Jorge Meré
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Meré Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting Gijón B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| 2010–2014 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013– | Sporting B | 47 | (3) |
| 2015– | Sporting Gijón | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Spain U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2014 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014– | Spain U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2015– | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Meré and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Jorge Meré Pérez (born 17 April 1997) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón B as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Gijón, 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 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]
References
- ↑ Julio y Meré, dos joyas en la zaga ante el Oviedo (Julio and Meré, two pearls in the defence against Oviedo); GolAverage, 9 December 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Sporting 'ata' a Jorge Meré: la nueva perla de Mareo (Sporting 'ties up' Jorge Meré: the new pearl of Mareo); El Desmarque, 24 July 2014 (Spanish)
- ↑ 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); Marca, 11 April 2015 (Spanish)