Víctor_René_Mendieta_Ocampo
Víctor René Mendieta (footballer, born 1961)
Panamanian footballer
Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo (born 16 June 1961 in Panama City is a retired Panamanian football forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo | ||
| Date of birth | (1961-06-16) June 16, 1961 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 1983–1986 | Tauro | ||
| 1986–1987 | Cojutepeque | ||
| 1988–1991 | UA Tamaulipas | 127 | (41) |
| 1992–1993 | Universidad Guadalajara | 30 | (7) |
| 1993–1995 | Tampico Madero | 32 | (11) |
| 1995–1996 | UA Tamaulipas | ||
| 1995 | Green Cross | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | Real España | ||
| 1998–1999 | Tauro | ||
| 1999–2000 | Plaza Amador | (15) | |
| 2000–2001 | Alianza | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1980–2000 | Panama | 80 | (11) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Panama U-20 | ||
| 2006 | Panama | ||
| 2009 | Alianza | ||
| 2010–2011 | Chepo | ||
| 2014 | CA Independiente | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2015 | |||
Mendieta played for local sides Plaza Amador, Sporting'89 and Tauro.[1] He also had spells abroad in El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras and, most notably, in Mexico during the 1994-95 season.
He announced his retirement in January 2000 after scoring 15 goals for Plaza Amador,[2] but returned to play for Alianza[3] and eventually retired in November 2001 after playing for Alianza against San Francisco, aged 40.[4] According to the IFFHS, Mendieta scored 222 goals in 375 matches between 1978 and 1997.[5]
Mendieta made his debut for Panama in an October 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador[6] and has played 80 times [7] for the national team including unofficial matches[8] during the 1980s and early 1990s. He represented his country in 16 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[9] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]
His final international was a September 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mexico.
Mendieta managed the Panama national under-20 football team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands[9] and he was named interim coach of the senior squad in 2006.[11]
In 2009, he took charge of his former club Alianza[12] and in May 2014 he was appointed manager of Independiente de La Chorrera,[13] but was dismissed in October 2014.[14]
Mendieta is the father of former Panamanian international footballer Víctor René Mendieta.[15]
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[16]
- Un hombre que sí le ha ganado a Costa Rica - Somos Lasele (in Spanish)
- René Mendieta se retira como máximo goleador de temporada - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- Mendieta y Brown reforzarán delantera del Alianza en primera división[permanent dead link] - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- Mendieta se retira - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- Mendieta también figura entre los 297 goleadores históricos - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- Mendieta: "No vuelvo a la selección" - Crítica (in Spanish)
- Victor René Mendieta, el hombre record de la Sele - PanamaFutbol (in Spanish)
- Víctor René Mendieta – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Panamá tendrá a Mendieta como técnico interino amistoso con Perú - Terra (in Spanish)
- Mendieta será técnico del Alianza F.C. - La Estrella (in Spanish)
- Panamá: Víctor René Mendieta, nuevo técnico del CAI - Diez (in Spanish)
- Víctor René Mendieta no seguirá al frente del CAI - Crítica (in Spanish)
- Me gustaría volver a la "sele", Mendieta hijo - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- Víctor René Mendieta at National-Football-Teams.com