Edison Méndez

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Edison Mendez
Personal information
Full name	Édison Vicente Méndez Méndez
Date of birth	16 March 1979
Place of birth	Chota, Ecuador
Height	175cm
Nickname	Quinito, La Luz
Position	Winger (Left or Right) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	PSV Eindhoven
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1997-2002 2002-2003 2004-2004 2004-2004 2005-2006 2006-Present	Sociedad Deportivo Quito El Nacional Club Irapuato Santos Laguna LDU Quito PSV Eindhoven	189 (10) 34 (4) 16 (5) 14 (2) 60 (6) 11 (4)
National team**
2000-	Ecuador	68 (10)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2006.

Edison Vicente Méndez Méndez (born March 16, 1979 in Ibarra, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian football midfielder. He plays for PSV Eindhoven, and the Ecuadorian national team.

Contents 1 Ability/Playing Style 2 Club career 3 Career Stats 4 International career 4.1 World Cup 2002(Korea/Japan) 4.2 World Cup 2006 Qualifying Stage 4.3 World Cup 2006(Germany)

[edit] Ability/Playing Style

He is known for his pace, accurate passing and long range shooting.

He is also known as a dead-ball specialist, and generally takes free kicks and corners for his country.

While he is right-footed, he can play on either wing.

[edit] Club career

Méndez began his career with Sociedad Deportivo Quito of his native Ecuador. He transferred to Irapuato of the Mexican league for the latter part of the 2004 season, starting 16 games and scoring five goals during the remainder of that season. Following Irapuato's relegation the following year, Méndez moved to Santos Laguna, where he struggled to find a place, starting only six of 14 games, and scoring only two goals.

He returned to Ecuador, and was part of the Liga team who won the Ecuadorian Apertura season in 2005.

In 2006, shortly after the World Cup, he signed a one season loan deal with PSV Eindhoven, which was followed by permanent contract for three and a half years which would tie him at the Phillips stadium until 2010.

Mendez's reputation was enhanced when he was among 50 players nominated for the Golden Ball award for the best players in Europe.

[edit] Career Stats

Season	Club	Country	Competition	Matches	Goals
1997	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	27	1
1998	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	28	1
1999	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	39	0
2000	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	31	2
2001	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	33	4
2002	Deportivo Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	31	2
2003	El Nacional	Ecuador	Campeonato	34	4
2004/2005	Santos Laguna	Mexico	Primera División de México	14	2
2005	LDU Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	42	4
2006	LDU Quito	Ecuador	Campeonato	18	2
2006/2007	PSV	Netherlands	Eredivisie	11	5
			Total	308	26

[edit] International career

He participated at the South American U-20 Championship in Paraguay in 1999, and Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil in January 2000. 2 months later, he was called up to the full squad and made his debut in a 3-1 defeat against Honduras in Quito.

[edit] World Cup 2002(Korea/Japan)

He played all three games of Ecuador's 2002 World Cup campaign, scoring in the 1-0 victory over Croatia, the country's first victory in the World Cup.

(see FIFA World Cup 2002)

[edit] World Cup 2006 Qualifying Stage

He scored 5 goals in the qualifying stage for the FIFA World Cup, and was named in "CONMEBOL’s All-Star XI"

[edit] World Cup 2006(Germany)

Méndez again played throughout his team's campaign, which culminated in a 1-0 defeat to England in the round of sixteen. He was credited with 2 assists.

	Ecuador squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Cevallos | 2 Porozo | 3 Hurtado | 4 de la Cruz | 5 Obregón | 6 Guerrón | 7 Asencio | 8 L. Gómez | 9 Kaviedes | 10 Aguinaga | 11 Delgado | 12 Ibarra | 13 Fernández | 14 Burbano | 15 M. Ayoví | 16 Chalá | 17 Espinoza | 18 C. Tenorio | 19 Méndez | 20 E. Tenorio | 21 Sánchez | 22 Viteri | 23 W. Ayoví | Coach: H. Gómez

	Ecuador squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Villafuerte | 2 Guagua | 3 Hurtado | 4 de la Cruz | 5 Perlaza | 6 Urrutia | 7 Lara | 8 Méndez | 9 Borja | 10 Kaviedes | 11 Delgado | 12 Mora | 13 Ambrosi | 14 Castillo | 15 Ayoví | 16 Valencia | 17 Espinoza | 18 Reasco | 19 Saritama | 20 E. Tenorio | 21 C. Tenorio | 22 Lanza | 23 Benítez | Coach: Suárez

PSV Eindhoven - Current Squad
1 Gomes | 2 Kromkamp | 3 Reiziger | 4 Alex | 5 Ball | 6 Simons | 7 Väyrynen | 8 Cocu | 9 Kluivert | 10 Koné | 11 Méndez | 14 da Costa | 15 Čulina | 16 Aissati | 17 Farfán | 18 Addo | 19 Lamey | 20 Afellay | 21 Moens | 22 Fehér | 23 Salcido | 24 Nguyen | 25 de Jong | 26 Tardelli | 30 Plá | 31 Coe | 33 Beerens | Coach: Koeman

Edison Mendez is also known as "El Quinito."