Mesca
Personal information
Full name Buomesca Tué Na Bangna[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993[2]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–2010 Sporting CP
2010–2011 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Fulham 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 6 (1)
2015–2018 AEL Limassol 76 (8)
2018–2019 Beroe 32 (1)
2019–2023 Doxa Katokopias 96 (1)
International career‡
2009 Portugal U17 2 (0)
2011 Portugal U18 3 (0)
2011 Portugal U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:51, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Buomesca Tué Na Bangna (born 6 May 1993), commonly known as Mesca, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Guinea-Bissau, Mesca has represented Portugal internationally at youth level.

Club career

Born in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Mesca began his career at Sporting CP before joining Chelsea in May 2010.[3] He joined Chelsea's rivals Fulham on a one-year professional contract in September 2011 that ran until June 2012.[4] He signed a new three-year contract with the club in April 2013.[2][5]

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, Mesca was included in a pre-season friendly squad with the first team.[6] He made his Premier League debut in Fulham's 2–0 defeat away to Chelsea on 21 September 2013.[7]

On 28 November 2013, Mesca joined Crewe Alexandra on loan until 7 January 2014.[8] He scored his first senior goal against Carlisle United in a 2–1 win on 1 January 2014,[9] and manager Steve Davis considered bringing him back to Gresty Road afterwards.[10]

After playing no part in the previous season for Fulham, Mesca left for AEL Limassol of the Cypriot First Division on 7 August 2015.[11] Five days later he made his debut, playing the entirety of the Cypriot Super Cup against APOEL FC, a penalty shootout victory after a goalless draw.[12]

On 11 June 2018, Mesca signed with Bulgarian club Beroe Stara Zagora.[13]

In August 2019, he joined Cypriot team Doxa Katokopias.[14]

International career

Mesca has represented Portugal at youth level.[2] He was selected to the preliminary Guinea-Bissau squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[15]

Personal life

Mesca is the brother of PSV winger Bruma.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 February 2019
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2013–14[7] Premier League 100000—10
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2013–14[7] League One 6100——61
AEL Limassol 2015–16[17] Cypriot First Division 30440—10354
2016–17[17] Cypriot First Division 29430——324
2017–18[17] Cypriot First Division 17000—6[lower-alpha 1]1231
Total 76870—71899
Beroe 2018–19 First Professional Football League 19120——211
Career total 1121090007111810
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEL

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Buomesca Tue Na Bangna". Fulham F.C. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mesca Joins Chelsea…At Least, We Think So". TheChels.net. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mesca Swaps Chelsea For Fulham". TheChels.net. 27 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mesca's New Deal". Fulham Official Website. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mesca out of impress". Fulham Official Website. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "Games played by Buomesca Tue Na Bangna in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Mesca's Crewe Loan". Fulham FC. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Carlisle United". BBC Sport. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Crewe consider re-signing Fulham youngster Mesca". Get West London. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Mesca Departs". Fulham F.C. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. 1 2 "AEL defeat APOEL to earn first Super Cup in 30 years". Cyprus Mail. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Берое подписа с Меска" (in Bulgarian). beroe.bg. 11 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "ΑΝΑΚΟΙΝΩΣΗ – BUOMESCA" (in Greek). doxafc.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "Afcon 2017: Debutants Guinea Bissau name final Nations Cup squad". BBC Sport. 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "The flying Sporting Lisbon winger Manchester City are looking to poach". Talksport. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 "Mesca". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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