In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escobar and the second or maternal family name is Mendieta.
Fidel Escobar
Escobar with Panama at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Fidel Escobar Mendieta
Date of birth
(1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth
Panama City, Panama
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)
Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Deportivo Saprissa
Number
21
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2012–2013
San Francisco
16
(1)
2014–2020
San Miguelito
65
(6)
2016–2017
→ Sporting B (loan)
14
(0)
2017–2018
→ New York Red Bulls (loan)
12
(0)
2017–2018
→ New York Red Bulls II (loan)
6
(1)
2019
→ Correcaminos UAT (loan)
0
(0)
2019–2020
→ Córdoba (loan)
20
(0)
2020–2022
Alcorcón
24
(0)
2022
→ Cultural Leonesa (loan)
14
(1)
2022–
Deportivo Saprissa
69
(3)
International career‡
2015
Panama U20
7
(3)
2015–
Panama
81
(3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Panama
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Runner-up
2023 United States–Canada
Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024
Fidel Escobar Mendieta (born 9 January 1995) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga FPD club Saprissa and the Panama national team.
^"2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 8 July 2018. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
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