Raúl Mendiola

Raúl Mendiola
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994
Place of birth Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
LA Galaxy
Number 40
Youth career
2011 Arsenal
2011–2014 LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– LA Galaxy 3 (0)
2014LA Galaxy II (loan) 20 (2)
2015LA Galaxy II (loan) 19 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 11, 2016.

† Appearances (goals)

Raúl Mendiola (born May 18, 1994) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

Career

Born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Mendiola joined the LA Galaxy Academy in 2011.[1] While at the academy level Mendiola won back-to-back U-16 Development Academy Player of the Year awards after the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, playing for California based development academy club Arsenal FC.[1]

On February 20, 2014 it was announced that Mendiola was signed as a homegrown player by the Galaxy.[1] He then made his professional debut with the LA Galaxy II, the reserve side of the LA Galaxy, on March 22, 2014 in the sides first ever USL Pro match against the Orange County Blues. His first appearance with the LA Galaxy first team came on May 17, 2014 in a regular season MLS match against the Houston Dynamo. [2] [3]

Career statistics

As of April 27, 2015[4]
Club Season League League Cup U.S. Open Cup CONCACAF Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy 2014 Major League Soccer30000030
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL Pro20200202
2015 USL Pro5151
Career total 283000000283

Honors

References

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