Gleiker Mendoza

Gleiker Mendoza
Personal information
Full name Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios
Date of birth (2001-12-08) 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 3 (0)
International career‡
2025– Venezuela 8 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:26, 16 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

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

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

Club

As of match played 16 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Angostura FC 2021 Liga FUTVE 2 11———11
2022 Liga FUTVE 2 55———55
2023 Liga FUTVE 261———261
Total 327———327
Táchira (loan) 2024 Liga FUTVE 243114[b]0—294
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan) 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League 41———41
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League 261110——2711
Shakhtar Donetsk 2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League 300000—30
Career total 89222140009523

International

As of match played 6 June 2026
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Venezuela 202550
202631
Total81
List of international goals scored by Gleiker Mendoza
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 June 2026Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, United States8 Turkey1–01–2Friendly

Honours

Deportivo Táchira
Individual

References

  1. ↑ Rondon, Pablo (15 November 2024). "Gleiker Mendoza disfrutó su mejor presentación en Táchira" (in Spanish).
  2. ↑ "Кривбас орендував венесульського легіонера". www.ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 28 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "¡De Venezuela pa' Ucrania! Gleiker Mendoza es el nuevo jugador del Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih". mazo4f.com (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Ізакі, Хоакінете, Глейкер Мендоса – нові обличчя УПЛ: уся збірна 6-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". 23 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 2-го туру". UPL.UA. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 6-го туру". UPL.UA. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, гравця та символічну збірну 8-го туру". 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
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