Teddy Mézague (born 27 May 1990) is a French professional

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who plays as a defender.

Early and personal life

Born in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, Mézague also holds Cameroonian nationality, and his older brother

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played for the Cameroon national team.

Career

Mézague spent his early career in France with

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

and

FC Martigues Football Club de Martigues, known as FC Martigues or just Martigues, is a French professional football club which plays in the Championnat National, the third level of football in France. The club plays at the Stade Francis Turcan, which has a ...

. In July 2014 he moved to Belgian club

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

, and in August 2016 he moved to English club Leyton Orient. He scored his first and only goal for Leyton Orient against Notts County on 18 February 2017. On 12 September 2018, Mézague joined Romanian side

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

on a free transfer. After leaving Dinamo in November 2019, he moved to Hapoel Ra'anana in February 2019. In January 2020, Mézague signed a contract with Bulgarian club

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

. In June 2021, he signed with Turkish side Eyüpspor, becoming the first foreign player in the club's history. On 6 March 2023, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Mézague. On 20 June 2023, Ararat Yerevan confirmed the departure of Mézague.

Career statistics

References

1990 births Living people Footballers from Marseille French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Montpellier HSC players FC Martigues players Royal Excel Mouscron players Leyton Orient F.C. players FC Dinamo București players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Eyüpspor footballers Ligue 1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Belgian Pro League players English Football League players Liga I players TFF First League players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Romania French expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in Armenia Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia FC Ararat Yerevan players {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub