Teddy_Mézague
Teddy Mézague
French footballer
Melontsa Teddy William Mézague (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Virton.
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Mézague in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Melontsa Teddy William Mézague[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-05-27) 27 May 1990 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Center Back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Virton | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Montpellier II | 77 | (7) |
| 2010–2014 | Montpellier | 14 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Martigues (loan) | 28 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | Mouscron | 59 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Leyton Orient | 17 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Mouscron | 29 | (3) |
| 2018 | Dinamo București | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | Hapoel Ra'anana | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 41 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Eyüpspor | 30 | (0) |
| 2023 | Ararat Yerevan | 9 | (1) |
| 2023 | Ararat Yerevan II | 4 | (2) |
| 2023– | Virton | 22 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024 | |||
Born in Marseille,[2] Mézague holds both French and Cameroonian nationalities,[3] and his older brother Valéry played for the Cameroon national team.[4]
Mézague spent his early career in France with Montpellier and FC Martigues.[2][5] In July 2014 he moved to Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron,[6] and in August 2016 he moved to English club Leyton Orient.[7] He scored his first and only goal for Leyton Orient against Notts County on 18 February 2017.[8]
On 12 September 2018, Mézague joined Romanian side Dinamo București on a free transfer.[9] After leaving Dinamo in November 2019, he moved to Hapoel Ra'anana in February 2019.[10] In January 2020, Mézague signed a contract with Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora.[11] In June 2021, he signed with Turkish side Eyüpspor, becoming the first foreign player in the club's history.[12]
On 6 March 2023, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Mézague.[13] On 20 June 2023, Ararat Yerevan confirmed the departure of Mézague.[14]
- As of 22 April 2017
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Montpellier | 2010–11[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011–12[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[2] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013–14[2] | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| FC Martigues (loan) | 2011–12[2] | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 |
| Montpellier II | 2012–13[2] | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2013–14[2] | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
| Total | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| Royal Excel Mouscron | 2014–15[2] | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2015–16[2] | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| Total | 59 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | |
| Leyton Orient | 2016–17[15] | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Career total | 145 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 9 | |
- "Teddy Mézague". mondefootball.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- Teddy Mézague at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- "Melontsa-Teddy MEZAGUE". unfp.org. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- Etienne Fréjus Tchana (10 August 2012). "Football professionnel: Les 19 Camerounais de Ligue 1 sont prêts" (in French). Journal du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- "Foot: Mouscron-Péruwelz engage le défenseur central camerounais de Montpellier Teddy Mézague" (in French). Le Soir. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- "Teddy Mezague: Leyton Orient sign French centre back". BBC Sport. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- "Leyton Orient 2-3 Notts County". BBC Sport. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- "OFICIAL. Teddy MEZAGUE la Dinamo" (in Romanian). FC Dinamo București. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "Teddy Mézague - Hapoel Ra'anana". footballdatabase.eu.
- "Официално: Теди Мезаг е футболист на Берое". topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- "Fransız stoper Teddy Mezague Eyüpspor'da! 102 yıl sonra tarihi imza..." hurriyet.com (in Turkish). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Թեդի Մեզագ". fcararat.am (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն". fcararat.am (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- "Games played by Teddy Mézague in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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