Enrique Waldemar Méndez Martijena (born 20 May 1971), known as Waldemar Méndez, is an Argentine naturalized Chilean footballer who played for clubs of Argentina and Chile.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Enrique Waldemar Méndez Martijena | ||
| Date of birth | 12 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Laprida, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1990 | Ferro Carril Oeste | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 0 | (0) |
| 1994 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 1995 | Deportes Ovalle | ||
| 1996–1999 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2000 | Deportes Melipilla | ||
| 2001 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2002 | Deportes Temuco | 7 | (0) |
| 2003 | O'Higgins | ||
| 2004 | Provincial Osorno | 2 | (0) |
| 2005 | Unión La Calera | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Magallanes (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editA product of Ferro Carril Oeste, he moved to Chile and played in both the Primera B and the Primera División for clubs such as Unión La Calera, Deportes Ovalle, Deportes La Serena, among others.[1] Along with Deportes La Serena, he won the 1996 Primera B, getting promotion to the Primera División.[2]
Following his retirement, he graduated as a football manager. In 2006, he assumed as interim coach of Magallanes in the Primera B de Chile.[3]
Personal life
editHe naturalized Chilean by residence and Spanish by descent.[3]
On 29 February 2020, he married María Gracia Subercaseaux, a Chilean photographer and media personality.[4]
He worked as a in-match analyst for Canal del Futbol, commonly known as "CDF",[5] a cable soccer channel that holds the exclusive TV rights to all the matches of the first and second division of the Chilean professional league. Then he joined ESPN Chile for the program ESPN F90 (before ESPN Radio).[3] He also works for Radio Futuro [es] in the program Futuro Fútbol Club.[6]
Honours
edit- Deportes La Serena
References
edit- ^ "Enrique Waldemar Méndez". LaFerropedia (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Escudey, Cristóbal (18 January 2019). "EL RENACER PAPAYERO, EN UN AÑO LLENO DE EMOCIONES". Red Bull (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b c Fila, Franco (13 September 2022). "Waldemar Méndez baja a tierra a los chilenos: ¿Sin chances de ir a Qatar?". Tablon Virtual (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Así fue el matrimonio de María Gracia Subercaseaux y Waldemar Méndez - m360.cl". www.m360.cl (in Spanish). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Waldemar Méndez reflota atado que vivió con Patricio Polic en 2003: "No nos saludamos"". The Clinic (in Spanish). 7 December 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Puebla, Diego (6 May 2019). "Waldemar Méndez en Futuro Fútbol Club: "El partido de la U ayer, fue una pichanga"". Futuro Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
External links
edit- Waldemar Méndez at BDFA (in Spanish)
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