Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta

Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈgajθka menˈdjeta θaˈβala], Basque: [gais̻ka mendieta s̻aβala]; born 27 March 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A versatile player, with good technique, offensive capabilities and tackling skills, who was capable of creating goals both for his teammates and himself, he played mainly for Valencia, where he won three titles as well as reaching the final of the Champions League in 2000 and 2001 (being voted European Midfielder of the Season in both years), and finished his career with Middlesbrough in England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaizka Mendieta has received more than 1,033,356 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Gaizka Mendieta is the 1,094th most popular soccer player (down from 1,092nd in 2019), the 992nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 937th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.