Gabriel Mendez (born 12 March 1973) is a former Australian

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player, who attended

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. An attacking midfielder, the much-travelled Mendez is a former player of Admira Wacker and

Notts County Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League (division), National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on the 2 ...

in Europe and for Malaysian side

Kedah FA Kedah Darul Aman Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman) is a football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to have won two tr ...

. He is also a former

Australia national football team Australia national soccer team may refer to: * Australia men's national soccer team ** Australia men's national under-23 soccer team ** Australia men's national under-20 soccer team ** Australia men's national under-17 soccer team ** Australia ...

player from 1994 to 2000. An unexpected playing return with St Columba's Castle Hill in 2013 ended prematurely, with a hamstring injury curtailing an initially bright performance. His daughter

Seone Mendez Seone Mendez (born 15 May 1999) is an Australian tennis player of Argentine descent. Mendez has career-high WTA rankings of 198 in singles, achieved on 21 March 2022, and 304 in doubles, set on 20 September 2021. She has won thirteen ITF single ...

is a tennis player and his son

Gian Mendez Gian is a masculine Italian given name. It is a variant of Gianni and is likewise used as a diminutive of Giovanni, the Italian form of John. In Italian, any name including Giovanni can be contracted to Gian, particularly in combination with other ...

is a professional footballer.

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* 1973 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine emigrants to Australia Argentine men's footballers Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia National Soccer League (Australia) players Blacktown City FC players Marconi Stallions FC players Notts County F.C. players Parramatta Power SC players Sydney Olympic FC players Sydney United 58 FC players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players Parramatta FC players Men's association football midfielders Australian people of Argentine descent English Football League players {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub