Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo | ||
| Date of birth | June 16, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1980-2000 | Panama | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004-2005 | Panama U-20 | ||
| 2006 | Panama | ||
| 2009 | Alianza | ||
| 2010-2011 | Chepo | ||
| 2014 | CA Independiente | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2015 |
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Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo (born 16 June 1961 in Panama City is a retired Panamanian football forward.
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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 79 times for the national team including unofficial matches[7] during the 1980s and early 1990s. He represented his country in 16 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9]
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[8] and he was named interim coach of the senior squad in 2006.[10]
In 2009 he took charge of his former club Alianza[11] and in May 2014 he was appointed manager of Independiente de La Chorrera,[12] but was dismissed in October 2014.[13]
Personal life
Mendieta is the father of former Panamanian international footballer Víctor René Mendieta.[14]
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)
- ↑ Victor René Mendieta, el hombre record de la Sele - PanamaFutbol (Spanish)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Panama City
- Association football forwards
- Panamanian footballers
- Panama international footballers
- 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- Plaza Amador players
- Sporting San Miguelito players
- Correcaminos UAT footballers
- Club Universidad de Guadalajara footballers
- Tampico Madero footballers
- Real C.D. España players
- Tauro F.C. players
- Alianza Panama players
- Panamanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in El Salvador
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate footballers in Honduras
- Panamanian football managers
- Panama national football team managers
