Diego Mejía


Diego Armando Mejía Pérez is a retired Salvadoran footballer.

Club career

Mejía came through the Chelona youth academy and had a couple of seasons at Alianza before moving abroad to play for Honduran giants F.C. Motagua. After six months he returned to El Salvador to play for Once Municipal and San Salvador F.C.. In 2007, he joined Mexican side Cobras.
In December 2007, that was reported that Mejía would make a comeback to football after a year long injury had prevented him from taking part in competitive games at any level. He impressed during trials at both USL First Division side Carolina RailHawks, and USL Second Division side Real Maryland in the early part of 2008, but ultimately decided to sign with the PDL team, Southern California Seahorses in the fourth division Premier Development League. He scored three goals in 11 games for them.

International career

With the El Salvador U-21 team, Mejía won the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games.
He made his senior debut for El Salvador in a March 2001 friendly match against Panama and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
His final international game was a September 2004 World Cup qualification match against the United States.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
113 February 2003Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama3-03-02003 UNCAF Nations Cup
229 June 2003Estadio Nacional, San Pedro Sula, Honduras1-11-1friendly match
36 July 2003The Home Depot Center, Carson, United States1-02-1friendly match

Post football

Mejía is now an athletic director in one of three FC Barcelona schools in Mexico, in the Chihuahua state.