Raúl Mendiola

Raúl Mendiola

Personal information
Date of birth	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)
2014	→ LA Galaxy II (loan)	20	(2)
2015	→ LA 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
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
LA Galaxy	2014	Major League Soccer	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	3	0
LA Galaxy II	2014	USL Pro	20	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	20	2
	2015	USL Pro	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	1
Career total			28	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3

Honors

• MLS Cup: 2014

References

1. "LA Galaxy sign forwards Bradford Jamieson, Raul Mendiola to Homegrown contracts". Major League Soccer. Retrieved March 22, 2014.
2. "No jitters for LA Galaxy Homegrown Player Raul Mendiola in confident MLS debut". Major League Soccer. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
3. https://twitter.com/joetutino/status/447553012307734528/photo/1
4. Raúl Mendiola profile at Soccerway

External links

• MLS player profile