Jesús Mendoza (footballer, born 1977)

Jesús Mendoza Aguirre (born 23 February 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and is the manager of Trebujena CF.

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
Date of birth (1977-02-23) 23 February 1977
Place of birth Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Trebujena (coach)
Youth career
Jerez Industrial
Flamenco
Cádiz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Cádiz B
1998–1999 Cádiz 0 (0)
1998–1999 → Portuense (loan)
1999–2013 Xerez 441 (12)
2013–2014 Sanluqueño 15 (2)
Total 456 (14)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Xerez
2015– Trebujena
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 official matches. He started working as a manager in 2014, with the same club.

Football 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's Xerez CD; in nine of the following ten seasons he never appeared in less than 35 games, being instrumental in the Andalusians' promotions to the second division (2001) and La Liga (2009).

In the 2009–10 campaign, Mendoza could only play 12 league matches as the team were immediately relegated from the top flight. He made his debut in the competition on 30 August 2009, in a 0–2 away loss against RCD Mallorca.[1]

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.[2] On 3 July 2013, after dropping two levels at once, he left the Azulinos and joined Atlético Sanluqueño CF of division three,[3] retiring in January of the following year.

Mendoza returned to former side Xerez on 7 July 2014, being appointed manager of the first team[4] after a spell with their youths when he was still an active player.[5]

References
  1. El Mallorca bautiza al Xerez en Primera (Mallorca baptize Xerez in Primera); Marca, 30 August 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. Mendoza renueva una temporada con el Xerez (Mendoza renews with Xerez for one season); Marca, 20 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. 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)
  4. Mendoza, entrenador del Xerez Club Deportivo (Mendoza, manager of Xerez Club Deportivo); Xerez CD, 7 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. Mendoza se echa a entrenador (Mendoza has a go at coaching); El Desmarque, 8 August 2011 (in Spanish)
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