Alfredo Damián Mendoza Sulewski (born 12 December 1963 in Encarnación) is a retired football striker from

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. A player of

Cerro Porteño Club Cerro Porteño is a professional Paraguayan football club, based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1912, Cerro has won 34 Primera División titles and is one of the most popular football clubs in Paraguay. Its presi ...

he was a member of the

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that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in

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. At the club level he also played for Olimpia Asunción, Mandiyú and

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

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and

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of Mexico.

Career

Born in

Encarnación, Paraguay Encarnación () is a district and the capital city of Itapúa Department in Paraguay, located at the south-east of the department, on the right-hand (western) shore of the Paraná River, opposite Posadas, Argentina. The city has an area of 27 ...

, Mendoza began playing football in local Club Silvio Pettirossi's youth system. He moved to

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, where he briefly played senior football with

Club Atlético Tembetary Club Atlético Tembetary Ypané is a football club from Villa Elisa, Paraguay, founded in 1912 in Asunción. The club currently plays in the Paraguay third-tier. Despite being a very small team that is actually part of the lower divisions of Pa ...

and Club Guaraní, before signing with

. In 1986, Mendoza moved to Colombia where he would play for

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

and Deportivo Cali. After spells with local side Club Olimpia and France's Stade Brestois 29, he spent most of the remainder of his career in Argentina with

Textil Mandiyú Club Social y Deportivo Textil Mandiyú, commonly referred as Textil Mandiyú was an Argentine football club, based in Corrientes, in the Province of the same name. The squad currently plays in the regionalised third tier of Argentine footb ...

and

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1963 births Living people People from Encarnación, Paraguay Paraguayan footballers Paraguayan expatriate footballers Paraguay international footballers Paraguayan people of Polish descent Independiente Medellín footballers Deportivo Cali footballers Club Guaraní players Cerro Porteño players Club Olimpia footballers Atlas F.C. footballers Deportivo Mandiyú footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers Stade Brestois 29 players Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Categoría Primera A players Liga MX players Ligue 1 players Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Colombia Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Mexico Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in France Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Association football forwards 1986 FIFA World Cup players 1983 Copa América players 1989 Copa América players {{Paraguay-footy-forward-stub