Mario Méndez (Mexican footballer)

Mario Méndez Olague ( born June 1, 1979 in Guadalajara ) is a former Mexican football player.

With 19 years Méndez made ​​his debut with his hometown club CD Atlas of Guadalajara in the first Mexican League and was immediately regulars. Six years and almost 200 league games he remained loyal to the club before he moved on to Toluca in 2004. The following year he was champion in the Apertura, however, it was the first year in which he no longer belonged to the first eleven. And so he was loaned out to CF Monterrey in 2005. As of the 2006 season he will play for UANL Tigres the.

As an international, he had in 1999 in the youth team at the U21 World Cup in Nigeria his first major tournament, reaching the quarter-finals. On 9 January 2000, he made ​​his debut in the senior team. Mario Méndez played until 2008 a total of 37 times for the national team, he was at winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2003, the squad, played in 4 of the 5 Confederations Cup matches in 2005, in 7 games in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany, where he belonged to the Mexican World Cup squad and - except for the last 13 minutes in the third round match against Portugal - all games played over the full distance.

Title / successes

• CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003
• Mexican masters: Apertura 2005
• Best League rookie 1998 ( winter)