| General |
| Alberto Mendez | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name: | Alberto Méndez Rodríguez | |
| Date of birth: | 24 October 1974 | |
| Place of birth: | Nuremberg,  West Germany
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| Height: | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position: | Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 1997–2002 1999 1999–2000 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2009–2010 Total |
SC Feucht Arsenal → AEK Athens (loan) → SpVgg Unterhaching (loan) → Racing Ferrol (loan) Racing Ferrol Terrassa SC Feucht SpVgg Bayreuth SV Darmstadt SV Sandhausen SpVgg Weiden
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4 (0) 11 (0) 6 (0) 17 (1) 33 (4) 14 (1) 19 (5) 21 (3) 27 (8) 23 (4) 26 (7) 201 (33) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2011–2013 | FC Amberg
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Alberto Méndez Rodríguez (born 24 October 1974) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football 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.
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 FC, 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 30's.
Méndez joined Bavarian amateur club FC Amberg as a coach in 2011, but was dismissed in April 2013 despite considerable success overall.
External links[]
Alberto Mendez profile at Soccerbase- Alberto Méndez at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Alberto Mendez profile at BDFutbol
