Tomás Mejías

Spanish footballer
Tomás Mejías
Mejías with Ceuta in 2023
Personal information
Full name Tomás Mejías Osorio[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Cartagena
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2001 Coslada
2001–2007 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Real Madrid C 78 (0[3])
2008–2013 Real Madrid B 59 (0)
2011–2014 Real Madrid 1 (0)
2014 → Middlesbrough (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2018 Middlesbrough 7 (0)
2017 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2 (0)
2018–2019 Omonia 28 (0)
2019–2021 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Dinamo București (loan) 10 (0)
2021 Ankaraspor 17 (0)
2021–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 13 (0)
2023–2024 Ceuta 16 (0)
2024– Cartagena 0 (0)
International career
2008 Spain U19 2 (0)
2009 Spain U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:17, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Tomás Mejías Osorio (born 30 January 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Cartagena.

Club career

Real Madrid

Mejías was born in Madrid.[4] In 2001, aged 12, he joined local Real Madrid's youth academy from neighbouring amateurs CD Coslada.[5] He made his debut with the reserves in the 2007–08 season, playing five games for them in Segunda División B.[6][7][8][9][10]

As first-team manager José Mourinho decided to rest Iker Casillas, Mejías was selected for a La Liga home match against Getafe CF on 10 May 2011.[11] He replaced another club youth graduate, Antonio Adán, for the last ten minutes of a 4–0 home win.[12]

Mejías was selected in a 20-man squad for the first match of the 2011–12 campaign, away to Real Zaragoza,[13] but eventually did not make the bench.[14] He contributed 26 appearances the following year, as the B's retained their Segunda División status.[15]

Middlesbrough

On 11 February 2014, Mejías joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan until the end of the season.[16] He made his debut on 1 March, in a 1–0 away loss against Sheffield Wednesday.[17] It was his only appearance during the time of his loan, as he dislocated a finger in training and was sidelined for the rest of the campaign.[18]

The deal was made permanent on 4 July 2014, and Mejías signed a two-year contract.[19] On 28 October of the following year, he saved from Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young as his team won in a penalty shoot-out away to Manchester United in the fourth round of the League Cup, also keeping a clean sheet for 120 minutes.[20]

On 5 January 2017, Mejías was loaned to Rayo Vallecano until the end of the Spanish second-tier season.[21] At the end of the following campaign, he was released by Middlesbrough.[22]

Omonia

Mejías signed for Cypriot First Division club AC Omonia on 10 July 2018.[23] He played 29 matches in all competitions in his only season, where his team finished sixth in the domestic league.[24]

Return to Middlesbrough

Mejías returned to Middlesbrough on 4 July 2019, agreeing to a two-year deal.[25] In September 2020, he was loaned to FC Dinamo București of the Romanian Liga I.[26]

Later career

Mejías joined Turkish TFF First League side Ankaraspor in January 2021.[27] He switched teams and countries again in October, signing for Western Sydney Wanderers FC in the Australian A-League.[28]

On 4 January 2023, Mejías returned to Spain six years after leaving, agreeing to a contract at Primera Federación club AD Ceuta FC.[29][30] On 1 February 2024, after becoming a backup to new signing Pedro López, he moved to FC Cartagena in the second division.[31]

Career statistics

As of 21 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid Castilla 2007–08[32] Segunda División B 5 0 — — — 5 0
2010–11[33] Segunda División B 11 0 — — 2[c] 0 13 0
2011–12[34] Segunda División B 17 0 — — 2[c] 0 19 0
2012–13[35] Segunda División 26 0 — — — 26 0
Total 59 0 — — 4 0 63 0
Real Madrid 2010–11[33] La Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2011–12[34] La Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Middlesbrough (loan) 2013–14[36] Championship 1 0 — — — 1 0
Middlesbrough 2014–15[37] Championship 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2015–16[38] Championship 0 0 1 0 5 0 — 6 0
2016–17[39] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18[40] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 8 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 17 0
Rayo Vallecano (loan) 2016–17[41] Segunda División 2 0 — — — 2 0
Middlesbrough U21 2017–18[40] — — — 1[d] 0 1 0
Omonia 2018–19[42] Cypriot First Division 28 0 1 0 — — 29 0
Career total 98 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 113 0
  1. ^ Appearances in FA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in League Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
  4. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Real Madrid Castilla

Spain U20

References

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