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National football teams

Mesa scored his first international goal in his debut match on 14 Nov 1979

Football player Mesa

Manuel Mesa Quirós

Mesa

Born on 26 December 1952 (age 71)

National team appearances of Mesa

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Spain	1979 - 1980	2			1	1		0.500
Total:		2			1	1		0.500

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Real Sporting de Gijón, Gijón	14 Nov 1979 - 16 Apr 1980	2			1	1		0.500

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. off

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.500

Total:

0.500

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
14 Nov 1979	Denmark	debut; first goal	26 years 10 months 19 days
16 Apr 1980	Czechoslovakia	last appearance	27 years 3 months 21 days

Record of Mesa's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Denmark	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
(+) other teams									1
Total:	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2	0.500

Record of national team matches played by Mesa

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Spain football team	2	0	1	1	3	5	25.0

Mesa's international caps

as player of Real Sporting de Gijón, Gijón:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 26 years 10 months 19 days

14 Nov 1979 20:30 (+1:00)

Cádiz, Estadio Ramón de Carranza

1-3

Spain vs Denmark

Friendly International

1х

16 Apr 1980 20:30 (+2:00)

Gijón, Estadio Municipal El Molinón

2-2

Spain vs Czechoslovakia

Friendly International

Comments

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