Fernando Meza
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Fernando Meza
| image = Universidad de Chile - Colo-Colo, 2018-04-15 - Fernando Meza - 02.jpg
| caption = Meza with Colo-Colo in 2018
| full_name = Fernando Nicolás Meza
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|3|21}}
| birth_place = San Martín, Argentina
| height = 1.76 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Palestino
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = San Lorenzo
| years1 = 2008–2015
| clubs1 = San Lorenzo
| caps1 = 55
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = → Olimpo (loan)
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2014–2015
| clubs3 = → San Marcos (loan)
| caps3 = 36
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2015–2016
| clubs4 = Palestino
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2016–2017
| clubs5 = Necaxa
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2017–2018
| clubs6 = Colo-Colo
| caps6 = 23
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2019–2020
| clubs7 = Necaxa
| caps7 = 33
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2020–2021
| clubs8 = Atlanta United
| caps8 = 13
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2021
| clubs9 = → Defensa y Justicia (loan)
| caps9 = 7
| goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2021–2022
| clubs10 = Necaxa
| caps10 = 12
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2023
| clubs11 = Palestino
| caps11 = 20
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2024
| clubs12 = Argentinos Juniors
| caps12 = 18
| goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2025–
| clubs13 = Palestino
| caps13 = 0
| goals13 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalteam1 = Argentina U17
| nationalcaps1 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = 21:45, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 11:55, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
| nationalyears2 = 2009
| nationalteam2 = Argentina U20
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
Fernando Nicolás Meza (born 21 March 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chilean Primera División club Palestino.
Career
Meza made his league debut on 2 November 2008 in a 1–0 defeat to Boca Juniors aged 18.
In January 2009 Meza was selected to join the Argentina under-20 squad for the 2009 South American Youth Championship in Venezuela.
On January 10, 2020, Meza completed a transfer to Atlanta United FC of MLS,{{cite web|url=https://www.atlutd.com/post/2020/01/10/atlanta-united-signs-fernando-meza|title=Atlanta United signs Fernando Meza|website=atlutd.com|publisher=Atlanta United|date=January 10, 2020|access-date=May 16, 2020}} following a transfer to Club Tijuana to complete a player swap with Atlanta for Leandro González Pírez.
On February 18, 2021, Meza moved to Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia, on a loan deal.{{Cite web|date=February 18, 2021|title=Fernando Meza loaned out to Defensa y Justicia|url=https://www.atlutd.com/post/2021/02/18/fernando-meza-loaned-out-defensa-y-justicia|access-date=February 19, 2021|website=Atlanta United FC Official Website}}
After 7 league appearances for Defensa y Justicia, Atlanta United and Meza mutually terminated his contract on July 23, 2021. On the same day Meza signed with his former club Necaxa in Liga MX.{{Cite web|date=July 23, 2021|title=Atlanta United terminates Fernando Meza's contract|url=https://www.atlutd.com/news/atlanta-united-terminates-defender-fernando-meza-contract|access-date=August 19, 2021|website=Atlanta United FC Official Website}}
On January 8, 2023, Meza rejoined his former club Palestino in Chile.{{Cite web|date=January 8, 2023|title=Fernando Meza has rejoined Chilean club Palestino, where he was last with in 2015|url=https://twitter.com/ATLUTD_VIPs/status/1612275263819157505|access-date=January 8, 2023|website=Twitter}} After playing for Argentinos Juniors during 2024, he returned to Palestino by third time.{{cite news |title=Palestino se supera a sí mismo y presenta a su nuevo refuerzo con este video: ¡es cine! |url=https://chile.as.com/videos/palestino-se-supera-a-si-mismo-y-presenta-a-su-nuevo-refuerzo-con-este-video-es-cine-v/?pbsvideo=top |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=Diario AS |date=27 February 2025 |language=es}}
Career statistics
= Club =
{{updated|match played 8 November 2020}}{{Soccerway|fernando-nicolas-meza/67823|accessdate=January 2, 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="6"|San Lorenzo
|2008–09 | rowspan="5" |Primera División |1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10
|17 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11
|12 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12
|20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13
|3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 3 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!53 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Olimpo (loan)
|2013–14 |Primera División |7 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 7 | 0 | ||||
| San Marcos (loan)
|2014–15 |36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 41 | 1 | |||
| Palestino
|2015–16 |Primera División |33 | 3 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 33 | 3 | ||||
| Necaxa
|14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 14 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Colo-Colo
|2016–17 | rowspan="3" |Primera División |10 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2017
|11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Supercopa de Chile|name=ChileSC}} | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2018
|2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | 0{{efn|name=ChileSC}} | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Necaxa
| rowspan="2" |Liga MX |14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20
|19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Supercopa MX}} | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |
| Atlanta United
|2020 |13 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4
|0 | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!212 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 234 | 7 |
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Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120612182918/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13978&SEOFutbolista=Meza+Fernando Fernando Meza – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI]}} {{in lang|es}}
- {{Soccerway|fernando-nicolas-meza/67823}}
{{Palestino squad}}
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Category:Footballers from San Martín, Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Category:Club Olimpo footballers
Category:Colo-Colo footballers
Category:San Marcos de Arica footballers
Category:Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Category:Club Necaxa footballers
Category:Atlanta United FC players
Category:Argentinos Juniors footballers
Category:Chilean Primera División players
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:21st-century Argentine sportsmen
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