Mauro Méndez
Uruguayan footballer (born 1999)
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Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta (born 17 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Banfield, on loan from Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes de La Plata.[1]
Full name
Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta
Date of birth
17 January 1999
Place of birth
Salto, Uruguay
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Salto, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Banfield (on loan from Estudiantes) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universitario de Salto | |||
| Ferro Carril de Salto | |||
| 2015–2017 | Defensor Sporting | ||
| 2017–2019 | Montevideo Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Montevideo Wanderers | 85 | (23) |
| 2022– | Estudiantes | 58 | (9) |
| 2025– | → Banfield (loan) | 31 | (9) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:01, 26 May 2026 (UTC) | |||
Career
Méndez is a former youth player of Defensor Sporting. He joined Montevideo Wanderers in February 2017 and made his professional debut for the club on 2 June 2019 in a 0–3 league defeat against Cerro.[2]
On July 28, 2022, Estudiantes de La Plata signed the 23-year-old striker from the Montevideo Wanderers club for 1,700,000 dollars for 70% of the record, signing a contract until June 2025.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 July 2022[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 14 | 1 | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 29 | 7 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 30 | 7 | ||||
| 2021 | 22 | 4 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 25 | 4 | |||
| 2022 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 4 | — | 28 | 15 | |||
| Total | 85 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 27 | ||
| Estudiantes | 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 86 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 27 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
- Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.
- Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
- Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya.
