Jesús Mendoza (footballer, born 1977)
![]() Mendoza (center) training with Xerez in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús Mendoza Aguirre | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Trebujena (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Jerez Industrial | |||
Flamenco | |||
Cádiz | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Cádiz B | ||
1998–1999 | Cádiz | 0 | (0) |
1998–1999 | → Portuense (loan) | ||
1999–2013 | Xerez | 441 | (12) |
2013–2014 | Sanluqueño | 15 | (2) |
Total | 456 | (14) | |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Xerez | ||
2015– | Trebujena | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jesús Mendoza Aguirre (born 23 February 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and is the manager of Trebujena CF.
He spent the vast majority of his 18-year senior career with Xerez, competing in all three major levels of Spanish football and appearing in 459 official matches. He started working as a manager in 2014, with the same club.
Football career
Mendoza was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz. After starting professionally with lowly Racing Club Portuense, he moved in 1999 to hometown's Xerez CD; in nine of the following ten seasons he never appeared in less than 35 games, being instrumental in the Andalusians' promotions to the second division (2001) and La Liga (2009).
In the 2009–10 campaign, Mendoza could only play 12 league matches as the team were immediately relegated from the top flight. He made his debut in the competition on 30 August 2009, in a 0–2 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[1]
In late 2010, the 33-year-old Mendoza renewed his contract with his main club for a further season, whilst accepting to take a pay cut.[2] On 3 July 2013, after dropping two levels at once, he left the Azulinos and joined Atlético Sanluqueño CF of division three,[3] retiring in January of the following year.
Mendoza returned to former side Xerez on 7 July 2014, being appointed manager of the first team[4] after a spell with their youths when he was still an active player.[5]
References
- ^ El Mallorca bautiza al Xerez en Primera (Mallorca baptize Xerez in Primera); Marca, 30 August 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mendoza renueva una temporada con el Xerez (Mendoza renews with Xerez for one season); Marca, 20 December 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mendoza, nuevo jugador del Atlético Sanluqueño (Mendoza, new player of Atlético Sanluqueño) Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Atlético Sanluqueño, 3 July 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mendoza, entrenador del Xerez Club Deportivo (Mendoza, manager of Xerez Club Deportivo); Xerez CD, 7 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mendoza se echa a entrenador (Mendoza has a go at coaching); El Desmarque, 8 August 2011 (in Spanish)
External links
- Jesús Mendoza at BDFutbol
- Jesús Mendoza at Soccerway
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jerez de la Frontera
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Cádiz CF B players
- Cádiz CF players
- Xerez CD footballers
- Atlético Sanluqueño CF players
- Spanish football managers
- Xerez CD managers