Rodri Mendoza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Mendoza Martínez-Moyá[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 2005[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Molina de Segura, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Elche | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Altorreal | |||
| San Miguel | |||
| 2017–2019 | Ranero | ||
| 2019–2022 | Elche | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Elche B | 22 | (1) |
| 2022– | Elche | 56 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Spain U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2022 | Spain U18 | 2 | (1) |
| 2024 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:00, 16 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:15, 18 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Rodrigo "Rodri" Mendoza Martínez-Moyá (born 15 March 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Elche CF.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Molina de Segura, Region of Murcia, Mendoza represented EF Altorreal, EF San Miguel and Ranero CF as a youth before joining Elche CF's youth categories in 2019.[3][4] He made his senior debut with the latter's reserves on 16 October 2021, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 4–0 Tercera División RFEF away routing of UD Benigànim.[5]
Mendoza made his first team debut on 12 November 2022, replacing Josan in a 3–0 away win over CD L'Alcora, for the season's Copa del Rey.[6][7] Twelve days later, he renewed his contract with the club until 2026.[8]
Mendoza featured in the first team pre-season in 2023, being promoted to the main squad by manager Sebastián Beccacece.[9] He made his professional debut on 30 September of that year, replacing Fidel in a 0–0 Segunda División home draw against Levante UD.[10][11]
International career
[edit | edit source]Mendoza is a Spain youth international, having represented the country at under-17 level.[12] He was part of the under-18 squad that won the Four Nations Tournament,[13] and later appeared for the under-19 team in two friendly matches against Norway.[14]
In August 2025, Mendoza received his first call-up to the Spain U21 for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.[2] He made his debut against Cyprus, starting the match and played 78 minutes.[15]
Mendoza was also included in the Spain U20 squad for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.[16] He was a regular player throughout the tournament,[17] before Spain were eliminated by Colombia in the quarter-finals.[18]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 16 December 2025[19]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Elche B | 2021–22 | Tercera División RFEF | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Tercera Federación | 9 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Elche | 2022–23 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Segunda División | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| Total | 56 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 66 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 78 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 7 | ||
References
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- ^ Rodri Mendoza at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Rodri Mendoza at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Rodri Mendoza at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).