Álex Menéndez

Álex Menéndez
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Menéndez Díez
Date of birth (1991-07-15) 15 July 1991
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Left back / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Aris
Number 31
Youth career
1996–2003 Astur
2003–2010 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Sporting B 106 (1)
2011–2016 Sporting Gijón 57 (2)
2016 Girona 0 (0)
2017–2018 Reus 31 (0)
2018– Aris 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018

Alejandro 'Álex' Menéndez Díez (born 15 July 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Greek club Aris Thessaloniki F.C. as either a left back or a left winger.

Club career

Menéndez was born in Gijón, Asturias. A product of Sporting de Gijón's prolific youth academy who started playing as a left winger,[1] he made his senior debuts in the 2010–11 season, playing 21 games in the third division for the reserves,[2] who initially suffered relegation but were later reinstated.

Menéndez first appeared officially with the main squad on 13 December 2011, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against RCD Mallorca for the campaign's Copa del Rey.[3] On 1 May of the following year he made his La Liga debut, again playing the entire match in a 2–3 home loss to Villarreal CF that all but signified the first team's relegation after a four-year stay.[4]

On 13 August 2013, Menéndez signed a new three-year deal with the club.[5] In the 2014 summer he was definitely promoted to Sporting's first team, now in Segunda División, being assigned the no. 3 jersey.

Menéndez scored his first professional goal on 20 September 2015, netting the winner in a 3–2 away success against Deportivo de La Coruña.[6] His second came two rounds later in another away fixture that ended in win, 2–1 at RCD Espanyol.[7]

On 30 July 2016, Menéndez signed a two-year contract with Girona FC in the second division, as a free agent.[8] On 8 August, however, after suffering a severe knee injury, he was released.[9]

On 13 July 2017, Menéndez agreed to a two-year deal at fellow league club CF Reus Deportiu.[10] He first moved abroad in the summer of 2018, joining Aris Thessaloniki F.C. from Greece on a two-year contract.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Alex Menéndez, o como nunca dejar de soñar (Alex Menéndez, or how to never stop dreaming); Vavel, 9 October 2015 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ El Sporting B de Javi Vidales arranca esta mañana (Javi Vidales' Sporting B get going this morning); La Nueva España, 15 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Muñiz, gol de bandera (Muñiz, wonder goal); Marca, 13 December 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El Villarreal se declara inocente y condena al Sporting (Villarreal plead not guilty and condemn Sporting); Marca, 1 May 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Álex Menéndez renueva con el Sporting (Álex Menéndez renews with Sporting); El Desmarque, 13 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ El Sporting se estrena en Riazor (Sporting start counting in Riazor); Marca, 20 September 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Álex Menéndez vuelve a valer tres puntos (Álex Menéndez equals three points again); Marca, 3 October 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Álex Menéndez, nou fitxatge del Girona FC (Álex Menéndez, new signing of Girona FC); Girona FC, 30 July 2016 (in Catalan)
  9. ↑ El Girona vol anul·lar el contracte d'Álex Menéndez (Girona want to nullify contract of Álex Menéndez); Diari de Girona, 8 August 2016 (in Catalan)
  10. ↑ Álex Menéndez, nou jugador del CF Reus (Álex Menéndez, new player of CF Reus); Reus Deportiu, 13 July 2017 (in Catalan)
  11. ↑ "Ανακοίνωσε και Μενέντεθ ο Άρης" [Menéndez also announced at Aris] (in Greek). Sport 24. 11 July 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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