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Mario Méndez (Panamanian footballer)

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Full name
  
Mario Uriel Mendez

Years
  
Team

Playing position
  
Defender


Height
  
1.81 m (5 ft 11 ⁄2 in)

Place of birth
  
David, Panama

Name
  
Mario Mendez

Mario Mendez (Panamanian footballer)

Date of birth
  
(1977-01-05) January 5, 1977 (age 38)

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Mario Uriel Méndez, commonly known as El Cholito (born January 5, 1977 in David, Chiriquí) is a retired Panamanian football defender and currently is a manager.

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Club

In Panama, Méndez played for Chiriquí, Tauro, Chorrillo, whom he joined in January 2006 from San Francisco, and Atlético Chiriquí. In 2004 he had the opportunity to go to trial to Vasco da Gama but hurt his Achilles tendon in Julio Dely Valdés and Jorge Dely Valdés farewell game.

International

Méndez made his debut for Panama in an August 1996 friendly match against Honduras and has earned a total of 33 caps, scoring 4 goals. He represented his country in 8 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and El Cholito was part of the Panama squad that participated in the UNCAF Nations Cup 2003 held in Guatemala.

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His final international was an August 2003 friendly match against Paraguay.

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring in 2008, Méndez became the manager of Atlético Chiriquí (the only team in the Liga Panameña de Fútbol Chiriquí). In the 2009 Apertura I championship, he led Atlético Chiriquí to their first qualification to the semifinals round after being 2nd in the general table. Unfortunately for Cholito, they lost on aggregate score to San Francisco. In August 2011 he became assistant to Miguel Mansilla at Chorrillo after he was dismissed as manager of the Panama U-20's.

In May 2012 he returned at the helm at Atlético Chiriquí, only to resign in March 2013.

References

Mario Méndez (Panamanian footballer) Wikipedia