Luis Meseguer

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Luis Meseguer
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Meseguer with Equatorial Guinea in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Meseguer Villanueva
Date of birth (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Unión Adarve
Number 2
Youth career
2008–2015 Atlético Madrid[a]
2015–2016 Unión Adarve
2016–2018 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Rayo Vallecano B 50 (2)
2020–2021 Zamora 11 (0)
2021–2022 Navalcarnero 13 (3)
2022– Unión Adarve 21 (2)
International career
2018– Equatorial Guinea 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023.[2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 January 2022

Luis Alberto Meseguer Villanueva (born 7 September 1999), sometimes known as Mese,[3] is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Segunda Federación club AD Unión Adarve. Born and raised in Spain to an Equatorial Guinean father and a Spanish mother, he is capped for the Equatorial Guinea national team. A left back, he can also operate as a centre back and a right back.[4]

Club career[edit]

Meseguer spent most of his youth career in Atlético Madrid.[5] After a year with Unión Adarve, he joined Rayo Vallecano. He made his senior debut with Rayo Vallecano B in 2018. He was an unused substitution for Rayo Vallecano against Leganés at Copa del Rey.

International career[edit]

Madrid-born Meseguer qualifies to play for Equatorial Guinea through his father. He made his international debut on 17 November 2018, in a 0–1 loss against Senegal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, being he who scored the own goal of the match.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 4 September 2019 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan  South Sudan 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Including Atlético Madrileño

References[edit]

  1. ^ Luis Meseguer at BDFutbol. Retrieved 26 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Luis Meseguer at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 May 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "El canterano Mese debuta con Guinea Ecuatorial" (in Spanish). Unión Rayo. 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Luis Meseguer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Atlético de Madrid Cadete". Atlético de Madrid.