Mauriño Mendoza

Mauriño Mendoza
Personal information
Full name Mauriño Enrique Mendoza Ísmodes
Date of birth (1964-04-04) 4 April 1964[1]
Place of birth Chincha Alta,[1] Peru
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Deportivo San José[3]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985 Deportivo Junín
1986–1987 CNI
1988–1993 Alianza Lima
1994–2003 Cienciano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mauriño Enrique Mendoza Ísmodes (born on 4 April 1964) is a Peruvian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He is the first cousin of Andrés Mendoza, a Peruvian international striker from the 2000s.[3]

Biography

Mauriño Mendoza began his career at Deportivo Junín in 1985.[1] After a stint with CNI of Iquitos between 1986 and 1987, he joined Alianza Lima in 1988.[1] The previous year, his brother, José Mendoza Ísmodes, died in a plane crash that devastated the entire Alianza team.[3]

In 1994, he signed with Cienciano of Cusco, a year in which the club narrowly avoided relegation to the second division, only securing survival on the final day of the season.[3] A runner-up in the Peruvian league in 2001, he played eight matches in the 2002 Copa Libertadores.[2] The following year, he won the 2003 Copa Sudamericana with Cienciano as Óscar Ibáñez's backup goalkeeper.[4]

After retiring, he became a goalkeeping coach.[3]

Honours

Cienciano

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Raúl Behr (16 May 2012). "Mauriño Mendoza: Fortaleza en los guantes" [Mauriño Mendoza: Strength in the gloves]. "De Chalaca" (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b Mauriño Mendoza at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b "Campeón de la Copa Sudamericana llegó a Alianza Lima para conseguir el 'Tri'" [The Copa Sudamericana champion arrived at Alianza Lima to achieve the 'Tri']. Líbero (in Spanish). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2026.