Diego Mejía

Diego Mejía

Personal information
Full name	Diego Armando Mejía Pérez
Date of birth	June 20, 1982 (1982-06-20) (age 29)
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Academia La Chelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Alianza	50	(14)
2004	Motagua		(1)
2004–2006	Once Municipal
2006	San Salvador F.C.
2007	Cobras
2008	So. California Seahorses	11	(3)
National team‡
2001–2004	El Salvador	19	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2011

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

Diego Armando Mejía Pérez (born June 20, 1982 in San Salvador, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

Mejía came through the Chelona youth academy and had a couple of seasons at Alianza before moving abroad to play for Honduran giants Motagua.^[1] After six months he returned to El Salvador to play for Once Municipal and San Salvador F.C.. In 2007 he joined Mexican side Cobras.

In December 2007, that was reported that Mejía would make a comeback to football after a year long injury had prevented him from taking part in competitive games at any level. He impressed during trials at both USL First Division side Carolina RailHawks, and USL Second Division side Real Maryland in the early part of 2008, but ultimately decided to sign with the PDL team, Southern California Seahorses in the fourth division Premier Development League. He scored three goals in 11 games for them.^[2]

International career

With the El Salvador U-21 team, Mejía won the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games.^[3]

He made his senior debut for El Salvador in a March 2001 friendly match against Panama and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[4] and played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup^[5] as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[6]

His final international game was a September 2004 World Cup qualification match against the United States.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 February 2003	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua	3-0	3-0	2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
2	29 June 2003	Estadio Nacional, San Pedro Sula, Honduras	Honduras	1-1	1-1	friendly match
3	6 July 2003	The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States	Mexico	1-0	2-1	friendly match

Post football

Mejía is now an athletic director in one of three FC Barcelona schools in Mexico, in the Chihuahua state.^[7]

References

1. ^ El Diego de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica (Spanish)
2. ^ #10 - Diego Mejia - USLSoccer
3. ^ Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 (El Salvador) - Details - RSSSF
4. ^ Diego Mejía – FIFA competition record
5. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
6. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
7. ^ Diego Mejía, el salvadoreño que trabaja para el Barcelona

External links

• Diego Mejía at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Mejia, Diego
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Date of birth	1982-06-20
Place of birth	San Salvador, El Salvador
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