Eric Meza

Eric Meza

Personal information
Full name	Eric Exequiel Meza
Date of birth	(1999-04-08) 8 April 1999 (age 25)
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]

Career

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]

Career statistics

As of 29 November 2020. ^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [lower-alpha 1]		Continental [lower-alpha 2]		Other [lower-alpha 3]		Total
		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

1. Includes the Copa Argentina
2. Includes the Copa Libertadores
3. Includes the Trofeo de Campeones de la Liga Profesional

Honours

Estudiantes

• Copa de la Liga Profesional: 2024 ^[12]

Notes

1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

1. Eric Meza at WorldFootball.net
2. Eric Meza at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. "Eric Meza: Ojalá pueda seguir en Colón" [Eric Meza: I hope I can continue at Colón]. Uno Santa Fe (in Spanish). 13 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
4. "La historia no contada del esperancino Gómez jugando para Colón" [The untold story of the esperancino Gómez playing for Colón]. Esperancino (in Spanish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
5. "Eric Meza sigue sin contrato en Colón y el DT lo ubica en el 11 titular" [Eric Meza remains without a contract at Colón and the manager puts him in the starting XI]. Santa Fe Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
6. "El juvenil Eric Meza ratificó que su sueño «es seguir jugando en Colón»" [The youngster Eric Meza assured that his dream is "to keep playing at Colón"]. DeporFe (in Spanish). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
7. "Eric Meza contó del hisopado y que le hicieron en Colón" [Eric Meza talked about the swab and what they did to him at Colón]. Agenciafe (in Spanish). 20 August 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
8. "Eric Meza contó por LT10 que sueña con "seguir en Colón"" [Eric Meza told LT10 that he dreams with "remaining at Colón"]. LT10 (in Spanish). 12 June 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
9. "Eric Meza firmó su primer contrato profesional en Colón" [Eric Meza signed his first professional contract at Colón] (in Spanish). Sol Play 91.5. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
10. "Eric Meza y su primer tanto en Colón: "Al fin encontré el gol que tanto buscaba"" [Eric Meza and his first goal at Colón: "Finally found the goal that I was looking for"] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
11. "Colón: Eric Meza se despide del torneo por lesión" [Colón: Eric Meza bids farewell from the tournament due to injury] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
12. "¡ESTUDIANTES CAMPEÓN! Venció a Vélez por penales y se consagró en la Copa de la Liga 2024". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links

• Eric Meza at Soccerway