Guillermo Mendizábal Sánchez (born 8 October 1954) is a Mexican former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and manager.

Club career

He debuted with

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...

in the 1974–75 season, and helped the team win the 1978–79 and 1979-80 league titles. In his professional day view he played as a central defender substituting Alberto Quintano, later on Raúl Cardenás placed him as a central defensive midfielder where he played the rest of his career. While playing for

, Atlético Madrid board of directors became interested in Mendizábal, but could not buy his transfer because

owned the players card. In his place

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was enrolled with the colchonero side. After

, he played for

Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara The Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (, ''Autonomous University of Guadalajara''), commonly abbreviated to UAG or Autónoma, is a coeducational, independent, private university based in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. Established in 1935, ...

, from 1983 to 1985. Later on he played a full season with

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

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, before returning to

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to play for

Club Deportivo Guadalajara Club Deportivo Guadalajara (); often simply known as Guadalajara () and their nickname ''Chivas'' (), is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Mexican First Divisi ...

, where he won the 1986-87 league title. In that final Guadalajara and

faced each in other in the final with anecdotal emphasis because while Guillermo Mendizabal was playing for Chivas, his brother Marco Antonio was playing for the celestes. In that year whichever team was going to win the title they were going to have Mendizabal in the champion's team. During his footballer career he played for

, UAG,

, and

. Guillermo retired at the age of 37 in 1991.

International career

With the Mexico national team he debuted 15 February 1978. In total, he played 24 games and scored 3 goals. He played the 1978

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Estadio Jalisco The Jalisco Stadium is a football stadium located in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is the third largest Mexican football stadium behind Estadio Azteca and Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The facility is located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, 4 ...

, Guadalajara,

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Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of Association football, football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of a ...

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, Mexico , , , , 3–0 , , 5–1 , , 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

As a manager

After hanging his boots, he began his managing career in 1995, at León AC where he only last the 1995–96 season. He would also manage Correcaminos de la UAT in the Primera División A in 2003.

Nickname

At the time he was playing for

his teammates would call him "Mendi" (to shorten his last name) and the "M" was changed to a "W" and since then his being known as "Wendy".

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendizabal, Guillermo 1954 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican expatriate footballers Mexican footballers La Liga players Liga MX players Cruz Azul footballers Rayo Vallecano players C.D. Guadalajara footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Mexico men's international footballers Mexican people of Basque descent Men's association football midfielders Expatriate footballers in Spain Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Club León managers Mexican football managers