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

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and manager.

Club career

He debuted with

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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

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

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, before returning to

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to play for

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

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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 Azteca Estadio Azteca () (officially known as Estadio Banorte for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is the official home of football team Club América, as well as the Mexico national team. The stadium ...

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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".

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendizabal, Guillermo 1954 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican expatriate men's footballers Mexican men's 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 men's footballers in Spain Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain Club León managers Mexican football managers 20th-century Mexican sportsmen