Eugenio Méndez

Eugenio Méndez
Personal information
Full name	Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez
Date of birth	23 November 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth	Valparaíso, Chile
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1967	Santiago Wanderers
1968	Magallanes
1969–1970	Santiago Wanderers
1971	La Serena
1972	Audax Italiano
1973	Laguna
1974	Aucas
1974	Santiago Wanderers
1975	San Luis de Quillota
1977	Ayacucho Festaco
1978	Independiente Unificada
International career
1965	Chile
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

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]

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]

References

^ ^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.

External links

Eugenio Méndez – FIFA competition record (archived)
Profile at Sanluissa.cl

[EM-1] Leal, Patricio Arturo (16 July 2001). "El ídolo que no se olvida" [The idol that will not forget] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaiso.

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