Manuel Mendoza

Manuel Mendoza

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Alberto Mendoza Rezabala
Date of birth	January 19, 1989 (1989-01-19) (age 22)
Place of birth	Portoviejo, Ecuador
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Universidad Católica
Youth career
2004–2007	LDU Portoviejo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2009	LDU Portoviejo	69	(0)
2010–	LDU Quito	0	(0)
2011–	Universidad Católica	0	(0)
National team‡
2008–	Ecuador U-20	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 12, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 6, 2009

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Mendoza and the second or maternal family name is Rezabala.

Manuel Alberto Mendoza Rezabala (born January 19, 1989 in Portoviejo) is an Ecuadorian football goalkeeper who plays for Universidad Católica on loan from LDU Quito.

Club career

Mendoza has been playing professionally for LDU Portoviejo in recent times although he has not been a regular. He is expected to play more games for his club because of the stellar performance in the 2009 South American Youth Championship.

In December 2009, he transferred to LDU Quito.

International career

Mendoza played a starting rolein Ecuador's participation in the 2009 South American Youth Championship. He had great performances for Ecuador's campaign. Against Peru he was close to saving a penalty from Reimond Manco.^[1] Mendoza kept two clean-sheets against Venezuela and Colombia. In the game against Argentina, he made an error, along with the defense, and Argentina tied the game 2–2 in the last minutes of the game. Ecuador would be eliminated from the tournament by coin toss, despite a respectable campaign.

Mendoza received a call-up to the senior team in early February 2009 for an unofficial friendly against England's U-21 team. He was an unused substitute and didn't play in Ecuador's 3–2 win.

References

1. ^ http://www.goal.com/en/news/1784/south-american-u-20/2009/01/20/1068961/ecuador-debut-with-narrow-win-over-peru

External links

• Mendoza's FEF player card (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Mendoza, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 19, 1989
Place of birth	Portoviejo, Ecuador
Date of death
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