Mesaque Djú
Appearance
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Full name | Mesaque Geremias Djú[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 18 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bissau, Guinea-Bissau[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Gorica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Amadora CF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2018 | Benfica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | West Ham United Reserves | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Benfica B | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2022 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | OFI | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Mafra | 31 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Gorica | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Portugal U16 | 8 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Portugal U17 | 11 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Portugal U19 | 23 | (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2019 |
Mesaque Geremias Djú (born 18 March 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Croatian Football League club Gorica. Born in Guinea-Bissau, he was a youth international for Portugal.
Career
[edit]Benfica B
[edit]After joining Benfica as a youth player in 2010, Djú made his debut for Benfica B as a 63rd minute substitute in a 4–1 loss to Braga B on 14 May 2017.[3] During his time at Benfica B, he made eight LigaPro appearances, scoring once.[2]
West Ham United
[edit]On 30 January 2019, Djú signed for English club West Ham United on a free transfer.[4]
OFI
[edit]On 28 September 2022, Djú signed for Greek club OFI on a two-year deal.[5]
Honours
[edit]Benfica[2]
- Campeonato Nacional de Juniores: 2017–18
- 2016–17 UEFA Youth League runner-up: 2016–17
Portugal U17
Portugal U19
Individual
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Portugal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Mesque Dju". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Benfica II vs. Sporting Braga II 1–4". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "West Ham sign Portuguese forward Mesaque Dju". West Ham United F.C. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Στον ΟΦΗ ο Mésaque Djú" (in Greek). OFI Crete. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Technical Report". UEFA. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Mesaque Djú at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Mesaque Djú national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- Mesaque Djú at the Croatian Football Federation
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bissau
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Bissau-Guinean men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean emigrants to Portugal
- Portuguese sportspeople of Bissau-Guinean descent
- Black Portuguese sportspeople
- Men's association football wingers
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Super League Greece players
- Croatian Football League players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- OFI Crete F.C. players
- C.D. Mafra players
- HNK Gorica players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Bissau-Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia