Elias Joao da Costa Ximenes Mesquita (born 27 March 2002) is an East Timorese professional

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of the Brunei Super League.

Club career

Mesquita began his career with

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, winning the domestic treble in his first full year. He also gained continental match experience via the

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against PSM Makassar the following year. Lalenok United managed to win a tournament organised by the East Timor Football Federation in late 2020 namely the

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, after the regular season was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mesquita scored Lalenok's first goal and was man of the match in that final. The team was scheduled to participate in the

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for the second time running, but the pandemic also caused the AFC to annul the matches of the group Lalenok was in. After finishing as runners-up to Karketu Dili in the league for the 2021 season, Lalenok United folded the next year. Mesquita moved to

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for the 2023 season, finishing in sixth place. After the season finished, Mesquita moved to Bruneian club Kota Ranger FC and scored twice on his debut in a dramatic match on 24 May where the Rangers led the game until the 90th minute in a 3–4 loss against

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, the winning goal scored at the 10th minute of injury time.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club

;Lalenok United * LFA Primeira Divisão:

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Elias Mesquita
at the Asian Football Confederation
SEA Games Stars – Elias Mesquita – Timor-Leste
2002 births Living people East Timorese men's footballers East Timorese expatriate men's footballers Timor-Leste men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brunei Men's association football forwards Lalenok United F.C. players Kota Ranger FC players Indera SC players Brunei Super League players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games East Timorese expatriate sportspeople in Brunei SEA Games competitors for East Timor {{EastTimor-footy-bio-stub