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Eugenio Méndez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Méndez and the second or maternal family name is Henríquez.
Eugenio Méndez
Personal information
Full name Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez
Date of birth (1941-11-23) 23 November 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Huracán
Lonquimay
Unión Santa María
Santiago Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1967 Santiago Wanderers
1968 Magallanes
1969–1970 Santiago Wanderers
1971 Deportes La Serena
1972 Audax Italiano
1973 Laguna
1974 Aucas
1974 Santiago Wanderers
1975 San Luis
1976 Jorge Wilstermann
1977 Ayacucho Festaco
1978 Independiente Unificada
International career
1959 Chile U20
1964–1965 Chile 4 (2)
Managerial career
1984 Destroyers
1985 CD Libertad
1989 Blooming (assistant)
1991 25 de Junio
1992 Ferroviario de Santa Cruz
1993 CD Libertad
1995 Destroyers
1995 Deportivo Cooper
1996 CD Sport Boys
1996 Deportivo Cooper
1997 Ferroviario de Santa Cruz
1999 25 de Junio
2005 Santa Cruz (women) (city team)
2008–2009 Santiago Wanderers U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez (born 23 November 1941) is a Chilean former football winger who played professionally in Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Club career

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Born in Valparaíso, Méndez began playing football as a right winger with Santiago Wanderers. He made his Chilean league debut against Audax Italiano in 1959. After nine years with Wanderers, he joined Deportes Magallanes, as Wanderers won its second Chilean league title the same year. Méndez returned to Wanderers and played in the 1969 Copa Libertadores.[1]

In 1973, Méndez moved abroad, joining Mexican Primera División side Club de Fútbol Laguna. Next, he played in Ecuador for Sociedad Deportiva Aucas before returning to Santiago Wanderers in 1974. A few seasons later, he moved to Bolivia where he finished his playing career.[1]

International career

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Méndez represented Chile at youth level in 1959.[2]

At senior level, Méndez appeared for the Chile national football team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, scoring two goals in a 7–2 win against Colombia on 1 August 1965.[1] In total, he made 4 appearances for the national team from 1964 to 1965.[3]

Personal life

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He is the older brother of Javier Méndez, who is also a Chilean former international footballer.[4]

He was nicknamed Pastelito (Little Cake).[2]

Honours

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Santiago Wanderers

Chile[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Leal, Patricio Arturo (16 July 2001). "El ídolo que no se olvida" [The idol that will not forget] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaiso.
  2. ^ a b "Eugenio MÉNDEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Eugenio Méndez". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Parentesco entre seleccionados". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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