Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo | ||
| Date of birth | June 16, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978-1983 | Plaza Amador | ||
| 1983-1986 | Tauro | ||
| 1986-1987 | Cojutepeque | ||
| 1988-1991 | UA Tamaulipas | 127 | (41) |
| 1992-1993 | Universidad Guadalajara | 30 | (7) |
| 1993-1995 | Tampico Madero | 32 | (11) |
| 1995-1996 | UA Tamaulipas | ||
| 1995 | Green Cross | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | Real España | ||
| 1998-1999 | Tauro | ||
| 1999-2000 | Plaza Amador | (15) | |
| 2000-2001 | Alianza | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1980-2000 | Panama | 80 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004-2005 | Panama U-20 | ||
| 2006 | Panama | ||
| 2009 | Alianza | ||
| 2010-2011 | Chepo | ||
| 2014 | CA Independiente | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo (born 16 June 1961 in Panama City is a retired Panamanian football forward.
Club career
Mendieta played for local sides Plaza Amador, Sporting'89 and Tauro.[1] He also had spells abroad in El Salvador, Ecuador, Honduras and, most notably, in Mexico.
He announced his retirement in January 2000 after scoring 15 goals for Plaza Amador,[2] but returned to play for Alianza[3] and eventually retired in November 2001 after playing for Alianza against San Francisco, aged 40.[4] According to the IFFHS, Mendieta scored 222 goals in 375 matches between 1978 and 1997.[5]
International career
Mendieta made his debut for Panama in an October 1980 FIFA World Cup qualification match against El Salvador[6] and has played 80 times [7] for the national team including unofficial matches[8] during the 1980s and early 1990s. He represented his country in 16 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[9] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[10]
His final international was a September 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mexico.
Managerial career
Mendieta managed the Panama national under-20 football team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands[9] and he was named interim coach of the senior squad in 2006.[11]
In 2009 he took charge of his former club Alianza[12] and in May 2014 he was appointed manager of Independiente de La Chorrera,[13] but was dismissed in October 2014.[14]
Personal life
Mendieta is the father of former Panamanian international footballer Víctor René Mendieta.[15]
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
References
- ↑ Un hombre que sí le ha ganado a Costa Rica - Somos Lasele (Spanish)
- ↑ René Mendieta se retira como máximo goleador de temporada - Panamá América (Spanish)
- ↑ Mendieta y Brown reforzarán delantera del Alianza en primera división - Panamá América (Spanish)
- ↑ Mendieta se retira - Panamá América (Spanish)
- ↑ Mendieta también figura entre los 297 goleadores históricos - La Prensa (Spanish)
- ↑ Mendieta: "No vuelvo a la selección" - Crítica (Spanish)
- ↑ (Spanish)
- ↑ Victor René Mendieta, el hombre record de la Sele - PanamaFutbol (Spanish)
- 1 2 Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo – FIFA competition record
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ Panamá tendrá a Mendieta como técnico interino amistoso con Perú - Terra (Spanish)
- ↑ Mendieta será técnico del Alianza F.C. - La Estrella (Spanish)
- ↑ Panamá: Víctor René Mendieta, nuevo técnico del CAI - Diez (Spanish)
- ↑ Víctor René Mendieta no seguirá al frente del CAI - Crítica (Spanish)
- ↑ Me gustaría volver a la "sele", Mendieta hijo - Panamá América (Spanish)
External links
- Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo at National-Football-Teams.com
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