Alberto Mendez

Alberto Mendez

Personal information
Full name	Alberto Mendez Rodríguez
Date of birth	24 October 1974 (1974-10-24)
Place of birth	Nuremberg, Germany
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–1997	SC Feucht
1997–2002	Arsenal	4	(0)
1999	→ AEK Athens (loan)	11	(0)
1999–2000	→ SpVgg Unterhaching (loan)	6	(0)
2001–2002	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)	17	(1)
2002–2003	Racing Ferrol	33	(4)
2003–2004	Terrassa	14	(1)
2004–2005	SC Feucht	19	(5)
2005–2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	21	(3)
2006–2007	SV Darmstadt	27	(8)
2007–2008	SV Sandhausen	23	(4)
2009–2010	SpVgg Weiden	26	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Mendez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Alberto Mendez Rodríguez (born 24 October 1974) is a retired German footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Mendez was discovered by Arsenal and Arsène Wenger playing for German non-league side 1. SC Feucht, and signed for the English side in 1997. He made his first-team debut in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on 14 October 1997 as a substitute, and scored the final goal in a 4–1 win.

However, Mendez could not establish himself in the first-team, and played in only eleven matches for Arsenal, four of which were in the league, in five seasons, with one goal to his name.

He had subsequent spells with AEK Athens FC, SpVgg Unterhaching (his only Bundesliga experience, which consisted in six appearances from the bench during 1999–2000), Racing de Ferrol and Terrassa FC, the latter two in Spain's second division, before returning to Germany permanently in 2004, playing in the lower leagues well into his 30's.

External links

• Alberto Mendez career stats at Soccerbase
• Stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• BDFutbol profile