Carlos Will Mejía | |
Fullname: | Carlos Will Mejía García |
Birth Date: | 29 September 1983 |
Birth Place: | Omoa, Honduras |
Height: | 1.82m (05.97feet) |
Position: | Attacking midfielder / Midfielder#Winger |
Years1: | 2004–2008 |
Years2: | 2008–2011 |
Years3: | 2011–2019 |
Clubs3: | Olimpia |
Caps2: | 98 |
Goals2: | 20 |
Caps3: | 204 |
Goals3: | 27 |
Nationalyears1: | 2007– |
Nationalteam1: | Honduras |
Nationalcaps1: | 14 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 2 June 2019 |
Ntupdate: | 26 February 2013 |
Carlos Will Mejía García (born September 29, 1983) is a Honduran footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Olimpia in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.
Nicknamed Garrincha, Mejía started his professional career at Platense and also played for Marathón, while still on the books of Platense,[1] before joining Olimpia before the 2011 Apertura.[2]
A right winger, Mejía made his debut for Honduras in a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Nicaragua in which m he immediately scored a goal, and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 14 caps, scoring 1 goal. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2007[3] and 2009 UNCAF Nations Cups[4] as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[5]
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His mother is a niece of former national team midfielder Prudencio Norales.[6] Mejía is married and has three daughters: Suyapa, Allison and Reina.[7]