José Mendoza Zambrano

José Adolfo Mendoza Zambrano (born 24 July 1982) is a Peruvian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career Mendoza played for multiple clubs in Peru as well as Greece. He started at América Cochahuayco in 2002 and was later promoted to Universitario, playing for them until 2006. Subsequently, he played for Sporting Cristal in 2007 before moving to Greece to play for Veria and Ethnikos Asteras. He returned to Peru to play with newly promoted Juan Aurich in 2008. He then signed with Inti Gas Deportes—another newly promoted team—and played for two years in Ayacucho. In 2011, he returned to his original club Universitario.

International career Mendoza debuted with the Peru national team against Japan for the 2005 Kirin Cup on 22 May 2005.