Mauro Méndez
Personal information
Full name Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta
Date of birth (1999-01-17) 17 January 1999
Place of birth Salto, Uruguay
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
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 43 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2023

Mauro Andrés Méndez Acosta (born 17 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Estudiantes de La Plata.[1]

Career

A former youth academy player of Defensor Sporting, Méndez joined Montevideo Wanderers in February 2017. He 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 acquires the services of 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]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montevideo Wanderers 2019 Uruguayan Primera División 141—1[lower-alpha 1]0—151
2020 297——1[lower-alpha 2]0307
2021 224—2[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]0254
2022 2011008[lower-alpha 1]4—2815
Total852300114209827
Estudiantes 2022 Argentine Primera División 1000000010
Career total862300114209927
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. ↑ Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.
  3. ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores.
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercopa Uruguaya.

References

  1. 1 2 Mauro Méndez at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Debutante de la 15a fecha del Torneo Apertura 2019". 15 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Estudiantes presentó al goleador uruguayo Mauro Méndez". 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.


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