Alfredo Mendoza


Alfredo Damián Mendoza Sulewski is a retired football striker from Paraguay. A player of Cerro Porteño he was a member of the [Paraguay national Association football|football team|national team] that competed at the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. At the club level he also played for Olimpia Asunción, Mandiyú and Newell's Old Boys of Argentina and Club Atlas of Mexico.

Career

Born in Encarnación, Paraguay, Mendoza began playing football in local Club Silvio Pettirossi's youth system. He moved to Asunción, where he briefly played senior football with Club Atlético Tembetary and Club Guaraní, before signing with Cerro Porteño.
In 1986, Mendoza moved to Colombia where he would play for Independiente Medellín and Deportivo Cali. After spells with local side Club Olimpia and France's Stade Brestois 29, he spent most of the remainder of his career in Argentina with Textil Mandiyú and Newell's Old Boys.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1Estadio El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia1–02–2Friendly
2Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay1–01–0Friendly
3Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay1–03–01986 FIFA World Cup qualification
4Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil3–15–21989 Copa América
5Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil1–01–01989 Copa América
6Estadio Metropolitano, Barranquilla, Colombia1–01–21990 FIFA World Cup qualification
7Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay1–02–11994 FIFA World Cup qualification
8National Stadium of Peru, Lima, Peru1–12–21994 FIFA World Cup qualification
9National Stadium of Peru, Lima, Peru2–22–21994 FIFA World Cup qualification