Diego Mejía

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

For the Mexican footballer, see Diego Andrei Mejía.
Diego Mejía
Personal information
Full name Diego Armando Mejía Pérez
Date of birth (1982-06-20) June 20, 1982
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) 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 Southern 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
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2011
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mejía and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

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 F.C. 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.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 February 2003Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Nicaragua3-03-02003 UNCAF Nations Cup
229 June 2003Estadio Nacional, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Honduras1-11-1friendly match
36 July 2003The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States Mexico1-02-1friendly 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 Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine - La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish)
  2. #10 - Diego Mejia Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine - 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 Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite - RSSSF
  6. CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  7. Diego Mejía, el salvadoreño que trabaja para el Barcelona


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