Carlos Mejía (footballer, born 2000)

Carlos Mejía
Personal information
Full name Carlos Adonys Mejía Estrada[1]
Date of birth (2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Motagua
Number 16
Youth career
0000 Academia del Sauce[2]
0000 Vida
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Vida 19 (1)
2019Real España (loan) 7 (0)
2020–2021Pumas Tabasco (loan) 20 (2)
2021– Motagua 65 (8)
International career
0000 Honduras U17
0000 Honduras U20
2024– Honduras 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2021

Carlos Adonys Mejía Estrada (born 19 February 2000) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for F.C. Motagua in the Honduran Liga Nacional and the Honduras national team.

Club career

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He made his professional debut with Vida at the age of 17, and was loaned out to Real España in 2019.[2] In the summer of 2020 he was loaned out to second-tier Mexican side Pumas Tabasco.[3]

International career

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He represented his country at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[4][5]

He made his national debut in a friendly match coming off as a substitute against Iceland. [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Honduras" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Witty, Edgar (14 July 2020). "Carlos Mejía, la promesa hondureña puesta a prueba en el Manchester City que busca destacar en México". Diario Deportivo Diez (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ Márquez, Gabriel Andrés (14 July 2020). "Carlos Mejía se incorporará a Pumas". Tiempo Extra MX (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. ^ Carlos Mejía at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Carlos Mejía y su fichaje por el Real España: "Desde niño venia soñando estar en un equipo grande"". La Prensa (in Spanish). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. ^ "C. Mejía". Soccerway (in Spanish).
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