Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mendoza and the second or maternal family name is Azevedo.
Andrés Mendoza
Personal information
Full name Andrés Augusto Mendoza Azevedo
Date of birth (1978-04-26) April 26, 1978
Place of birth Chincha Alta, Peru
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–1999 Sporting Cristal 100 (31)
2000–2004 Club Brugge 129 (54)
2004–2007 Metalurh Donetsk 51 (22)
2005 → Marseille (loan) 11 (1)
2006 → Dynamo Moscow (loan) 3 (0)
2008 Steaua Bucureşti 15 (2)
2008–2009 Morelia 27 (13)
2009–2010 Diyarbakırspor 15 (5)
2010–2011 Columbus Crew 37 (15)
2011–2012 Atlante 11 (2)
2013 Pacífico 27 (4)
2014 Alianza Universidad 6 (0)
Total 432 (149)
National team‡
1999–2007 Peru 44 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 26, 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 4, 2012

Andrés Augusto Mendoza Azevedo (Cyrillic: Андрес Мендоса; born April 26, 1978 in Chincha Alta) is a Peruvian footballer.

Club career

Mendoza started playing professionally with Sporting Cristal, which he helped become national champion in his first season.

Subsequently, he represented a myriad of teams, in Belgium, Ukraine, Russia, Romania and France. He had a steady period with Club Brugge K.V., helping it win the 2002 Belgian Cup, with a hat-trick in a 3-1 one win over Excelsior Mouscron,[1] while also netting the game's only in a 1-0 success at AC Milan, in the 2003-04 UEFA Champions League.

In 2004, Mendoza signed with FC Metalurh Donetsk,[2] which loaned him twice during his link. After his release, he moved countries again in 2008: after a short spell with Steaua Bucureşti, he joined Monarcas Morelia in Mexico, being the second best goalscorer in the league's Apertura 2008, with 10 goals in 16 games.

International career

Mendoza made his debuts with Peru in 1999, becoming a regular fixture in the following years. He represented the nation at two Copa América tournaments: 2004 and 2007, totalling seven scoreless appearances.

After a failed campaign to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was called by national coach Julio César Uribe for a two-friendly match squad against Ecuador, in June 2007. He was used as a substitute the first game against their northern neighbors (win), and started in the second (0-2 loss).

On December 7, 2007, Mendoza was one in a group of internationals that were found guilty of having introduced women and alcohol into the national squad's hotel two days before Peru's away drubbing at the hands of Ecuador (5-1, in which he scored), being subsequently banned for one-and-a-half years from representing Peru.[3] Months later he was the only one who did not get his suspension eliminated after all the other player's suspensions were reduced.

Honours

Sporting Cristal

Club Brugge

Monarcas Morelia

Career statistics

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 February 1999 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Ecuador 1-2 Lost Friendly
2. 17 February 1999 Estadio Isidro Romero, Guayaquil, Ecuador  Ecuador 1-2 Win Friendly
3. 27 March 2001 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Chile 3-1 Win 2002 FIFA WC Qual.
4. 11 June 2003 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA  Ecuador 2-2 Draw Friendly
5. 6 September 2003 Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru  Paraguay 4-1 Win 2006 FIFA WC Qual.
6. 9 September 2003 Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile  Chile 2-1 Lost 2006 FIFA WC Qual.
7. 21 November 2007 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 5-1 Lost 2010 FIFA WC Qual.
Correct as of 11 April 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mendoza the hero for Brugge
  2. ↑ Mendoza heads to Metalurh
  3. ↑ Peru ban Farfán and Pizarro for 18 months

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.