Sebastián Meza
{{short description|Argentine professional footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sebastián Meza
| image =
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| caption = Sebastián Meza en 2022
| fullname = Sebastián Tomás Meza
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|3|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Oberá, Argentina
| height = 1.85 m{{cite news|title=Sebastián Meza|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/sebastian-meza/|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=World Football}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Sarmiento
(on loan from Huracán)
| clubnumber = 24
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}
| youthclubs1 = Ex Alumnos Escuela 185 de Oberá
| youthyears2 = 2018–2021
| youthclubs2 = Huracán
| years1 = 2020–
| clubs1 = Huracán
| caps1 = 15
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2022–2023
| clubs2 = → Sarmiento (loan)
| caps2 = 48
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
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| club-update = 17:49, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
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Sebastián Tomás Meza (born 14 March 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Huracán.{{cite news|title=Argentina - S. Meza|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sebastian-tomas-meza/651106/|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=Soccerway}}
Career
Meza joined Huracán in 2018, having previously played for his hometown team Ex Alumnos Escuela N°185.{{cite news|title=boletin jugadores 21-2018.pdf|url=https://www.afa.com.ar/upload/boletines/boletin%20jugadores%2021-2018.pdf|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=AFA}}{{cite news|title=El misionero Meza tuvo su debut en la Primera de Huracán|url=https://www.noticiasdelacalle.com.ar/Noticias_Deportes_34872_El-misionero-Meza-tuvo-su-debut-en-la-Primera-de-Huracan.html|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=Noticias De La Calle|date=11 October 2020}}{{cite news|title=Sebastián Meza renovó su contrato con el Globo|url=https://www.dxt-obera.com/sebastian-meza-renovo-su-contrato-con-el-globo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628213415/https://www.dxt-obera.com/sebastian-meza-renovo-su-contrato-con-el-globo/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=28 June 2024|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=DXT Oberá|date=22 December 2020}} He signed his first professional contract on 6 March 2020.{{cite news|title=
Sebastián Meza firmó su primer contrato|url=https://cahuracan.com/2020/03/06/sebastian-meza-firmo-su-primer-contrato/|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=Huracán|date=6 March 2020}} His unofficial bow came in early October in a friendly against Talleres. In the succeeding months, Meza was selected on the bench for four Copa de la Liga Profesional matches. After again going unused for a Copa Argentina tie with Estudiantes on 25 February 2021, Meza made his senior debut on 1 March in a Copa de la Liga abandoned encounter with Atlético Tucumán; he was selected to start by Israel Damonte after first-choice Facundo Cambeses suffered a hand injury.{{cite news|title=In a duel of the needy, Atlético Tucumán and Huracán close the third date of the League Cup|url=https://www.explica.co/in-a-duel-of-the-needy-atletico-tucuman-and-huracan-close-the-third-date-of-the-league-cup/|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=Explica|date=2 March 2021}}{{cite news|title=La lluvia y un corte de energía produjeron la suspensión de Atlético-Huracán|url=https://www.cba24n.com.ar/deportes/la-lluvia-y-un-corte-de-energia-produjeron-la-suspension-de-atletico-huracan_a603cc1fd4dc0c70470f0f489|accessdate=20 March 2021|work=Cba24n|date=1 March 2021}} On 30 May 2022, Meza joined Sarmiento on loan until June 2023 with a purchase option.[https://www.diariodemocracia.com/mas-deportivo/futbol/262990-firmo-meza-se-convirtio-primer-refuerzo-sarmiento/ Sarmiento confirmó su primer refuerzo], diariodemocracia.com, 30 May 2022
Personal life
On 3 February 2021, it was revealed that Meza - along with eleven Huracán teammates - had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic.{{cite news|title=Sebastián Ramírez contrajo coronavirus junto a 11 compañeros en Huracán|url=https://www.laopinionsemanario.com.ar/noticia/futbol-sebastian-ramirez-contrajo-covid-junto-a-11-companeros-en-huracan/|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=La Opinión|date=3 February 2021}}
Career statistics
{{updated|24 March 2021}}.{{cite news|title=Ficha Estadistica de SEBASTIAN MEZA|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-SEBASTIAN-MEZA-17440.html|accessdate=2 March 2021|work=BDFA}}
| 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|Huracán
|2020–21{{#tag:ref|Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.|group="nb"}} |rowspan="2"|Primera División |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021{{#tag:ref|Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.|group="nb"}}
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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Notes
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|sebastian-tomas-meza/651106}}
{{Club Atlético Huracán squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meza, Sebastian}}
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Footballers from Misiones Province
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:Club Atlético Huracán footballers