Mesca

Mesca
Personal information
Full name Buomesca Tué Na Bangna[1]
Date of birth (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Doxa Katokopias
Number 70
Youth career
?–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 99 (1)
2024– Doxa Katokopias 15 (0)
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 20 June 2024
‡ 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 for Doxa Katokopias. 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 former PSV winger Bruma.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 February 2019
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2013–14[7] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2013–14[7] League One 6 1 0 0 — — 6 1
AEL Limassol 2015–16[17] Cypriot First Division 30 4 4 0 — 1 0 35 4
2016–17[17] Cypriot First Division 29 4 3 0 — — 32 4
2017–18[17] Cypriot First Division 17 0 0 0 — 6[a] 1 23 1
Total 76 8 7 0 — 7 1 89 9
Beroe 2018–19 First Professional Football League 19 1 2 0 — — 21 1
Career total 112 10 9 0 0 0 7 1 118 10
  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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Mesca". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2016.