Sergio Méndez

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Sergio (El Tabudo) Méndez
Personal information
Full name	Sergio de Jesús Méndez Bolanos
Date of birth	(1942-02-14)14 February 1942
Place of birth	Santa Elena, El Salvador
Date of death	1978
Place of death	El Salvador
Height	6 Feet
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	El Vencedor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1966	Águila
1969–1971	Atlético Marte
National team
7	El Salvador		(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Méndez and the second or maternal family name is Cortez.

Sergio de Jesús Méndez Bolanos (born 14 February 1942 – died 1978) was a football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

Club career

Nicknamed el Tabudo, Méndez played for Atlético Marte,^[1] Suchitepequez (Guatemala) and Águila.

International career

Méndez played 7 matches for El Salvador at the 1968 Summer Olympics, after he had scored against Cuba in the qualifiers.^[2] Méndez also had the opportunity to play at the 1965 CONCACAF Championship where he played all of the games. In the Championship he started in 5 games, substituted in 2 games and scored 4 goals for the Salvadoran team.^[3] He also played in all three matches at the 1970 World Cup Finals.^[4]

Death

Mendez died in a car accident in 1978. He is one of six 1968 Olympic footballers of El Salvador who have already died.^[5]

References

↑ Sergio de Jesus Mendez - Atlético Marte
↑ Una y una en La Habana - El Gráfico (Spanish)
↑ Gomez, Omar. "El Salvador en Copa CCCF y NORCECA". elbaloncuscatleco.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
↑ Sergio Méndez – FIFA competition record
↑ Hace 40 años de aquel México 70 - El Salvador.com (Spanish)

v t e El Salvador squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Magaña 2 Rivas 3 Mariona (c) 4 Cortés 5 Osorio 6 Quintanilla 7 Rodríguez 8 Vásquez 9 Martínez 10 Cabezas 11 Aparicio 12 Monge 13 Pineda 14 Manzano 15 Cabrera 16 Sermeño 17 Portillo 18 Castro 19 Méndez 20 Fernández 21 Acevedo 22 Villalta Coach: Carrasco

Persondata
Name	Mendez, Sergio
Alternative names
Short description	Salvadoran footballer
Date of birth	14 February 1942
Place of birth	Santa Elena, Usulután, El Salvador
Date of death	1978
Place of death	El Salvador

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