Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eric Exequiel Meza | ||
Date of birth | 8 April 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Estudiantes | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Unión Santa Fe | |||
2009–2020 | Colón | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Colón | 93 | (7) |
2024– | Estudiantes | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC) |
Eric Exequiel Meza (born 8 April 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Estudiantes.[2]
Born in Santa Fe, Meza joined Colón's youth categories in 2009, from city rivals Unión de Santa Fe.[3][4] After eleven years in their academy, manager Eduardo Domínguez moved him into the first-team squad in 2020.[5][6][7]
After being an unused substitute in several 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional group stage matches,[2] Meza made his first team debut on 28 November 2020, replacing Gonzalo Piovi in a 2–1 defeat to Independiente at the Estadio Brigadier General Estanislao López.[2][8] The following 12 January, he signed his first professional contract with the club, after agreeing to a three-year deal.[9]
Meza became a regular starter for Colón during the 2021 season, and scored his first senior goal on 13 August of that year, in a 1–0 home win over Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.[10] He scored another three goals during that year, as his side qualified to the Copa Libertadores.
Meza was still a first-choice ahead of Jonathan Sandoval and Augusto Schott during the 2022 campaign, but suffered an injury in September of that year which sidelined him for the remainder of the tournament.[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Other[c] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Colón | 2020–21 | Primera División | 3[nb 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2021 | 31[nb 1] | 4 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||||
2022 | 24[nb 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 34 | 1 | |||
2023 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 76 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 6 |
Estudiantes