Antonio Méndez Méndez (born 7 February 1970) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder, and a current manager.
Playing career Méndez was born in Seville. He was often nicknamed Ñoño during his career, and played mostly in his native Andalusia during a 13-year professional career, starting with lowly UD Los Palacios in 1991.
Méndez competed six seasons in Segunda División, five consecutive, his first spell at that level being with Cádiz CF in 1993–94 (19 games, no goals, team relegation). He also represented in the competition Xerez CD, Recreativo de Huelva and Real Murcia for a total of 181 matches and 12 goals;Méndez lanza un ruego (Méndez gets down on his knees); Diario de Cádiz, 10 May 2017 (in Spanish) he retired in June 2004 at the age of 34, after one season in Segunda División B with Écija Balompié.
Coaching career Méndez began working as a manager immediately after retiring, being an assistant under several coaches at his former club Xerez.«Cada persona trabaja de una manera y hay cosas que no se pueden decir» («Each person has a way of working and some things are best left unsaid»); La Voz Digital, 9 May 2008 (in Spanish) On 3 November 2007, prior to the arrival of Casuco, he was in charge of the team for one division two game, a 1–2 away loss against Cádiz.El derbi enciende la luz roja al Xerez (Derby sets off the alarms at Xerez); Mundo Deportivo, 4 November 2007 (in Spanish)
On 30 June 2009, Méndez joined former Xerez boss Esteban Vigo as he signed with fellow second tier side Hércules CF.Esteban Vigo ya es oficialmente entrenador del Hércules (Esteban Vigo is officially Hércules' manager); Diario AS, 30 June 2009 (in Spanish) The pair remained in the position until March 2011, and returned to Xerez in August of the following year.El Xerez hace oficial el fichaje de Esteban Vigo y Miguel Ángel Rondán (Xerez make signings of Esteban Vigo and Miguel Ángel Rondán official) ; El Diario Montañés, 11 July 2012 (in Spanish)
Méndez first experience as a head coach arrived midway through 2015–16, at the helm of San Fernando CD in the Tercera División.Méndez ya es el entrenador del San Fernando (Méndez is already the manager of San Fernando); Diario de Cádiz, 31 January 2016 (in Spanish) He renewed his contract for one year after achieving promotion'Ñoño' Méndez renueva con el San Fernando ('Ñoño' Méndez renews with San Fernando); Be Soccer, 9 July 2016 (in Spanish) and, after leading the team to safety the following campaign, left.Ñoño Méndez se une a la agenda del Recreativo (Ñoño Méndez added to Recreativo agenda); Diario de Huelva, 20 February 2018 (in Spanish)
In the summer of 2018, Méndez was appointed at UD Ibiza.Antonio Méndez, nuevo entrenador de la UD Ibiza (Antonio Méndez, new UD Ibiza manager); Diario de Ibiza, 6 July 2018 (in Spanish)
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