Sergio Mendigutxia

Sergio Mendigutxia Iglesias, simply known as Mendi (born 12 June 1993), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for NEROCA FC as a forward.

Mendi
Personal information
Full name Sergio Mendigutxia Iglesias
Date of birth (1993-06-12) 12 June 1993
Place of birth Avilés, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 NEROCA FC
Number 9
Youth career
1998–1999 El Quirinal
1999–2001 Peña Sport
2001–2008 Atlético Villalba
2008–2009 Collado Villalba
2009–2011 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Collado Villalba 6 (3)
2011 Bilbao Athletic 2 (1)
2011–2012 Basconia 18 (3)
2013 La Roda 5 (0)
2013–2014 Córdoba B 21 (8)
2013–2014 Córdoba 6 (2)
2014–2016 Sporting B 61 (19)
2015 Sporting Gijón 1 (0)
2016–2017 Logroñés 20 (2)
2017–2018 Racing Ferrol 29 (2)
2018 UD Sanse 12 (1)
2018–2019 Stal Mielec 13 (0)
2020–2021 Marino de Luanco 6 (0)
2021– NEROCA 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:05, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mendigutxia and the second or maternal family name is Iglesias.

Club career

EUROPE

Born in Avilés, Asturias, Mendi began playing as a senior with local CU Collado Villalba in the 2008–09 season, in Tercera División. In April 2009 he signed with Athletic Bilbao, returning to youth football.[1] Mendi also appeared with the reserves in the 2010–11 season, in Segunda División B.

After appearing with Athletic's farm team in the 2011–12 season, Mendi suffered a syncope in early April 2012, being sidelined for the rest of the season.[2] He rescinded his link with the Biscay side on 3 November, after failing to appear in 2012–13.[3]

On 30 January 2013 Mendi signed with La Roda CF, in the third level.[4] In July he signed with Córdoba CF, being initially assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[5]

Mendi made his first-team debut on 30 November 2013, playing the entire second half and scoring his club's only of a 1–2 home loss against FC Barcelona B, for the Segunda División championship.[6] On 11 July of the following year he joined another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón B.[7]

Mendi made his debut for the Rojiblancos' first team on 26 October 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for Miguel Ángel Guerrero in a 0–3 La Liga away loss against Athletic Bilbao.[8]

INDIA

After a few more stints in Spain and a season in Poland, Mendi joined Indian club NEROCA. The club had finished second in it's very first season in the top tier after being promoted from the second division, missing out on the championship on the final matchday. Since then performances slowly dropped, with the club being relegated in the 2020-21 season. The AIFF, however reinstated them into the I-League, considering the shortened format and the COVID situation as a whole.

References
  1. El Athletic de Bilbao ficha al cadete del CUC Villalba Sergio Mendiguchía, de 15 años (Athletic de Bilbao signs CUC Villalba's youth player Sergio Mendiguchía); El Faro del Guadarrama, 13 April 2009 (in Spanish)
  2. Un síncope aparta al jugador del Athletic Mendigutxia de la competición (A syncope set aside Athletic's player Mendigutxia from the competition); El Mundo, 3 April 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. Mendigutxia llega a un acuerdo para desvincularse del Athletic (Mendigutxia reaches agreement to dissociate from Athletic); El Mundo Deportivo, 3 November 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. Oficial: La Roda, firma Mendigutxia (Official: La Roda, Mendigutxia signs); Todo Mercado Web, 30 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. El filial contrata al delantero Mendiguchia (The reserve side signs forward Mendiguchia); Diario de Córdoba, 10 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. El Barça B coge aire ante un Córdoba negado en ataque (Barça B takes air against a Córdoba denied in attack); Marca, 30 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. Mendi, delantero del Córdoba, primer fichaje del filial (Mendi, forward of Córdoba, first signing of the reserves); La Nueva España, 11 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  8. El Athletic atropella al Sporting (Athletic runs over Sporting); Marca, 26 October 2015 (in Spanish)
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