Raúl Mendiola (born May 18, 1994) is a Mexican professional

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who currently plays as an

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Career

Born in

Ciudad Juárez Ciudad Juárez ( ; ''Juarez City''. ) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is commonly referred to as Juárez and was known as El Paso del Norte (''The Pass of the North'') until 1888. Juárez is the seat of the Ju� ...

, Mexico, Mendiola joined the

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Academy in 2011. While at the academy level Mendiola won back-to-back U-16 Development Academy Player of the Year awards after the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, playing for California-based development academy clu
Arsenal FC
On February 20, 2014, it was announced that Mendiola was signed as a homegrown player by the Galaxy. He then made his professional debut with the

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, the reserve side of the LA Galaxy, on March 22, 2014, in the side's first ever

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match against the

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. His first appearance with the LA Galaxy first team came on May 17, 2014, in a regular season MLS match against the

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. On May 31, 2018, Mendiola joined

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side Las Vegas Lights. Mendiola joined

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side Reno 1868 on December 10, 2018. On July 23, 2020, Las Vegas Lights Head Coach

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announced that Mendiola would reunite with the team for the remainder of the 2020 season. Mendiola had signed with the

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in January 2020.

Career statistics

Honors

LA Galaxy *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendiola, Raul 1994 births Living people Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Footballers from Chihuahua Homegrown Players (MLS) LA Galaxy players LA Galaxy II players Las Vegas Lights FC players Major League Soccer players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican men's footballers Reno 1868 FC players San Diego Loyal SC players Sportspeople from Ciudad Juárez USL Championship players