Alberto Méndez (footballer)

Alberto Méndez

Personal information
Full name	Alberto Méndez Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1974-10-24) 24 October 1974
Place of birth	Nuremberg, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	SC Feucht
1997–2002	Arsenal	4	(0)
1999	→ AEK Athens (loan)	11	(0)
1999–2000	→ SpVgg Unterhaching (loan)	6	(0)
2001–2002	→ Racing Ferrol (loan)	17	(1)
2002–2003	Racing Ferrol	33	(4)
2003–2004	Terrassa	14	(1)
2004–2005	SC Feucht	19	(5)
2005–2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	21	(3)
2006–2007	SV Darmstadt	27	(8)
2007–2008	SV Sandhausen	23	(4)
2009–2010	SpVgg Weiden	26	(7)
Total		201	(33)
Managerial career
2011–2013	FC Amberg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Méndez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Alberto Méndez Rodríguez (born 24 October 1974) is a German retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Nuremberg, West Germany of Spanish descent, Méndez was discovered by Arsenal and Arsène Wenger playing for German non-league side 1. SC Feucht, and signed for the English in the 1997 summer. He made his debut with the main squad in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on 14 October as a substitute, and scored the final goal in a 4–1 home win.

However, Méndez could not establish himself in the Gunners' first team, and played in only eleven official matches – four of which were in the league – in five seasons, with one goal to his name. He had subsequent spells with AEK Athens FC, SpVgg Unterhaching (his only Bundesliga experience, which consisted in six appearances from the bench during the 1999–2000 campaign), Racing de Ferrol and Terrassa FC, the latter two in Spain's second division, before returning to Germany permanently in 2004, playing in the lower leagues well into his 30's.

Méndez joined Bavarian amateur club FC Amberg as a coach in 2011, but was dismissed in April 2013 despite considerable success overall.

External links

• Alberto Méndez career statistics at Soccerbase
• Alberto Méndez profile at Fussballdaten
• Alberto Méndez profile at BDFutbol