Luis Mejía
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| Full name | Luis Ricardo Mejía Cajar | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
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| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
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Current team
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Nacional | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Tauro | ||
| 2008–2009 | Fénix | ||
| 2009 | → Real Mallorca B (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Tauro | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2015 | Fénix | 88 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Toulouse B (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015– | Nacional | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Panama U-17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Panama U-20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2010 | Panama U-21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012 | Panama U-23 | 7 | (0) |
| 2009– | Panama | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2012 |
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Luis Ricardo Mejía Cajar (born 16 March 1991 in Panama City) is a Panamanian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Club Nacional de Football.
Club career
Nicknamed Manotas, Mejia made his professional debut playing with Tauro in 2007.
In 2008 he was transferred to Uruguayan side Centro Atlético Fénix, but finally made his team debut on 21 August 2010 on a match against Tacuarembó, being rewarded as the man of the match.[1] His outstanding performances called the interest of various team of Europe.
In January 2011, he was loaned 6 months to Toulouse but was never able to win a place in the first team, so he had to cope with playing in the reserve team.[2]
In his return to Fénix, he gain the ownership in the first team.
International career
Mejía was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. He was the youngest goalkeeper in the world and the revelation. He was also part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where his outstanding performances led them to qualify to the Youth World Cup in Colombia.[3]
His senior international debut for Panama came on 8 June 2009 against Jamaica, in a Friendly match.[4]
He was part of the Panama U-23 squad that participated in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament which they could not qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2011, he was called up by Julio Dely Valdés to play the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
References
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- ↑ Luis Mejía – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Luis Mejía at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
- Luis Mejía at Soccerway
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Panama City
- Association football defenders
- Panamanian footballers
- Panama international footballers
- Tauro F.C. players
- Toulouse FC players
- Centro Atlético Fénix players
- Panamanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Uruguay
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
