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{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (1983-2014)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Válery Mézague
| name = Valéry Mézague
| full_name =
| fullname = Válery Mézague
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1983|12|8|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1983|12|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Marseille]], [[France]]
| birth_place = [[Marseille]], France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|15|1983|12|8|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|11|15|1983|12|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Toulon]], France
| death_place = [[Toulon]], France
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| height = 1.83 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| currentclub =
| youthclubs1 =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1999–2006
| years2 = 2004–2005
| years1 = 1999–2006
| years3 = 2005–2009
| years2 = 2004–2005
| years4 = 2007–2008
| years3 = 2005–2009
| years5 = 2009
| years4 = 2007–2008
| years6 = 2009–2011
| years5 = 2009
| years7 = 2011-2012
| years6 = 2009–2011
| years7 = 2011–2012
| years8 = 2013
| years8 = 2013
| years9 = 2014
| years9 = 2014
| clubs1 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
| clubs1 = [[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]
| clubs2 = → [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] ''(Loan)''
| clubs2 = → [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] (loan)
| clubs3 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|FC Sochaux]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
| clubs4 = → [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] ''(Loan)''
| clubs4 = → [[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]] (loan)
| clubs5 = [[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]]
| clubs5 = [[LB Châteauroux|Châteauroux]]
| clubs6 = [[Vannes OC]]
| clubs6 = [[Vannes OC|Vannes]]
| clubs7 = [[Panetolikos F.C.]]
| clubs7 = [[Panetolikos F.C.|Panetolikos]]
| clubs8 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]
| clubs8 = [[Bury F.C.|Bury]]
| clubs9 = [[Sporting Toulon Var]]
| clubs9 = [[Sporting Club Toulon|Toulon]]
| caps1 = 57
| caps1 = 57
| caps2 = 11
| caps2 = 11
| caps3 = 34
| caps3 = 34
| caps4 = 28
| caps4 = 28
| caps5 = 16
| caps5 = 16
| caps6 = 46
| caps6 = 46
| caps7 = 3
| caps7 = 3
| caps8 = 7
| caps8 = 7
| goals1 = 10
| caps9 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| goals1 = 10
| goals3 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals4 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| goals5 = 2
| goals4 = 3
| goals6 = 5
| goals5 = 2
| goals7 = 0
| goals6 = 5
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| goals8 = 0
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 202 | totalgoals = 20
| totalcaps = 205
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004
| totalgoals = 20
| nationalteam1 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2004
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalteam1 = [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]]
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| pcupdate = 17:53, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| ntupdate =
}}
}}


'''Válery Mézague''' (8 December 1983{{spaced ndash}}15 November 2014) was a [[Cameroon]]ian [[Football (soccer)|footballer]]. He was a midfielder and last played for Sporting Toulon Var.
'''Valéry Mézague''' (8 December 1983{{spaced ndash}}15 November 2014) was a Cameroonian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].


Mézague was born in the [[5th arrondissement of Marseille]] in 1983, to a Cameroonian mother. He acquired [[French nationality law|French nationality]] on 16 September 1997, through the collective effect of his mother's [[naturalization]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0217 du 18 septembre 1997 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/1997/09/18/0217 |access-date=28 November 2023 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr |page=13575 |language=fr |format=PDF}}</ref>
A French-born player, Mézague represented {{Nft|Cameroon}} at international level. His most notable moment with the ''Lions Indomptables'' was at the [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup]], where he became the starter central midfielder in the lost final against host {{Nft|France}}, after replacing the late [[Marc-Vivien Foé]] during won semifinal versus {{Nft|Colombia}}.


He represented [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] at international level. His most notable moment with the ''Lions Indomptables'' was at the [[2003 FIFA Confederations Cup]], where he became the starter central midfielder in the lost final against host [[France national football team|France]], after replacing the late [[Marc-Vivien Foé]] during the victorious semi final versus [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]].
In 2003, he was involved in a serious car crash which ruled him out of the game for four months. Despite this he fought back to reclaim his form and his performances attracted the attention of [[Harry Redknapp]], with Mézague joining [[Portsmouth F.C.]] on loan for the 2004/05 season. However, he failed to make any sort of substantial impression and returned to France in June 2005, where he followed his former manager at Portsmouth [[Alain Perrin]] to [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard]].


In 2003, he was involved in a serious car crash which ruled him out of the game for four months. Despite this, he fought back to reclaim his form and his performances attracted the attention of [[Harry Redknapp]], with Mézague joining [[Portsmouth F.C.]] on loan for the 2004–05 season. However, he failed to make any sort of substantial impression and returned to France in June 2005, where he followed his former manager at Portsmouth [[Alain Perrin]] to [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard]].
His younger brother [[Teddy Mézague]] is also a footballer.


