Jesús Mendieta
Personal information
Full name Jesús Alexander Mendieta Rojas
Date of birth (1998-04-11) 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)
2017Alianza Atlético (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019Ayacucho (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2022 Ayacucho 69 (2)
2023– Alianza Atlético 28 (1)
International career
2013 Peru U15
2015 Peru U17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:32, 11 October 2023 (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.

Career

Club career

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]

International career

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.

References

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