Luis Meseguer

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]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meseguer and the second or maternal family name is Villanueva.
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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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

Club career

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

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
Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first.[4]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 September 2019Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, Sudan South Sudan1–01–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Notes
  1. Including Atlético Madrileño

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


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