Jesús_Mendoza_Aguirre
Jesús Mendoza (footballer, born 1977)
Spanish footballer and manager
Jesús Mendoza Aguirre (born 23 February 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, currently a manager.
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Mendoza (center) training with Xerez in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Mendoza Aguirre | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Roteña (manager) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2015–2016 | Trebujena | ||
| 2016–2017 | Jerez Industrial | ||
| 2017–2018 | Villamartín | ||
| 2018–2019 | Guadalcacín | ||
| 2019– | Roteña | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 competitive matches.[1] He started working as a manager in 2014, with the same club.
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 side Xerez CD. In seven of the following ten seasons he never appeared in less than 32 games, being instrumental in the Andalusians' promotions to the second division (2001) and La Liga (2009).[2]
In the 2009–10 campaign, Mendoza could only play 12 league matches as the team were immediately relegated from the topflight. He made his debut in the competition on 30 August 2009, in a 2–0 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[3]
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.[4] On 3 July 2013, after dropping two tiers at once, he left the Estadio Municipal de Chapín and joined Atlético Sanluqueño CF of division three,[5] retiring in January of the following year.
Mendoza returned to former club Xerez on 7 July 2014, being appointed manager of the first team[6] after a spell with their youths when he was still an active player.[7]
- El Mallorca bautiza al Xerez en Primera (Mallorca baptise 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)
- Jesús Mendoza at BDFutbol
- Jesús Mendoza at Soccerway
- Jesús Mendoza at AS.com (in Spanish)
