Jorge Meré
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Jorge Meré Pérez | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1997 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||
Current team | Sporting Gijón | ||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Oviedo | ||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Sporting Gijón | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sporting B | 47 | (3) | ||||||
| 2015– | Sporting Gijón | 30 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Spain U17 | 10 | (2) | ||||||
| 2014 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014–2016 | Spain U19 | 16 | (0) | ||||||
| 2015– | Spain U21 | 10 | (1) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016. | |||||||||
Jorge Meré Pérez (born 17 April 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Meré joined Sporting de Gijón's youth setup in 2010, after starting it out at neighbours Real Oviedo,[1] and made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2013–14 campaign, aged only 16, in Segunda División B. On 24 July 2014 he signed a new five-year deal with the club, with a €25 million release clause.[2]
In January 2015 Meré was linked to Newscastle United,[3] but nothing came of it. On 11 April he made his professional debut, starting in 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza for the Segunda División championship.[4]
Meré appeared in five matches for the first team during the season, as it returned to La Liga after a three-year absence. He made his debut in the category on 23 September 2015, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Rayo Vallecano.[5]
Meré contributed with 25 league appearances during the 2015–16 campaign, overcoming Bernardo Espinosa (who was sidelined due to an injury), Igor Lichnovsky and Ognjen Vranješ as his side avoided relegation in the last matchday.[6]
International career
Meré has represented Spain from every age group level from the under-15 to the under-21 level. In 2012 he represented Spain U15 at the Mexico Cup of Nations,[7] and was part of the under-19s squad who won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2015.[8] Earlier in the year he had made his debut for the U21 side in a 4–0 win over Belarus U21.[9]
In May 2016, aged only 19, Meré was called up to the full squad for the first time for an international friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[10]
Career statistics
- As of 15 May 2016[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting B | 2013–14 | Segunda División B | 19 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 28 | 3 | — | 28 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 47 | 3 | — | 47 | 3 | |||||||
| Sporting Gijón | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | La Liga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 77 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 3 | ||
Honours
Country
- Spain U19
References
- ↑ "Julio y Meré, dos joyas en la zaga ante el Oviedo" [Julio and Meré, two pearls in the defence against Oviedo] (in Spanish). GolAverage. 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "El Sporting 'ata' a Jorge Meré: la nueva perla de Mareo" [Sporting 'ties up' Jorge Meré: the new pearl of Mareo] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Report: Newcastle target move for Jorge Mere before window closes". HITC Sport. 27 January 2015.
- ↑ "Ni Zaragoza ni Sporting abandonan sus malas rachas" [Neither Zaragoza nor Sporting leave their poor runs] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 April 2015.
- ↑ "El Rayo sabe contemporizar ante un valiente Sporting" [Rayo knows how to use time against a valiant Sporting] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 September 2015.
- ↑ "Jorge Meré: "Estar aquí ya es un tremendo orgullo, debute o no"" [Jorge Meré: "Being here is a tremendous pride already, debuting or not"] (in Spanish). Vavel. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ↑ "Jorge Meré y Álvaro Fidalgo, a México" [Jorge Meré and Álvaro Fidalgo, to Mexico]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 9 June 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- 1 2 Haslam, Andrew. "Spain see off Russia for seventh Under-19 crown". UEFA. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ "Jorge Meré, un Internacional sub 21 de 17 Anos" [Jorge Meré, an under-21 international aged 17]. Sporting Gijón (in Spanish). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ "Jorge Meré vive su primer gran día con la selección" [Jorge Meré lives his great first day with the national team]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ "Jorge Meré". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
External links
- Sporting official profile (Spanish)
- Jorge Meré profile at BDFutbol
- Jorge Meré profile at Soccerway