Tiago Mesquita

Tiago Manuel Oliveira Mesquita (born 23 November 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu F.C. as a right back.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Mesquita.
Tiago Mesquita
Personal information
Full name Tiago Manuel Oliveira Mesquita[1]
Date of birth (1990-11-23) 23 November 1990[1]
Place of birth Ribeirão, Portugal[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Académico Viseu
Number 28
Youth career
2000–2005 Trofense
2005–2008 Ribeirão
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Ribeirão 16 (0)
2009–2011 Alavés 25 (0)
2011–2013 Naval 19 (0)
2013–2014 Trofense 40 (0)
2014–2015 Ribeirão 11 (0)
2015 Freamunde 24 (0)
2015–2018 Boavista 44 (0)
2018–2020 Feirense 24 (0)
2020– Académico Viseu 14 (0)
National team
2009 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2010 Portugal U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2021

Club career

Mesquita was born in Ribeirão, Vila Nova de Famalicão. After emerging through C.D. Trofense's youth ranks, he made his professional debut with hometown's G.D. Ribeirão in the 2007–08 season, with the team in the third division.

In the summer of 2009, having appeared in only 16 matches with the main squad over the course of two seasons, Mesquita signed – not yet aged 19 – with Deportivo Alavés in Spain, playing in the same level.[2] In his first year, he took part in less than half of the league matches as the Basques failed to regain their lost status of the previous campaign.

Mesquita returned to his country in the 2011 off-season, joining Associação Naval 1º de Maio in division two.[3] Two years later, he signed with his very first club Trofense in the same tier,[4] and he split 2014–15 between the second and third divisions, with Ribeirão and S.C. Freamunde.

On 17 June 2015, Mesquita moved to Boavista FC.[5] He made his Primeira Liga debut on 20 September, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 away win against Académica de Coimbra.[6] Three years later, he joined C.D. Feirense of the same league on a two-year contract.[7]

References
  1. "Tiago Mesquita" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. "El Alavés ficha al lateral portugués Mesquita y prueba al medio Ferreira" [Alavés sign Portuguese fullback Mesquita and trial midfielder Ferreira] (in Spanish). Soitu. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "Tiago Mesquita contratado por três temporadas" [Tiago Mesquita hired for three seasons]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. "Tiago Mesquita assina contrato de uma época" [Tiago Mesquita signs one-season contract]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. "Oficial: Tiago Mesquita no Boavista" [Official: Tiago Mesquita for Boavista]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 17 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  6. "Académica 0–2 Boavista" (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. "Tiago Mesquita é o primeiro reforço do Feirense" [Tiago Mesquita is Feirense's first new addition]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
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