Grigori Méndez

Colombian footballer and manager (born 1972)
Grigori Méndez
Personal information
Full name Grigori Giovanni Méndez Granados
Date of birth (1972-12-30) 30 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 Santa Fe
Managerial career
2007–2010 Academia (youth)
2010 Academia (interim)
2010 Academia (assistant)
2010–2021 Santa Fe (youth)
2019 Santa Fe (assistant)
2021 Santa Fe
2022 Santa Fe (youth)
2022 Santa Fe (interim)
2022 Jaguares de Córdoba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grigori Giovanni Méndez Granados (born 30 December 1972) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Career

Méndez was born in Bogotá, and played for Independiente Santa Fe before moving to the United States in 2000 to work as a women's coach. He subsequently worked in Argentina with Quilmes before returning to his home country to work at Academia.[1]

In 2010, Méndez returned to Santa Fe to work as a youth coach.[2] He was also an assistant manager of the main squad in 2019, when Gerardo Bedoya was a manager.[3]

On 23 August 2021, Méndez was named manager of Santa Fe's main squad, replacing Harold Rivera.[4] He remained in the position until the end of the season when he was recalled to the club's under-20 squad,[5] but was appointed as interim manager of the first squad shortly after the dismissal of manager Martín Cardetti in late April 2022.[6]

On 27 May 2022, Méndez was announced as manager of Jaguares de Córdoba.[7] On 13 September, Jaguares announced his resignation from the position.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Grigori Giovanni Méndez" (in Spanish). DXT Capital. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Cara a cara: Alejandro Restrepo vs. Grigori Méndez" [Face to face: Alejandro Restrepo vs. Grigori Méndez] (in Spanish). Vavel. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Grigori Méndez: 'Antes que presión, tengo confianza y convicción'" [Grigori Méndez: 'Before feeling pressure, I have confidence and conviction'] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "[Comunicado Oficial] Nuevo Cuerpo Técnico" [[Official announcement] New technical staff] (in Spanish). Independiente Santa Fe. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Santa Fe ya tomó una decisión sobre el futuro de Grigori Méndez" [Santa Fe already made a decision on Grigori Méndez's future] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Eduardo Méndez: "Para evitar cualquier violación a la norma, inscribimos al profesor Grigori Méndez"" [Eduardo Méndez: "To avoid any breach of rules, we registered professor Grigori Méndez"] (in Spanish). ESPN. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Grigori Méndez es el nuevo entrenador de Jaguares de Córdoba" [Grigori Méndez is the new manager of Jaguares de Córdoba] (in Spanish). Caracol Radio. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Cambio de entrenador en Jaguares: Grigori Méndez no va más y su reemplazo será Alexis Márquez" [Change of manager in Jaguares: Grigori Méndez is no more and his replacement will be Alexis Márquez] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.

External links

  • Grigori Méndez coach profile at Soccerway
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Jaguares de Córdoba – managers
  • Maturana (2013)
  • Zuluaga (2013)
  • Suárez (2013–14)
  • Gómez (2014)
  • H. Estrada (2014)
  • Castro (2015)
  • J. Méndez c (2015)
  • Bernal (2015)
  • Holguín (2015)
  • D. Estrada c (2015)
  • Navarrete (2016)
  • Bodhert (2016–17)
  • Rodríguez (2018)
  • Robatto (2018)
  • J. Méndez c (2018)
  • Bodmer (2019)
  • Upegui (2019)
  • Bodmer c (2019)
  • Real (2019–20)
  • Suárez (2020–21)
  • Torres (2021–22)
  • G. Méndez (2022)
  • Márquez (2022)
  • Restrepo (2023)
  • Páez (2023)
  • J. Méndez c (2023)
  • Hoyos (2023)
  • Bodhert (2024)
  • Echeverry c (2024–)
(c) = caretaker manager