Nacho Méndez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ignacio Méndez-Navia Fernández | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Luanco, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Roces | |||
| 2010–2016 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Sporting B | 51 | (5) |
| 2017– | Sporting Gijón | 163 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 | |||
Ignacio "Nacho" Méndez-Navia Fernández (born 30 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a central midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Born in Luanco, Asturias, Méndez joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup in 2010, from TSK Roces. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his team's sixth in a 7–0 Tercera División home routing of UC Ceares.[2]
On 26 April 2017, Méndez renewed his contract until 2019.[3] After spending the whole 2017 pre-season with the first team, he made his professional debut on 27 August by starting in a 2–0 home win against CD Lugo in the Segunda División.[4]
Méndez scored his first professional goal on 6 September 2017, netting the game's only in an away success over CF Reus Deportiu, in the season's Copa del Rey.[5] On 22 December, he extended his contract until 2021, being definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the following season.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting Gijón B | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 23 | 1 | |
| Sporting Gijón | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Segunda División | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Segunda División | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Segunda División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Segunda División | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Total | 139 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 9 | ||
| Career totals | 158 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 175 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the 2018 Segunda División B play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Nacho Méndez" (in Spanish). Sporting de Gijón. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "El Sporting B golea al Ceares en su estreno liguero" [Sporting B thrash Ceares in their league debut] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Nacho Méndez rubrica su acuerdo de continuidad con el Real Sporting" [Nacho Méndez signs his agreement of continuity with Real Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Al Sporting le bastan 15 minutos para acabar con el Lugo" [Sporting only need 15 minutes to finish off Lugo] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Nacho Méndez da el pase al Sporting ante un Reus que falló dos penaltis" [Nacho Méndez gives pass to Sporting against a Reus which failed two penalties] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Nacho Méndez amplía su contrato hasta junio de 2021" [Nacho Méndez extends his contract until June 2021] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ Nacho Méndez at Soccerway
- ^ "Nacho Méndez Statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Nacho Méndez at BDFutbol
- Nacho Méndez at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Nacho Méndez at Soccerway