Gleiker Mendoza
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios | ||
| Date of birth | 8 December 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Bárbara del Zulia, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Santa Bárbara | ||
| 2015–2019 | Cenfemaca Sports | ||
| 2019–2020 | Academia Emeritense | ||
| 2020–2021 | Llaneros | ||
| 2021–2023 | Angostura FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2026 | Angostura FC | 32 | (7) |
| 2024–2025 | → Táchira (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2025–2026 | → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2026 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | (11) |
| 2026– | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Venezuela | 8 | (1) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:15, 9 August 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:33, 6 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios (born 8 December 2001) is a Venezuelan professional football player who plays as a winger for Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk and the Venezuela national team.
Career
[edit]Mendoza is a product of the youth academies of Santa Bárbara, Cenfemaca Sports, Academia Emeritense, Llaneros and Angostura. He began his senior career with Angostura in 2023 in the Venezuelan Primera División. In 2024 he joined Táchira, and in his debut season helped them win the 2024 Venezuelan Primera División season.[1] On 28 January 2025, he joined the Ukrainian Premier League side Kryvbas on a year-long loan with option to buy.[2]
International career
[edit]Mendoza made his debut with the Venezuela national team in a friendly 3–1 loss to the United States on 18 January 2025.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 9 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Angostura FC | 2021 | Liga FUTVE 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | Liga FUTVE 2 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 2023 | Liga FUTVE | 26 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 7 | — | — | — | 32 | 7 | |||||
| Táchira (loan) | 2024 | Liga FUTVE | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 29 | 4 | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) | 2024–25 | Ukrainian Premier League | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2025–26 | Ukrainian Premier League | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 11 | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2026–27 | Ukrainian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 88 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 23 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa Venezuela, Ukrainian Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
International
[edit]- As of match played 6 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 June 2026 | Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States | 8 |  Turkey | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]- Deportivo Táchira
- Individual
References
[edit]- ↑ Rondon, Pablo (15 November 2024). "Gleiker Mendoza disfrutó su mejor presentación en Táchira" (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Кривбас орендував венесульського легіонера". www.ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 28 January 2025.
- ↑ "¡De Venezuela pa' Ucrania! Gleiker Mendoza es el nuevo jugador del Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih". mazo4f.com (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Суханов, Кауан Еліас, Антоненко, Бруніньйо та – вивчіть це ім'я – Глейкер Мендоса: уся збірна 2-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ізакі, Хоакінете, Глейкер Мендоса – нові обличчя УПЛ: уся збірна 6-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 2-го туру". UPL.UA. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 6-го туру". UPL.UA. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 8-го туру". 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Gleiker Mendoza at Soccerway
- Gleiker Mendoza at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zulia
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
- Venezuelan Primera División players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine