Manuel Mendoza is an Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

ian football defender.

In 2002-03 season Mendoza played for Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n side Levski Sofia

PFC Levski Sofia

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, with whom he won the Bulgarian Cup

Bulgarian Cup

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Although not scoring a single goal in the Premier League, Mendoza scored in the last minute against arch-rivals CSKA Sofia in the semi-final of the Bulgarian Cup, giving Levski a 1-0. With this feat he entered Levski's folklore forever. Mendoza is the first Ecuadorian player in the Bulgarian football.

After end of the season he returned to Deportivo Cuenca

Club Deportivo Cuenca

Club Deportivo Cuenca is a Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight ....

 and became a champion of Ecuador in 2004.

In his country Mendoza played also for LDU Portoviejo, SD Aucas

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas

Sociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of...

, Deportivo Quito

Sociedad Deportivo Quito

Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league....

, Deportivo Azogues

Deportivo Azogues

Deportivo Azogues is an Ecuadorian football club based in Azogues. It plays in the Serie B, the second tier of professional football in Ecuador-Stadium:...

 and CD Olmedo

Centro Deportivo Olmedo

Centro Deportivo Olmedo is a professional football club based in Riobamba, Ecuador. They currently play in the Serie A, Ecuador's top level of professional football....

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Club Playing Honours

  Levski Sofia

PFC Levski Sofia

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• Bulgarian Cup
  Bulgarian Cup
  The Bulgarian Cup is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. It is sponsored by the Bulgarian Corporate Commercial Bank....
  
  : 2003
  2003 Bulgarian Cup Final
  The 2003 Bulgarian Cup Final was the final match of the 2002-03 edition of the Bulgarian Cup competition. It was the 23rd consecutive Bulgarian Cup final match after the competition was established in 1981 and 65th national cup final overall....
  
  

  Deportivo Cuenca

Club Deportivo Cuenca

Club Deportivo Cuenca is a Ecuadorian football club based in Cuenca. They currently play in the Serie A, the top-flight football league in the country, and is one of two clubs from Cuenca to have played in the top-flight ....

• Ecuadorian Serie A: 2004

External links

• Profile at worldfootball.net