Alberto Méndez (footballer)

Alberto Méndez
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Méndez Rodríguez
Date of birth	24 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Nuremberg, West Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	SC Feucht
1997–2002	Arsenal
1999	→ AEK Athens (loan)
1999–2000	→ SpVgg Unterhaching (loan)
2001–2002	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)
2002–2003	Racing Ferrol
2003–2004	Terrassa
2004–2005	SC Feucht
2005–2006	SpVgg Bayreuth
2006–2007	Darmstadt 98
2007–2008	SV Sandhausen
2009–2010	SpVgg Weiden
Total
Managerial career
2011–2013	FC Amberg
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Méndez Rodríguez (born 24 October 1974) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Nuremberg, West Germany of Spanish descent, Méndez was discovered by Arsenal and Arsène Wenger playing for German non-league side 1. SC Feucht, and signed for the English in the 1997 summer. He made his debut with the main squad in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on 14 October as a substitute, and scored the final goal in a 4–1 home win.^[1]

However, Méndez could not establish himself in the Gunners' first team, and played in only eleven official matches – four of which were in the league – in five seasons, with one goal to his name. He had subsequent spells with AEK Athens, SpVgg Unterhaching (his only Bundesliga experience, which consisted in six appearances from the bench during the 1999–2000 campaign), Racing de Ferrol and Terrassa FC, the latter two in Spain's second division, before returning to Germany permanently in 2004, playing in the lower leagues well into his 30s.

Méndez joined Bavarian amateur club FC Amberg as a coach in 2011, but was dismissed in April 2013 despite considerable success overall.^[2]

References

^ Wood, Greg (14 October 1997). "Arsenal's extra reserves". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
^ "Rekord-Trainer nach Auswärtssieg entlassen" [Record-manager in wins dismissed] (in German). FuPa. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

External links

Alberto Méndez at Soccerbase
Alberto Méndez at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Alberto Méndez at BDFutbol

[1] Wood, Greg (14 October 1997). "Arsenal's extra reserves". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

[2] "Rekord-Trainer nach Auswärtssieg entlassen" [Record-manager in wins dismissed] (in German). FuPa. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.

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