Jesús Mendoza (footballer, born 1977)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mendoza and the second or maternal family name is Aguirre.
Jesús Mendoza
Mendoza (center) training with Xerez in 2009
Personal information
Full name Jesús Mendoza Aguirre[1]
Date of birth (1977-02-23) 23 February 1977 (age 47)[1]
Place of birth Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Jerez Industrial
Flamenco
Cádiz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Cádiz B
1998–1999 → Portuense (loan)
1999–2013 Xerez 441 (12)
2013–2014 Sanluqueño 15 (2)
Total 456 (14)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Xerez
2015–2016 Trebujena
2016–2017 Jerez Industrial
2017–2018 Villamartín
2018–2019 Guadalcacín
2019–2021 Roteña
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Mendoza Aguirre (born 23 February 1977) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a left-back, currently a manager.

He spent the vast majority of his 18-year senior career with Xerez, competing in all three major levels of Spanish football and appearing in 459 competitive matches.[2] He started working as a manager in 2014, with the same club.

Playing career

Mendoza was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz. After starting professionally with lowly Racing Club Portuense, he moved in 1999 to hometown side Xerez CD. In seven of the following ten seasons he never appeared in less than 32 games, being instrumental in the Andalusians' promotions to Segunda División (2001) and La Liga (2009).[3]

In the 2009–10 campaign, Mendoza could only play 12 league matches due to injury and suspension as the team were immediately relegated from the top flight.[4] He made his debut in the competition on 30 August 2009, in a 2–0 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[5]

In late 2010, the 33-year-old Mendoza renewed his contract with his main club for a further season, whilst accepting to take a pay cut.[6] On 3 July 2013, after dropping two tiers at once, he left the Estadio Municipal de Chapín and joined Atlético Sanluqueño CF of Segunda División B,[7] retiring in January of the following year.

Coaching career

Mendoza returned to his former club Xerez on 7 July 2014, being appointed manager of the first team.[8] This was after a spell with their youths when he was still an active player.[9]

Subsequently, Mendoza worked with several amateur sides in his region of birth.[10][11][12]

Honours

Xerez

References

  1. ^ a b c Jesús Mendoza at AS.com (in Spanish) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Jesús Mendoza: "Nadie arrastra el escudo, se está sobreviviendo y lo peor ya ha pasado (Jesús Mendoza: "No one is dragging the badge through the mud, people are making ends meet and the worst is in the past); Diario de Jerez, 25 April 2019 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Fútbol.– Jesús Mendoza, capitán del Xerez: "Esta es la recompensa al trabajo de toda una vida" (Football.– Jesús Mendoza, Xerez captain: "This is the reward of a lifetime's work"); El Economista, 13 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Hoy conocemos a... Mendoza (Today we meet... Mendoza); Marca, 15 March 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Mallorca bautiza al Xerez en Primera (Mallorca baptise Xerez in Primera); Marca, 30 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Mendoza renueva una temporada con el Xerez (Mendoza renews with Xerez for one season); Marca, 20 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Mendoza, nuevo jugador del Atlético Sanluqueño (Mendoza, new player of Atlético Sanluqueño) Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Atlético Sanluqueño, 3 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Mendoza, entrenador del Xerez Club Deportivo (Mendoza, manager of Xerez Club Deportivo); Xerez CD, 7 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Mendoza se echa a entrenador (Mendoza has a go at coaching); El Desmarque, 8 August 2011 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ Jesús Mendoza, el mejor colocado (Jesús Mendoza, pole position); Diario de Jerez, 19 October 2018 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Jesús Mendoza, nuevo técnico de la Roteña (Jesús Mendoza, new manager of Roteña); Diario de Jerez, 23 December 2019 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Jesús Mendoza no seguirá entrenando a la Roteña (Jesús Mendoza will not continue coaching Roteña); Diario de Jerez, 29 May 2021 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor (Whatever the past held was better); Diario de Jerez, 16 June 2014 (in Spanish)