Nacho Méndez

Ignacio "Nacho" Méndez-Navia Fernández (born 30 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a central midfielder.

Nacho Méndez
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Méndez-Navia Fernández
Date of birth (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998
Place of birth Luanco, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Gijón
Number 14
Youth career
Roces
2010–2016 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sporting B 51 (5)
2017– Sporting Gijón 70 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:44, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Méndez-Navia and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Club career

Born in Luanco, Asturias, Méndez joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup in 2010, from TSK Roces. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 August 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute and scoring his team's sixth in a 7–0 Tercera División home routing of UC Ceares.[1]

On 26 April 2017, Méndez renewed his contract until 2019.[2] After spending the whole 2017 pre-season with the first team, he made his professional debut on 27 August by starting in a 2–0 home win against CD Lugo for the Segunda División championship.[3]

Méndez scored his first professional goal on 6 September 2017, netting the game's only in an away success over CF Reus Deportiu, for the season's Copa del Rey.[4] On 22 December, he extended his contract until 2021, being definitely promoted to the main squad ahead of the following season.[5]

Career Statistics
As of match played 20 July 2020[6][7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2017-18 Segunda División B 23100231
Sporting Gijón 2017-18 Segunda División 11021131
2018-19 Segunda División 31250362
2019-20 Segunda División 28310293
Total 70581786
Career Total 936811017

References
  1. "El Sporting B golea al Ceares en su estreno liguero" [Sporting B thrash Ceares in their league debut] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "Nacho Méndez rubrica su acuerdo de continuidad con el Real Sporting" [Nacho Méndez signs his agreement of continuity with Real Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. "Al Sporting le bastan 15 minutos para acabar con el Lugo" [Sporting only need 15 minutes to finish off Lugo] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. "Nacho Méndez da el pase al Sporting ante un Reus que falló dos penaltis" [Nacho Méndez gives pass to Sporting against a Reus which failed two penalties] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. "Nacho Méndez amplía su contrato hasta junio de 2021" [Nacho Méndez extends his contract until June 2021] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. Nacho Méndez at Soccerway
  7. "Nacho Méndez Statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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