Kevin Ray Mendoza
Mendoza in 2012
Personal information
Full name Kevin Ray Mendoza Hansen
Date of birth (1994-09-29) 29 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Herning, Denmark
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Persib Bandung
Number 29
Youth career
Midtjylland
Viborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Kjellerup
2014–2015 Ringkøbing
2015–2018 Thisted 62 (0)
2018–2019 Horsens 8 (0)
2019–2020 HB Køge 35 (0)
2020 Vendsyssel FF 16 (0)
2021–2023 Kuala Lumpur City 54 (0)
2023– Persib Bandung 3 (0)
International career‡
2021– Philippines 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:04, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:35, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Kevin Ray Mendoza Hansen (born 29 September 1994) is a professional footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung. Born in Denmark, he plays for the Philippines national team.[1]

Club career

Youth

Mendoza is a former FC Midtjylland and Viborg FF youth team player.

Viborg FF

In 2011, he was promoted to Viborg FF's first team squad signing a 3-year contract with the club. Prior to that, he had repeatedly served as backup keeper for the club's first team after the departure of Kristian Kirk.[2]

On 10 June 2012, Mendoza made his debut for Viborg FF on the final match of the season in a 2–1 defeat against FC West Zealand.[3]

In February 2013, Mendoza was given a one-week trial and a chance to train with Liverpool's reserve team.[4]

On April 3, 2014, Viborg FF announced that they had agreed to terminate the contract of Mendoza with immediate effect. Mendoza requested to leave after being demoted as third choice goalkeeper of the club.[5]

Kjellerup IF

A few days after the termination of his contract at Viborg FF, Mendoza joined Kjellerup IF.[6]

On 12 April 2014, Mendoza made his debut for Kjellerup IF in a 3–0 home win against Aabyhøj IF.

Ringkøbing IF

After his stint in Kjellerup IF, Mendoza joined Ringkøbing IF, signing a six-month deal.

Thisted FC

On 27 May 2015, Mendoza joined Thisted FC, a club that had been following him since the termination of his contract at Viborg FF.

AC Horsens

On 30 June 2018, it was announced that Mendoza have signed a two-year deal with Danish Superliga club AC Horsens.[7] On 22 July, he made his debut for Horsens in a 1–1 home draw against Randers FC.[8] The club announced on 19 June 2019 that they had terminated the contract with the player.[9]

HB Køge

Mendoza joined HB Køge on 2 July 2019.[10]

Vendsyssel FF

On 7 September 2020, he moved to Danish 1st Division club Vendsyssel FF.[11] His contract was terminated on 11 February 2021.[12]

Kuala Lumpur

One day after leaving Vendsyssel, Mendoza joined Malaysian club Kuala Lumpur.[13] He went on to help Kuala Lumpur win the 2021 Malaysia Cup. He was named man of the match in the final against JDT.[14] His departure form the club was announced on 27 November through the club's social media.[15]

Persib Bandung

In November 2023, he officially signed a contract with Persib Bandung which plays in Liga 1.[16]

International career

Mendoza was born and raised in Denmark of mixed Danish and Filipino heritage, which made him eligible to play for Denmark or the Philippines at international level.[citation needed]

In December 2018, Mendoza applied for a Philippine passport to join the training camp of the Philippines national team in preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.[17] He was named in the Asian Cup squad but did not feature in the tournament.[18] His international debut was on 15 June 2021 as a half-time substitute for Bernd Schipmann in a World Cup qualifier against the Maldives; he maintained the 1–1 draw of the first half.[19][20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 February 2024[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kuala Lumpur City 2021 Malaysia Super League 22 0 – 11 0 – 33 0
2022 Malaysia Super League 22 0 4 0 3[a] 0 1 0 30 0
2023 Malaysia Super League 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Total 54 0 6 0 14 0 1 0 75 0
Persib Bandung 2023–24 Liga 1 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Career total 57 0 6 0 14 0 1 0 78 0
  1. ^ Appearances in AFC Cup

International

As of match played 20 December 2022[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Philippines 2021 5 0
2022 2 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Kuala Lumpur City

References

  1. ^ Kevin Ray Mendoza at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Kevin Ray forlænger sin kontrakt" (in Danish). Viborg FF. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Viborg sluttede med nederlag" (in Danish). Viborg FF. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Liverpool hand Viborg goalkeeper Kevin Ray Mendoza a one-week trial". Talk Sport. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Mendoza forlader Viborg" (in Danish). Bold DK. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Ny klassemålmand til KIF" (in Danish). Kjellerup IF. 8 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Horsens snupper Mendoza fra sommer" (in Danish). Bold DK. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Mendoza efter stærk Horsens-debut: Viste at drengene kan stole på mig" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  9. ^ Michael Lansing erstatter Kevin Ray Mendoza Archived 2019-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, achorsens.dk, 19 June 2019
  10. ^ HB Køge skriver med Kevin Ray Mendoza, hbkoge.dk, 2 July 2019
  11. ^ VENDSYSSEL FF HENTER KEVIN RAY MENDOZA I HB KØGE, vendsysselff.dk, 7 September 2020
  12. ^ Vendsyssel FF opsiger kontrakt med Kevin Mendoza, vendsysselff.dk, 11 February 2021
  13. ^ Kevin Mendoza skal på malaysisk eventyr, bold.dk, 11 February 2021
  14. ^ "KL City win the Malaysia Cup after 32-year wait | New Straits Times".
  15. ^ "Good luck Mendy! Forever". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  16. ^ "Profil Kevin Ray Mendoza, Calon Kiper Anyar Persib Bandung dengan Cita Rasa Eropa". www.indosport.com (in Indonesian). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Horsens-vikar får filippinsk pas: Skal konkurrere mod tidligere FCM-keeper" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Philippines Squad For AFC Asian Cup Announced". Philippine Football Federation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  19. ^ Del Carmen, Lorenzo (7 June 2021). "Guirado, Hartmann make Azkals return as nine players to make debut". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  20. ^ Del Carmen, Lorenzo (15 June 2021). "Azkals end World Cup Qualifiers campaign with Maldives stalemate". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Kevin Mendoza". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Mendoza, Kevin Ray". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

External links

Philippines squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
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