Alberto Mendez

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Alberto Mendez

Full name	Alberto Mendez Rodriguez
Date of birth	24 October 1974 (1974-10-24) (age 33)
Place of birth	Nuremberg, Germany
Height	5ft 11in (1.81m)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	SV Sandhausen
Number	10
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1997 1997–2001 1999 1999 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–	SC Feucht Arsenal → AEK Athens (loan) → Unterhaching (loan) → Racing Ferrol (loan) Racing Ferrol Terrassa SC Feucht SpVgg Bayreuth SV Darmstadt SV Sandhausen	04 (0) 06 (0) 17 (1) 33 (4) 14 (1) 21 (3) 27 (8) 07 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Alberto Mendez Rodriguez (born 24 October 1974 in Nuremberg, Germany) is a German footballer of Spanish descent, who plays in midfield for SV Sandhausen.

[edit] Playing career

Mendez was discovered by Arsenal playing for German non-league side SC Feucht. He signed for Arsenal in 1997. He made his first-team debut in a League Cup match against Birmingham City on October 14, 1997, as a substitute and scored the final goal in a 4-1 win. However, he could not establish himself in the first-team; he played eleven matches for Arsenal (four in the league) in five seasons, with just the one goal against Birmingham to his name. He had loan spells with AEK Athens, Unterhaching and Ferrol before returning to Germany permanently in 2002.