Elias Mesquita

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Elias Mesquita
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Mesquita playing for Timor-Leste in 2024
Personal information
Full name Elias Joao da Costa Ximenes Mesquita
Date of birth (2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Fatuhada, East Timor
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Indera
Number 7
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Lalenok United
2022–2023 Assalam
2023 Kota Ranger 9 (7)
2024– Indera 9 (8)
International career‡
2018 Timor-Leste U16 (1)
2020 Timor-Leste U19 (1)
2021– Timor-Leste U23 10 (2)
2019– Timor-Leste 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 January 2025

Elias Joao da Costa Ximenes Mesquita (born 27 March 2002) is a Timorese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Brunei Super League club Indera and the Timor-Leste national team. [1]

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Club career

Lelenok United

Mesquita began his career with Lalenok United, winning the domestic treble in his first full year. [2] He also gained continental match experience via the 2020 AFC Cup against PSM Makassar the following year. [3]

Lalenok United managed to win a tournament organised by the East Timor Football Federation in late 2020 namely the 2020 Copa FFTL, after the regular season was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] Mesquita scored Lalenok's first goal and was man of the match in that final. [5] The team was scheduled to participate in the 2021 AFC Cup for the second time running, but the pandemic also caused the AFC to annul the matches of the group Lalenok was in. [6]

Assalam

After finishing as runners-up to Karketu Dili in the league for the 2021 season, Lalenok United folded the next year. [7] Mesquita moved to Assalam for the 2023 season, finishing in sixth place.

Kota Ranger

After the season finished, Mesquita moved to Bruneian club Kota Ranger and scored twice on his debut in a dramatic match on 24 May where the Rangers led the game until the 90th minute in a 3–4 lost against Kasuka, the winning goal scored at the 10th minute of injury time. He finished the season with seven goals to his name.

Indera

Mesquita stayed in Brunei and joined Indera for the 2024–25 season. [8] On 22 September 2024, he scored his first hat-trick in Brunei in a 10–0 victory against Lun Bawang becoming the first East Timorese player to score a hat-trick in the Brunei Super League. [9]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played 15 October 2024. [10]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Timor-Leste 201910
202000
202140
202230
202320
202440
Total140

Honours

Club

Lalenok United

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References

  1. ↑ "Klube Brunei Darusalam kontrata ona jogadór timoroan Elias Mesquita". Tatoli. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Treble Winner, Lalenok Ra'ut Rihun $86". Tatoli. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Play-off - 2nd Leg: PSM Makassar 3-1 Lalenok United FC". Asian Football Confederation. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Lalenok United FC Kampeaun Copa FFTL 2020". Naunil. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ↑ ""THE BEST MARKER" ELIAS LORI EKIPA SAI KAMPEAUN BA COPA FFTL 2020". East Timor Football Federation. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Football: AFC Cup ASEAN Zone matches cancelled due to COVID-19". ChannelNews Asia. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "FFTL triste ba desizaun estrutura klube taka Lalenok United FC". Tatoli. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Brunei Super League to return this weekend". Borneo Bulletin. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ↑ @bulakitani (22 September 2024). "Brunei Super League 2024 Keputusan penuh Lun Bawang FC 0-10 Indera SC" . Retrieved 24 September 2024– via Instagram.
  10. ↑ Elias Mesquita at Soccerway
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