Georges Messi

Georges Messi
Personal information
Full name	Georges Parfait Mbida Messi
Date of birth	8 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Porcelana
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Tonnerre Yaoundé
2000–2001	Rizespor
2001–2002	Canon Yaoundé
2003–2004	Lokeren
2006	Al-Kharitiyat
2006–2009	Olhanense
2010–2012	Interclube
2012–2013	Persib Bandung
2014	Persiram
2015	Domant
2016–	Porcelana
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2016

Georges Parfait Mbida Messi (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays for Angolan club Porcelana Futebol Clube do Cazengo as a midfielder.

Football career

Born in Yaoundé, Messi started playing professionally with hometown's Tonnerre Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé, having an abroad spell in between with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor, appearing scarcely during the 2000–01 season as the Süper Lig team finished in ninth position.

After leaving Canon, he played in Belgium with K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, but appeared very rarely for the Pro League side. After a few months in Qatar, Messi moved to another country, Portugal, signing for second division's S.C. Olhanense^[1] and appearing in an average of 12 games in his first two seasons.^[2]^[3]

In the 2008–09 campaign, Messi had one of the best years as a professional, scoring twice in 27 matches – mainly as a substitute – as the Algarve club returned to the Primeira Liga after 34 years. In January 2010 he left Olhanense and joined G.D. Interclube in Angola,^[4] with the Luanda team winning the national championship shortly after.

^ "Camaronês Mbida Messi chega hoje" [Cameroonian Mbida Messi arrives today]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Messi de Olhão é... camaronês" [Olhão's Messi is... Cameroonian]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Xará de Messi, camaronês esquenta o banco no Olhanense, caçula do Português" [Messi's namesake, Cameroonian warms the bench at Olhanense, Portuguese League newcomer] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Messi camaronês troca Olhanense por time do futebol angolano" [Cameroonian Messi swaps Olhanense for team in Angolan football] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2017.