Gabriel Méndez

Gabriel Méndez
Personal information
Full nameGabriel Antonio Méndez
Date of birthMay 8, 1988
Place of birthPaseo de los Libres, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Unión Española
Number7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2008Racing Club5(0)
2009Olmedo28(7)
2009–2010Deportivo Cuenca21(6)
2010–2011Banfield27(5)
2011–2012San Lorenzo23(2)
2012–2013Atlético Tucumán29(4)
2013Manta13(1)
2014Cobreloa35(11)
2015–Unión Española2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gabriel Antonio Méndez (born 8 May 1988) is an Argentine football footballer who plays for Unión Española in the Chilean Primera División. He plays as an offensive midfielder or striker and is nicknamed "El correntino".

Career

Méndez started his playing career in 2007 with Racing Club, in which he had been playing in the youth teams. However, he couldn't establish himself as a regular first team player and could only play 5 matches coming in as a substitute. In 2009, he joined Ecuadorian side Olmedo, in which he played 28 matches and scored 7 goals. After 6 months in Olmedo, he joined Deportivo Cuenca, in which he played 21 matches, scoring 6 goals, 3 of them in 2010 Copa Libertadores (2 against Banfield, his future club, and 1 against Monarcas Morelia). In July 2010, Méndez joined Banfield on a 1-year loan.

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