Álex Menéndez

Álex Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Menéndez Díez
Date of birth (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger / Left back
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 3
Youth career
1996–2003 Astur
2003–2010 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2010–2014 Sporting B 106 (1)
2011– Sporting Gijón 44 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2015.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Díez.

Alejandro 'Álex' Menéndez Díez (born 15 July 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón. Mainly a left winger, he can also play as a left back.

Club career

Menéndez was born in Gijón, Asturias. A product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy who started playing as a left winger,[1] he made his senior debuts in the 2010–11 season, appearing in 21 games in the third division for the reserves,[2] who initially suffered relegation but were later reinstated.

He first appeared officially with the main squad on 13 December 2011, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against RCD Mallorca for the campaign's Copa del Rey.[3] On 1 May of the following year he made his La Liga debut, again playing the entire match in a 2–3 home loss to Villarreal CF that all but signified the first team's relegation after a four-year stay.[4]

On 13 August 2013 Menéndez signed a new three-year deal with the club.[5] In the 2014 summer he was definitely promoted to Sporting's first team, now in Segunda División, being assigned the no. 3 jersey.

Menéndez scored his first professional goal on 20 September 2015, netting the winner in a 3–2 away success against Deportivo de La Coruña.[6] His second came two rounds later in another away fixture that ended in win, 2–1 at RCD Espanyol.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Alex Menéndez, o como nunca dejar de soñar (Alex Menéndez, or how never stop dreaming); Vavel, 9 October 2015 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Sporting B de Javi Vidales arranca esta mañana (Javi Vidales' Sporting B gets going this morning); La Nueva España, 15 July 2010 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Muñiz, gol de bandera (Muñiz, wonder goal); Marca, 13 December 2011 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Villarreal se declara inocente y condena al Sporting (Villarreal plead not guilty and condemns Sporting); Marca, 1 May 2012 (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Álex Menéndez renueva con el Sporting (Álex Menéndez renews with Sporting); El Desmarque, 13 August 2013 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ El Sporting se estrena en Riazor (Sporting starts counting in Riazor); Marca, 20 September 2015 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ Álex Menéndez vuelve a valer tres puntos (Álex Menéndez equals three points again); Marca, 3 October 2015 (Spanish)

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