Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Guatemalan footballer (born 1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathaniel Otis Mendez-Laing (born 15 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Derby County. Born and raised in England to a Jamaican father and a Belizean mother of Guatemalan descent,[3][4] he plays for the Guatemala national team at international level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nathaniel Otis Mendez-Laing[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1992-04-15) 15 April 1992 (age 32)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 33 | (5) |
2011 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2012–2015 | Peterborough United | 51 | (4) |
2012 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2015 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Rochdale | 72 | (15) |
2017–2020 | Cardiff City | 85 | (13) |
2021 | Middlesbrough | 9 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18 | (2) |
2022– | Derby County | 89 | (16) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | England U16 | 2 | (0) |
2008 | England U17 | 7 | (0) |
2023– | Guatemala | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 |
Born in Birmingham, he began his career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his professional debut in 2009 at the age of nineteen. However, after loan spells with Peterborough United and Sheffield United, he left the club, joining Peterborough on a permanent deal in 2012.
He made 60 appearances for Peterborough, spending time on loan with Portsmouth, Shrewsbury Town and Cambridge United, before joining Rochdale where he made 83 appearances during a two-year spell. In 2017, he joined Cardiff City, where he helped the side win promotion to the Premier League in his first season.
Mendez-Laing has also represented England at under-16 and under-17 level, before declaring for Guatemala in 2023.