PLAYER PROFILE / Central Midfield
Nacho Méndez.
Johor Darul Ta\'zim · Malaysia
TM 503837 · Current player profileAge today28
Recorded moves3
Peak recorded value€1.50m
Current market value€1.20m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Ignacio Méndez-Navia Fernández
- Born
- 30 Mar 1998
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Position
- Central Midfield
- Preferred foot
- left
- Height
- 178
- Joined current club
- 09 Jul 2025
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Sporting GijónLast recorded move · 09 Jul 2025
- Sporting AtléticoLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2018
- Sporting Gijón U19Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2017
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jun 2026 | 28 | Johor Darul Ta\'zim | €1.20m |
| 09 Dec 2025 | 27 | Johor Darul Ta\'zim | €1.30m |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 27 | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 13 Dec 2024 | 26 | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 24 Jun 2024 | 26 | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 20 Dec 2023 | 25 | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 13 Oct 2023 | 25 | Sporting Gijón | €1.00m |
| 14 Jun 2023 | 25 | Sporting Gijón | €500k |
| 29 Dec 2022 | 24 | Sporting Gijón | €600k |
| 29 Jun 2022 | 24 | Sporting Gijón | €700k |
| 27 Dec 2021 | 23 | Sporting Gijón | €500k |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 23 | Sporting Gijón | €500k |
| 08 Jan 2021 | 22 | Sporting Gijón | €500k |
| 08 Oct 2020 | 22 | Sporting Gijón | €800k |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 22 | Sporting Gijón | €1.00m |
| 08 Jan 2020 | 21 | Sporting Gijón | €500k |
| 20 Dec 2019 | 21 | Sporting Gijón | €1.20m |
| 29 Jun 2019 | 21 | Sporting Gijón | €1.20m |
| 19 Feb 2019 | 20 | Sporting Gijón | €800k |
| 18 Sep 2018 | 20 | Sporting Gijón | €400k |
| 30 Jun 2018 | 20 | Sporting Atlético | €250k |
| 30 May 2018 | 20 | Sporting Atlético | €300k |
| 01 Jan 2018 | 19 | Sporting Atlético | €300k |
| 17 Aug 2017 | 19 | Sporting Atlético | €50k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jul 2025 | Sporting Gijón | Johor Darul Ta\'zim | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2018 | Sporting Atlético | Sporting Gijón | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2017 | Sporting Gijón U19 | Sporting Atlético | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.