Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jesús Alexander Mendieta Rojas | ||
Date of birth | 11 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Alianza Atlético | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sporting Cristal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2017–2019 | Sporting Cristal | 0 | (0) |
2017 | → Alianza Atlético (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Ayacucho (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Ayacucho | 69 | (2) |
2023– | Alianza Atlético | 35 | (1) |
International career | |||
2013 | Peru U15 | ||
2015 | Peru U17 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:09, 28 April 2024 (UTC) |
Jesús Alexander Mendieta Rojas (born 11 April 1998) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a left-back for Peruvian Primera División side Alianza Atlético.
In 2016, Mendieta was promoted to Sporting Cristal's reserve team and one year later - in 2017 - to the first team. [2] However, he was not able to get his debut and he was then loaned out to Alianza Atlético on 24 August 2017 for the rest of the year. [3] He made 10 appearances for the club.
In the summer 2018, he joined Ayacucho FC on loan. [4] The loan deal was later extended for the 2019 season as well. [5] Mendieta's contract with Sporting Cristal expired at the end of 2019 and he then joined Ayacucho on permanent basis. [6]
Ahead of the 2023 season, Mendieta moved to Alianza Atlético. [7]
Mendieta was one of the figures of the Peruvian 15 national team that won the 2013 2013 South American U-15 Championship title in Bolivia. He finished as Peru's third top scorer with two goals. He was also a part of the U17 national team squad in the 2015 South American U-17 Championship in Paraguay.