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Full name: | Nathaniel Otis Mendez-Laing | |
Date of birth: | 15 April 1992 | |
Place of birth: | Birmingham, ![]() | |
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
Playing position: | Winger | |
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Current club | ![]() | |
Number: | 11 | |
Youth clubs | ||
–2009 | ![]() | |
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Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2009–2012 2010–2011 2011 2012–2015 2012 2014 2015 2015–2017 2017–2020 2021 2021–2022 2022– |
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33 (5) 8 (1) 51 (4) 8 (0) 6 (0) 11 (1) 72 (15) 85 (13) 9 (1) 18 (2) 29 (6) | 0 (0)
National team | ||
2008 2008 2023– |
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7 (0) 15 (0) | 2 (0)
Nathaniel Otis Mendez-Laing (born 15 April 1992) is a Guatemalan international footballer who currently plays as a winger for English EFL Championship side Derby County. Born in Birmingham he began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his professional debut in 2009 at the age of nineteen. However, after loan spells with Peterborough United and Sheffield United, he left the club, joining Peterborough on a permanent deal in 2012.
He made 60 appearances for Peterborough, spending time on loan with Portsmouth, Shrewsbury Town and Cambridge United, before joining Rochdale where he made 83 appearances during a two-year spell. In 2017, he joined Cardiff City where he helped the side win promotion to the Premier League in his first season.
Mendez-Laing is eligible to represent England through birth, Jamaica through his father and Belize and Guatemala through his mother. He represented England at under 16 and under 17 level. In 2023, Mendez-Laing switched allegiances to Guatemala, whom he qualifies for through his Belizean mother of Guatemalan descent.
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Derby County F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
1 Marshall · 2 Wisdom · 3 Forsyth · 4 Shinnie · 5 Bielik · 6 Wierik · 7 Jóźwiak · 8 Bird · 9 Waghorn · 10 Lawrence · 11 Ibe · 12 Byrne · 13 Kazim-Richards · 16 Clarke · 17 Sibley · 21 Roos · 22 Evans · 25 Holmes · 26 Buchanan · 30 Idem · 33 Davies (c) · 37 McDonald · 38 Knight · 40 Watson · 41 Gordon · 45 Shonibare · 46 Brown · 47 Ravas · 48 Ibrahim · 49 Hector-Ingram · Manager:![]() |
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