Eugenio Méndez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Méndez and the second or maternal family name is Henríquez.
Eugenio Méndez
Personal information
Full name Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez
Date of birth (1941-11-23) 23 November 1941
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Playing position Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1967 Santiago Wanderers
1968 Magallanes
1969–1970 Santiago Wanderers
1971 La Serena
1972 Audax Italiano
1973 Laguna
1974 Aucas
1974 Santiago Wanderers
1975 San Luis de Quillota
1977 Ayacucho Festaco
1978 Independiente Unificada
National team
1965 Chile

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Eugenio Méndez (born 23 November 1941) is a Chilean former football winger who played professionally in Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Career

Born in Valparaíso, Méndez began playing football as a right winger with Santiago Wanderers. He his Chilean league debut against Audax Italiano in 1959. After nine years with Wanderers, he joined Deportes Magallanes, as Wanderers won its second Chilean league title the same year. Méndez returned to Wanderers and played in the 1969 Copa Libertadores.[1]

In 1973, Méndez moved abroad, joining Mexican Primera División side Club de Fútbol Laguna. Next, he played in Ecuador for Sociedad Deportiva Aucas before returning to Santiago Wanderers in 1974. A few seasons later, he moved to Bolivia where he finished his playing career.[1]

Méndez appeared for the Chile national football team in the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds, scoring two goals in a 7–2 win against Colombia on 1 August 1965.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leal, Patricio Arturo (16 July 2001). "El ídolo que no se olvida" [The idol that will not forget] (in Spanish). El Mercurio de Valparaiso.

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