Elia Meschack

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Elia Meschack
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Elia Meschack (2016)
Personnel
Surname Elia Meschack Lina
birthday August 6, 1997
place of birth Kinshasa ,  Democratic Republic of the Congo
size 173 cm
position Wings , storm
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2015-2016 CS Don Bosco
2016-2019 TP Mazembe 93 (21)
2020– BSC Young Boys 1 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2016– DR Congo 20 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 11, 2020

Elia Meschack (born August 6, 1997 in Kinshasa , also called Elia Meschak or Meschack Elia ) is a Congolese football player who mainly plays on the offensive wing positions . In addition, the dribbling player can also play as a striker .

Career

society

He started in 2015 at CS Don Bosco , the farm team of the Congolese record champions TP Mazembe and play in the country's first division, the Linafoot . In 2016 he finally switched to TP Mazembe, where he established himself very quickly and won two championships. In the summer of 2016, he completed a trial session at Bursaspor , while FC Porto and Standard Lüttich negotiated a move, which however did not materialize.

In the 2018/19 season of the CAF Champions League he reached the semi-finals with his team and scored three goals in the entire competition.

National team

Elia made his debut for Congo DR on March 26, 2016 in qualifying for the 2016 African Nations Cup against Angola when he came on as a substitute in the 64th minute. In this game he also scored his first goal to take the 2-0 lead (final score 2-1). At the 2016 Nations Cup , Meschack had finally established himself as a regular player, with four goals and two assists he made a decisive contribution to his country's victory over the tournament. He himself was voted player of the tournament.

successes

societies

National team

Personal awards

Controversy over bills

In the summer of 2019 Elia completed a trial training at the Belgian club RSC Anderlecht and was then no longer to be found, although the RSC Anderlecht had rated Meschacks training positively. Shortly after his disappearance without a trace, he appeared in Switzerland at the Young Boys Bern . In an official statement from TP Mazembe, it is said that Meschack tried to apply for political asylum in Switzerland with the help of advisors and that 1997 was still the year he was born. According to TP Mazembe, the aim of this project was to continue to defraud the latter association, because when Elia had signed the contract in 2015, if he had actually been born in 1997, he would have been a minor, so TP Mazembe would have committed a criminal offense. This would mean that Meschack could have made a transfer free of charge. However, the fraud was blown and Meschack was then banned from the Congolese football association for a year. During this time he is not allowed to play games for TP Mazembe or for the national team (this ban is illegal, however, as only FIFA or the continental associations are allowed to ban players).

Young Boys Bern was still in contact with Meschack and ultimately signed him as a replacement for Roger Assalé . FIFA has taken on the matter, a decision has not yet been made.

Meschack himself denies all allegations. He went to Switzerland of his own free will, in Anderlecht they wanted to sign him, but only let him play for the second team, Meschack refused, the advisors wanted to force him to sign anyway. Meschack's lawyers also denied the allegations and speak of a plot.

Web links

Commons : Meschack Elia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fake passport to avoid the transfer fee: 12 months ban for Congolese Elia on transfermarkt.de
  2. ↑ The Assalé successor is already training at YB on 4-4-2.com
  3. ↑ The crazy story of Meschack Elia on blick.ch
personal data
SURNAME Meschack, Elia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meshak, Elia; Meschack, Elia; Meschack Lina, Elia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Kinshasa