Georges Messi

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Georges Messi
Personal information
Full name Georges Parfait Mbida Messi [1]
Date of birth (1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 45) [1]
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Tonnerre Yaoundé
2000–2001 Rizespor 9 (0)
2001–2002 Canon Yaoundé
2003–2004 Lokeren 6 (0)
2006 Al Kharitiyat
2006–2009 Olhanense 56 (4)
2010–2012 Interclube
2012–2013 Persib Bandung 21 (3)
2014 Persiram 20 (9)
2015 Domant 7 (0)
2016 Porcelana
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georges Parfait Mbida Messi (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Club career

Born in Yaoundé, Messi started playing with his hometown clubs Tonnerre Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé, having a spell abroad in between with Çaykur Rizespor. He appeared scarcely during the 2000–01 season, as the Turkish Süper Lig team finished in ninth position.

Subsequently, Messi represented K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in Belgium, but featured very rarely for the Pro League side. After a few months in Qatar, he moved to Portugal and signed for S.C. Olhanense of the Segunda Liga, [2] appearing in an average of 12 games in his first two seasons. [3] [4]

Messi had one of the best years as a professional in the 2008–09 campaign, scoring twice [5] [6] in 27 matches – mainly as a substitute – as the Algarve club returned to the Primeira Liga after 34 years. [7] In January 2010, he left Olhanense and joined G.D. Interclube in Angola, [8] with the Luanda-based team winning the Girabola championship shortly after. [9]

Honours

Olhanense

Interclube

References

  1. 1 2 "Messi" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. "Camaronês Mbida Messi chega hoje" [Cameroonian Mbida Messi arrives today]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. "Messi de Olhão é... camaronês" [Olhão's Messi is... Cameroonian]. Record (in Portuguese). 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. Canedo, Victor (8 October 2009). "Xará de Messi, camaronês esquenta o banco no Olhanense, caçula do Português" [Messi's namesake, Cameroonian warms the bench at Olhanense, Portuguese League newcomers] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte . Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. "Liga de Honra: Olhanense vence o Vizela com golo já nos descontos" [Honour League: Olhanense beat Vizela with goal already in injury time]. Barlavento (in Portuguese). 21 September 2008. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. "Olhanense-Varzim, 1–0: Regresso às vitórias" [Olhanense-Varzim, 1–0: Back to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 Morais, Catarina (17 May 2009). "Honra: Olhanense vence em Gondomar e festeja subida!" [Honour: Olhanense win in Gondomar and celebrate promotion!] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. "Messi camaronês troca Olhanense por time do futebol angolano" [Cameroonian Messi swaps Olhanense for team in Angolan football] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Álvaro Magalhães campeão de Angola" [Álvaro Magalhães Angolan champion]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 31 October 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2026.