Édison Méndez

Edison Vicente Méndez Méndez ( born March 16, 1979 in El Juncal, a village in Chota Valley, the politically belongs to the canton of Ibarra Imbabura Province ) is an Ecuadorian footballer. The 1.75 m wide midfielder is regarded as all-rounder, as it can be used both as a playmaker and defensively, as well as centrally, on the left and on the right side. He played from 2006 to 2009 for PSV Eindhoven and is currently active for Liga de Quito in Ecuador. He is a regular in the national team of Ecuador.

Club football

Méndez began his career in 1996 with Deportivo Quito in Ecuador, for which he gave his Erstligadebüt 1997. In 2003 he moved on loan to city rival El Nacional, before he was released in January 2004 Clausura 2003/ 04 obligation of Irapuato in Mexico.

In Irapuato, he was first-team regular, scoring 5 goals in 16 games. After the tournament, the Mexican Primera División and was scaled Irapuato lost by vote of the club president his right to participate. It therefore took no part in the Apertura Tournament 2004/ 05; Méndez was delivered to Santos Laguna. Here he could not assert definitively located. He was only six times in the starting lineup and scored two goals.

For the 2005 season, he returned to Ecuador. With his club Liga de Quito, he won the Apertura 2005. Late July 2006, he moved to PSV Eindhoven, initially on loan. In his first appearance for PSV he scored in the championship game against Willem II Tilburg two goals for a 3-1 win. In his second outing, a Champions League match against Liverpool (0-0 ), he was elected Man of the Match. In November 2006, the PSV acquired prematurely also Méndez ' transfer rights. In his first season at PSV Méndez was able to celebrate the Dutch championship. He scored five goals in 26 missions. Also in the 2007/ 08 season he was with Eindhoven Dutch masters, where he contributed a goal in 20 games. In his last season in Eindhoven (2008/ 09) he scored three goals in 26 games this season.

In the summer of 2009, he returned to Ecuador to Liga de Quito and won with his club in the Copa Sudamericana 2009. In July 2010, he moved to Brazil to Atletico Mineiro. In January 2011 he returned to Ecuador, where he played one year for CS Emelec Guayaquil. In 2012 he joined again at Liga de Quito.

National

In the National Méndez debuted on 8 March 2000 in a friendly against Honduras. He has played more 92 matches in which he scored 15 goals (as of April 2011).

Among his goals was the winning goal to make it 1-0 against Croatia at the 2002 World Cup, the first victory of Ecuador in a World Cup. Méndez was elected Man of the Match. On 17 November 2004, he scored the 1-0 against Brazil in a qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup.

He was also at the 2006 World Cup regulars the right of midfield and prepared during the second round match against Ecuador, Costa Rica, the gates to 2-0 and 3-0 in front.

He also took part in the ( less successful for Ecuador ) tournaments for the Copa América 2001, 2004 and 2007.

He declared early 2008 surprisingly announced his retirement from the national team due to " exhaustion " by the travel from the Netherlands to South America to play the national team. In May 2008, he made ​​this withdrawal reversed and returned to the national team, which had now only played a friendly match against Haiti, back.