Alfredo Antonio Mejía Escobar (born 3 April 1990) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

Levadiakos Levadiakos Football Club (officially romanized: ''Levadeiakos'' ) is a Greek professional football club that plays in the Super League Greece. Based in Livadeia, Greece, the club was promoted to the Alpha Ethniki, forerunner of the Super League, ...

Club career

Mejía had a spell at the reserves of Italian side

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before spending two years at Real C.D. España. He joined F.C. Motagua for the 2012 Clausura championship. He had a spell at French side Monaco in 2009 and was rumored to join the

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after the Sounders sent scouts over to Honduras. On 29 January 2016,

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officially announced the signing of Honduran defensive midfielder, who was recently released from Marathón.

International career

Mejía played at the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

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and the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Mejía made his senior debut for

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

in a January

2011 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2011 Copa Centroamericana () was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) of t ...

match against

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and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 15 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country at the

as well as at the

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on Jun ...

.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details
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International goals

Honours

Levadiakos *

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: 2021–22

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mejia, Alfredo 1990 births Living people Footballers from Yoro Department Men's association football midfielders Honduran men's footballers 21st-century Honduran sportsmen Honduras men's international footballers 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Olympic footballers for Honduras Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics C.D. Olimpia players Real C.D. España players F.C. Motagua players C.D. Marathón players Panthrakikos F.C. players Xanthi F.C. players Pontevedra CF footballers Levadiakos F.C. players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Super League Greece players Segunda División B players Super League Greece 2 players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Greece Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Spain