Nahuel Raúl Menéndez (born 5 March 1994) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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for
Alvarado.
Career
Menéndez spent time in the system of
Chacarita Juniors
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, prior to departing in 2012 to join
Sevilla
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Seville ...
of
La Liga
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.
Firstly with the youth team, then with reserve team
Sevilla B.
He made his debut on 17 February in a
Segunda División B
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win over
San Roque.
Seven appearances came in
2012–13, while twenty-nine came in
2013–14 and one in
2014–15.
In January 2015, Menéndez rejoined Chacarita Juniors.
He made his debut for the club on 25 July versus
Gimnasia y Esgrima in
Primera B Nacional
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.
After fourteen matches in
2015
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, he went onto score two goals in forty-six appearances in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
and
2016–17; the latter ended with promotion.
On 4 January 2019, Menéndez terminated his contract with Chacarita with them back in the
second tier.
He subsequently joined
Primera División side
San Martín.
In October 2020 Menéndez joined
Agropecuario. At the end of December 2021, Menéndez signed with
Primera Nacional
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side
Alvarado.
NAHUEL MENÉNDEZ, LA PRIMERA CARA NUEVA DE ALVARADO
clubalvarado.com.ar, 27 December 2021
Personal life
Nahuel is the twin brother of fellow footballer Jonathan Menéndez.
Career statistics
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menéndez, Nahuel
1994 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Footballers from Buenos Aires
Men's association football midfielders
Segunda División B players
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Sevilla Atlético players
Chacarita Juniors footballers
San Martín de Tucumán footballers
Club Agropecuario Argentino players
Club Atlético Alvarado players
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
21st-century Argentine sportsmen