Luis Meseguer

Luis Alberto Meseguer Villanueva (born 7 September 1999), sometimes known as Mese,[1] is a Spanish-born Equatorial Guinean footballer who plays as a defender for Segunda División B club Zamora CF and the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Luis Meseguer
Personal information
Full name Luis Alberto Meseguer Villanueva
Date of birth (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Zamora
Number TBA
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– Zamora 2 (0)
National team‡
2018– Equatorial Guinea 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Meseguer and the second or maternal family name is Villanueva.

Club career

Meseguer spent most of his youth career in Atlético Madrid.[2] 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.[3]
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. "El canterano Mese debuta con Guinea Ecuatorial" (in Spanish). Unión Rayo.
  2. "Atlético de Madrid Cadete". Atlético de Madrid.
  3. "Luis Meseguer". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 5 September 2019.


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