Alexis Mendoza

Alexis Mendoza
	Mendoza with Independiente del Valle in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Alexis Antonio Mendoza Barrina
Date of birth	November 8, 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	None
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1990	Atlético Junior
1990–1992	América de Cali
1993–1996	Atlético Junior
1997	Veracruz
1998	Atlético Junior
Total
International career
1987–1997	Colombia
Managerial career
2003	Alianza Petrolera
2004–2006	Colombia (assistant)
2007–2010	Honduras (assistant)
2008	Honduras U23
2010–2014	Ecuador (assistant)
2015–2016	Atlético Junior
2016–2017	Independiente del Valle
2018	Atlético Junior
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexis Antonio Mendoza Barrina (born November 8, 1961 in Barranquilla) is a retired Colombian footballer and the former manager of Categoría Primera A club Atlético Junior. He was the assistant manager of Honduras national football team during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and of the Ecuador national football team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Mendoza was capped 67 times and scored 2 international goals for Colombia between 1987 and 1997.^[1]

International career

Mendoza played one match at the 1994 World Cup, and was an unused substitute for the 1990 World Cup. Mendoza also played in 4 editions of the Copa América in 1987,^[2] 1989,^[3] 1993^[4] and 1995^[5]

Mendoza played most of his club career for Atlético Junior. He also played for América de Cali between 1990 and 1992, where he won two Colombian league championships (1990 & 1992).

In 1993, he returned to Junior and helped them to win the 1993 and 1995 Colombian league championships.

Towards the end of his career Mendoza played for Veracruz in Mexico.^[6]

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