Édgar Mejía
![]() Mejia playing for Guadalajara | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Édgar Eduardo Mejía Viruete | ||
Date of birth | July 27, 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, right-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2012 | Guadalajara | 106 | (0) |
2012–2013 | → León (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013 | → Chivas USA (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2014 | → Puebla (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2015 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Juárez | 47 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Murciélagos | 12 | (0) |
Total | 214 | (2) | |
Teams managed | |||
2018–2020 | Guadalajara Reserves and Academy | ||
2020–2021 | Guadalajara (women) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Édgar Eduardo Mejía Viruete (born 27 July 1988) also known as El Chore, is a Mexican former professional footballer and former manager of Liga MX Femenil club Guadalajara (women).
Club career
Guadalajara
Mejía made his professional debut during the first week of the Clausura 2006 tournament against Toluca. From then on, Mejía became a regular with Chivas. During the Clausura 2007, he earned a starting position over Patricio Araujo. On June 1, 2012 he was transferred on loan for 1 year to Club León.[1] However, he did not make any appearances for Leon during his time at the club. The versatile midfielder made 115 appearances for Chivas.
Loan at Chivas USA
On February 21, 2013 sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired Mejía and teammates Giovani Casillas and Mario de Luna on loan from CD Guadalajara.[2]
Honours
Guadalajara
Juárez
References
- ^ "Chivas vende al 'Venado' y a Magallón; Mejía a préstamo". mediotiempo.com. June 1, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
- ^ "Chivas add three players". mediotiempo.com. February 21, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
External links
- Édgar Mejía – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (in Spanish)
- Édgar Mejía at Liga MX (in Spanish)
- Articles with short description
- Articles with Spanish-language sources (es)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican footballers
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Club León footballers
- Chivas USA players
- Club Puebla players
- Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Liga MX players
- Major League Soccer players
- Association football midfielders
- Association football defenders
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