Javier Jesús Méndez Henríquez (born 6 June 1949) is a Chilean former

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who played as a

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Career

At club level, he played for

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile currently participating in the Primera División de Chile. History Foundation, Amateur Era and First seasons ...

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Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

, Aviación,

Huachipato Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home g ...

and

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. He played in four matches for the

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from 1974 to 1975. He was also part of Chile's squad for the

1975 Copa América The 1975 edition of the Copa América football (soccer), football tournament was played between 17 July and 28 October. The tournament saw many significant shifts to its format, such as changing its name from South American Championship to Copa A ...

tournament.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of

Eugenio Méndez Eugenio Leonel Méndez Henríquez (born 23 November 1941) is a Chilean former football winger who played professionally in Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Bolivia. Club career Born in Valparaíso, Méndez began playing football as a right winger wi ...

, who is also a Chilean former international footballer.

Honours

Chile * Copa Acosta Ñu: 1974

References

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* 1949 births Living people Footballers from Valparaíso Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Unión Española footballers Naval de Talcahuano footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers C.D. Aviación footballers Huachipato FC footballers Wolfsberger AC players Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players 2. Liga (Austria) players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria 1975 Copa América players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub