- Deportivo Toluca F.C. players
- Independiente Rivadavia footballers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Argentina men's international footballers
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen