Teddy Mézague
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Melontsa Teddy William Mézague[1] | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Center Back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2014 | Montpellier II | 77 | (7) |
2010–2014 | Montpellier | 14 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → FC 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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2023 |
Melontsa Teddy William Mézague (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender.
Early and personal life
Born in Marseille,[2] Mézague holds both French and Cameroonian nationalities,[3] and his older brother Valéry played for the Cameroon national team.[4]
Career
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]
Career statistics
- As of 22 April 2017
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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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 |
References
- ^ "Teddy Mézague". mondefootball.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.
- ^ "Teddy Mézague - Béroé Stara Zagora".
- ^ "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.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Marseille
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- People with acquired French citizenship
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- French men's footballers
- Montpellier HSC players
- FC Martigues players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- Leyton Orient F.C. players
- FC Dinamo București players
- Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
- Eyüpspor footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- English Football League players
- Liga I players
- TFF First League players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- French expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- French expatriate sportspeople in Armenia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia
- FC Ararat Yerevan players
- French football defender, 1990s birth stubs