Édison Méndez

Ecuadorian footballer

Édison Vicente Méndez Méndez (born March 16, 1979, in Ibarra) is an Ecuadorian football coach and former player who played as either a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Édison Méndez
Personal information
Full name Édison Vicente Méndez Méndez[1]
Date of birth (1979-03-16) March 16, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Ibarra, Ecuador
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Club Deportivo La Unión
Youth career
1996–2001 Deportivo Quito
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Deportivo Quito 193 (18)
2002–2003 El Nacional 34 (3)
2004 Irapuato 16 (5)
2004 Santos Laguna 14 (2)
2005–2007 LDU Quito 60 (6)
2006–2007PSV (loan) 26 (5)
2007–2009 PSV 46 (4)
2009–2010 LDU Quito 23 (6)
2010 Atlético Mineiro 9 (0)
2011 Emelec 35 (5)
2012–2013 LDU Quito 47 (6)
2014 Santa Fe 10 (0)
2015 El Nacional 22 (4)
Total 535 (64)
National team
2000–2014 Ecuador 111 (18)
Teams managed
2020 El Nacional
2022 LDU Quito (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ecuador League Cup South America Total
1997 Deportivo Quito Serie A 27 1 N/A 27 1
1998 28 1 N/A 6 0 34 1
1999 39 0 N/A 39 0
2000 31 2 N/A 31 2
2001 35 4 N/A 35 4
2002 33 10 N/A 33 10
2003 El Nacional Serie A 34 3 N/A 6 0 40 3
Mexico League Cup North America Total
2003–04 Deportivo Irapuato Primera División 16 5 N/A 16 5
2004–05 Santos Laguna Primera División 14 2 N/A 14 2
Ecuador League Cup South America Total
2005 LDU Quito Serie A 42 4 N/A 14 3 56 7
2006 18 2 N/A 10 3 28 5
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Total
2006–07 PSV Eredivisie 26 5 0 0 9 1 35 6
2007–08 20 1 1 0 6 0 27 1
2008–09 26 3 1 0 6 0 33 3
Ecuador League Cup South America Total
2009 LDU Quito Serie A 8 0 N/A 10 7 18 7
2010 15 6 N/A 0 0 15 6
Brazil League Copa do Brasil South America Total
2010 Atlético Mineiro Série A 9 0 3 0 12 0
Ecuador League Cup South America Total
2011 Emelec Serie A 35 5 N/A 3 0 38 5
2012 LDU Quito Serie A 19 1 N/A 19 1
2013 28 5 N/A 0 0 28 5
Colombia League Cup South America Total
2014 Santa Fe Primera A 10 0 0 0 8 1 18 1
Ecuador League Cup South America Total
2015 El Nacional Serie A 22 4 N/A 22 4
Total Ecuador 414 48 N/A 49 13 463 61
Mexico 30 7 N/A 30 7
Netherlands 72 9 2 0 21 1 95 10
Brazil 9 0 0 0 3 0 12 0
Colombia 10 0 0 0 8 1 18 1
Career total 535 64 2 0 81 15 618 79

International goals

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Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.[3]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2 June 2001 Estadio Monumental "U", Lima, Peru   Peru 1–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 17 July 2001 Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia   Venezuela 3–0 4–0 2001 Copa América
3. 13 June 2002 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan   Croatia 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
4. 15 November 2003 Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay   Paraguay 1–1 1–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 10 March 2004 Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico   Mexico 1–2 1–2 Friendly
6. 10 October 2004 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Chile 2–0 2–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 17 November 2004 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Brazil 1–0 1–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8. 27 March 2005 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Paraguay 2–2 5–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. 3–2
10. 4 May 2005 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   Paraguay 1–0 1–0 Friendly
11. 1 July 2007 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela   Mexico 1–2 1–2 2007 Copa América
12. 21 November 2007 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Peru 3–0 5–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13. 5–0
14. 6 September 2008 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Bolivia 2–1 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15. 9 September 2009 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia   Bolivia 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
16. 10 August 2011 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica   Costa Rica 2–0 2–0 Friendly
17. 15 November 2011 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Peru 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
18. 5 March 2014 The Den, London, England   Australia 4–3 4–3 Friendly

Honours

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LDU Quito

PSV Eindhoven

References

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  1. "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Ecuador" (PDF). FIFA. March 21, 2014. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2019.
  2. LDU player card
  3. "Méndez, Édison". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 February 2017.