Roque Mesa

Roque Mesa Quevedo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈroke ˈmesa]; born 7 June 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sevilla FC.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mesa and the second or maternal family name is Quevedo.

Roque Mesa

Personal information
Full name	Roque Mesa Quevedo[1]
Date of birth	(1989-06-07) 7 June 1989[2]
Place of birth	Telde, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Sevilla
Youth career
	Valdecasas
	Yoñe
	Telde
2005–2007	Levante
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Telde
2007–2009	Levante B	54	(4)
2009–2010	Huracán	14	(1)
2010	Tenerife B	16	(0)
2010–2014	Las Palmas B	68	(14)
2011–2017	Las Palmas	126	(6)
2012–2013	→ Atlético Baleares (loan)	33	(3)
2017–2018	Swansea City	11	(0)
2018	→ Sevilla (loan)	7	(0)
2018–	Sevilla	31	(2)
2019–2020	→ Leganés (loan)	29	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2020

Club career

Early career

Born in Telde, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands,[3] Mesa joined Levante UD's youth system in 2005 after having already made his senior debut with UD Telde.[4] He was promoted to the reserves in the 2007–08 season, in Tercera División, but left the club in the middle of 2009 and signed for AD Huracán.[5]

On 26 January 2010, Mesa joined CD Tenerife B from Segunda División B.[6]

Las Palmas

In 2010, Mesa signed with another reserve team, UD Las Palmas Atlético in the fourth level, being promoted to the main squad the following year.[7] On 8 October 2011 he appeared in his first game as a professional, starting in a 2–1 away win against RC Celta de Vigo for the Segunda División championship.[8]

Mesa finished the campaign with 22 appearances (ten starts, 947 minutes of action) and, on 31 August of the following year, he was loaned to CD Atlético Baleares of the third division.[9] Subsequently, he returned to Las Palmas with its B-side, freshly promoted to the third tier.

On 28 November 2013, Mesa signed a new four-year deal which ran until 2017,[10] and was definitely promoted to the first team in July of the following year.[11] He scored his first professional goal on 1 November 2014, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home victory over Albacete Balompié.[12]

Mesa appeared in 35 matches and scored four goals during the season, which ended in promotion to La Liga after a 13-year absence. He made his debut in the Spanish top flight on 22 August 2015, in a 0–1 loss at Atlético Madrid.[13]

Mesa scored his first goal in the competition on 23 September 2015, the first in a 2–0 home win against Sevilla FC.[14]

Swansea City

On 6 July 2017, Mesa signed a four-year deal with Premier League team Swansea City for a fee of £11 million.[15] His first game took place on 19 August, when he featured 67 minutes in a 0–4 home loss against Manchester United.[16]

Sevilla

On 30 January 2018, Mesa joined Sevilla on loan for the remainder of the campaign, in a deal that included a buyout option.[17] In June, the move was made permanent for three years,[18] and he scored two goals in 31 matches during the season as the club finished in sixth place.[19]

On 13 August 2019, Mesa was loaned to CD Leganés also of the Spanish top division.[20]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 June 2019[21][22]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Levante B	2007–08	Segunda División B	22	1	—		—		—		22	1
	2008–09	Tercera División	32	3	—		—		—		32	3
	Total		54	4	—		—		—		54	4
Huracán	2009–10	Tercera División	14	1	—		—		—		14	1
Tenerife B	2009–10	Segunda División B	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
Las Palmas B	2010–11	Tercera División	33	6	—		—		—		33	6
	2013–14	Segunda División B	35	8	—		—		2[lower-alpha 1]	0	37	8
	Total		68	14	—		—		2	0	70	14
Las Palmas	2011–12	Segunda División	22	0	0	0	—		—		22	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2014–15		31	3	4	0	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	1	39	4
	2015–16	La Liga	34	1	5	0	—		—		39	1
	2016–17		35	1	1	0	—		—		36	1
	Total		122	5	10	0	—		4	1	136	6
Atlético Baleares (loan)	2012–13	Segunda División B	33	3	0	0	—		—		33	3
Swansea City	2017–18	Premier League	11	0	2	0	3	0	—		16	0
Sevilla (loan)	2017–18	La Liga	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		7	0
Sevilla	2018–19	La Liga	31	2	5	0	0	0	13[lower-alpha 3]	1	49	3
	Total		38	2	5	0	0	0	13	1	56	3
Career total			356	29	17	0	3	0	20	2	396	30

1. Appearances in 2014 Segunda División B play-offs
2. Appearances in 2015 Segunda División play-offs
3. Twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League and one appearance in Supercopa de España

References

1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
2. "Roque Mesa". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
3. Cejudo, José Ignacio (29 April 2016). "Las heridas del gladiador Roque Mesa" [The wounds of gladiator Roque Mesa]. Ideal (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2016.
4. Sánchez Acedo, Ignacio (24 September 2015). ""Roque ya era un líder con 15 años"" ["Roque was already a leader at the age of 15"]. Canarias7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
5. "Claudio Valerón y Roque refuerzan al Schamann" [Claudio Valerón and Roque bolster Schamann]. La Provincia (in Spanish). 8 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
6. "El filial ficha a Roque Mesa" [The reserves sign Roque Mesa]. La Opinión de Tenerife (in Spanish). 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
7. Bethencourt, Fernando (5 July 2011). "Roque, una apuesta para el primer equipo" [Roque, a bid for the first team]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2013.
8. "Las Palmas también pesca en el chollo de Balaídos" [Las Palmas also fish something out of Balaídos]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 October 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
9. "Roque, cedido al Atlético Baleares, de Segunda B" [Roque, loaned to Atlético Baleares, of Segunda B] (in Spanish). Fútbol Balear. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
10. "Las Palmas Atlético, Roque Mesa renueva hasta 2017" [Las Palmas Atlético, Roque Mesa renews until 2017] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
11. "Roque Mesa cree que debe ser un jugador "importante" en Las Palmas" [Roque Mesa believes he should be an "important" player in Las Palmas]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
12. "La UD falla mucho ante el colista y acaba ganando por la mínima" [UD fail much against the last and end up winning by the odd goal]. Marca (in Spanish). 1 November 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
13. Malagón, Manuel (22 August 2015). "Al Atlético le falta" [Atlético lack something]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
14. Félix, Diego (23 September 2015). "Roque Mesa y Alcaraz agravan la crisis del colista Sevilla" [Roque Mesa and Alcaraz worsen crisis of bottom-placed Sevilla]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2016.
15. "Swans sign Roque Mesa". Swansea City A.F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
16. Wallace, Sam (19 August 2017). "Swansea 0 Man Utd 4: Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba combine to puts Swans to the sword". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
17. "Roque Mesa arrives on loan with option to buy". Sevilla FC. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
18. "Sevilla and Swansea reach an agreement for the transfer of Roque Mesa". Sevilla FC. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
19. "El Celta negocia la incorporación de Roque Mesa para la medular" [Celta negotiate addition of Roque Mesa to midfield section]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
20. Carrasco, Javi (13 August 2019). "Roque Mesa, cedido una temporada al Leganés" [Roque Mesa, loaned one season to Leganés]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 August 2019.
21. Roque Mesa at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
22. Roque Mesa at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)

External links

• Roque Mesa at BDFutbol
• Roque Mesa at Futbolme (in Spanish)
• Roque Mesa at Soccerbase