![]() Mendoza with Independiente del Valle in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexis Antonio Mendoza Barrina | ||
Date of birth | November 8, 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1990 | Atlético Junior | 220 | (13) |
1990–1992 | América de Cali | 101 | (1) |
1993–1996 | Atlético Junior | 148 | (5) |
1997 | Veracruz | 15 | (0) |
1998 | Atlético Junior | 48 | (3) |
Total | 532 | (22) | |
International career | |||
1987–1997 | Colombia | 67 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2003 | Alianza Petrolera | ||
2004–2006 | Colombia (assistant) | ||
2007–2010 | Honduras (assistant) | ||
2008 | Honduras U23 | ||
2010–2014 | Ecuador (assistant) | ||
2015–2016 | Atlético Junior | ||
2016–2017 | Independiente del Valle | ||
2018 | Atlético Junior | ||
2019 | Sporting Cristal | ||
2019 | Independiente Medellín | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alexis Antonio Mendoza Barrina (born November 8, 1961) is a retired Colombian footballer and current manager.
He was the assistant manager of Honduras national football team during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and of the Ecuador national football team during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Mendoza was capped 67 times and scored 2 international goals for Colombia between 1987 and 1997. [1]
Mendoza played most of his club career as a defender for Atlético Junior. He also played for América de Cali between 1990 and 1992, where he won two Colombian league championships (1990 & 1992).
In 1993, he returned to Junior and helped them to win the 1993 and 1995 Colombian league championships.
Towards the end of his career Mendoza played for Veracruz in Mexico. [2]
Mendoza played one match at the 1994 World Cup, and was an unused substitute for the 1990 World Cup. Mendoza also played in four editions of the Copa América in 1987, [3] 1989, [4] 1993 [5] and 1995 [6]
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