His younger brother, [[Teddy Mézague|Teddy]], is also a footballer.
He was found dead in his apartment on 15 November 2014 due to a cardiac arrest caused by a heart disease.<ref>https://twitter.com/sportingtoulon/status/533647539179106304</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Valéry Mézague est décédé|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Valery-mezague-est-decede/515226|publisher=L'Équipe|accessdate=15 November 2014|language=French|date=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-ex-portsmouth-midfielder-valery-mezague-found-dead-185056573--sow.html</ref><ref>http://www.cameroonweb.com/CameroonHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=315127</ref>


He was found dead in his apartment on 15 November 2014, due to a [[cardiac arrest]] caused by a heart disease.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=sportingtoulon|author=Sporting Club Toulon|number=533647539179106304|date=15 November 2014|title=C'est avec une très grande tristesse que le Sporting Toulon vous informe du décès de Valery Mezague... @lequipe}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Valéry Mézague est décédé|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Valery-mezague-est-decede/515226|publisher=L'Équipe|access-date=15 November 2014|language=fr|date=15 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-ex-portsmouth-midfielder-valery-mezague-found-dead-185056573--sow.html |title=Football - Ex-Portsmouth midfielder Valery Mezague found dead - Yahoo Eurosport UK |access-date=5 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031644/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-ex-portsmouth-midfielder-valery-mezague-found-dead-185056573--sow.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cameroonweb.com/CameroonHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=315127|title = Valéry Mezague died of heart attack - Autopsy|date = 25 November 2014|access-date = 10 December 2014|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193823/http://www.cameroonweb.com/CameroonHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=315127|url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
! colspan=3 | France
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Coupe de France]]
! colspan=2 | [[Coupe de la Ligue]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[Division 1 season 2001-02|2001-02]]||rowspan="4"|[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]||[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||5||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 1 season 2002-03|2002-03]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1]]||27||6||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 1 season 2003-04|2003-04]]||12||1||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 2 season 2004-05|2004-05]]||[[Ligue 2]]||4||0||||||||||||||||
|-
! colspan=3 | England
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[FA Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Football League Cup|League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[FA Premier League 2004-05|2004-05]]||[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]||[[Premier League]]||11||0||||||||||||||||
|-
! colspan=3 | France
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Coupe de France]]
! colspan=2 | [[Coupe de la Ligue]]
! colspan=2 | [[UEFA|Europe]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[Ligue 2 season 2005-06|2005-06]]||[[Montpellier HSC|Montpellier]]||[[Ligue 2]]||9||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 1 season 2005-06|2005-06]]||rowspan="2"|[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux-Montbéliard]]||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1]]||16||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 1 season 2006-07|2006-07]]||9||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 2 2007-08|2007-08]]||[[Le Havre AC|Le Havre]]||[[Ligue 2]]||28||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Ligue 2 2008-09|2008-09]]||[[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux-Montbéliard]]||[[Ligue 1]]||||||||||||||||||||
|-
! rowspan=2 | Total
! colspan=2 | France
!110||14||||||||||||||||
|-
! colspan=2 | England
!11||0||||||||||||||||
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!121||14||||||||||||||||
|}


==References==
==References==

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==External links==
==External links==
* {{LFP|mezague-valery}}
*{{Lfpfr|first=Valéry|last=Mézague}}
*{{FIFA player|198986}}
* {{FIFA|198986}}
* {{NFT|1260}}


{{Cameroon Squad Confederations Cup 2003}}
{{Cameroon Squad Confederations Cup 2003}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2004 African Nations Cup}}
{{Cameroon Squad 2004 African Nations Cup}}


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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1983-12-08
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Marseille]], [[France]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 2014-11-14
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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Latest revision as of 05:33, 8 November 2024

Valéry Mézague
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-12-08)8 December 1983
Place of birth Marseille, France
Date of death 15 November 2014(2014-11-15) (aged 30)
Place of death Toulon, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 Montpellier 57 (10)
2004–2005 → Portsmouth (loan) 11 (0)
2005–2009 Sochaux 34 (0)
2007–2008 → Le Havre (loan) 28 (3)
2009 Châteauroux 16 (2)
2009–2011 Vannes 46 (5)
2011–2012 Panetolikos 3 (0)
2013 Bury 7 (0)
2014 Toulon 3 (0)
Total 205 (20)
International career
2003–2004 Cameroon 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valéry Mézague (8 December 1983 – 15 November 2014) was a Cameroonian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Mézague was born in the 5th arrondissement of Marseille in 1983, to a Cameroonian mother. He acquired French nationality on 16 September 1997, through the collective effect of his mother's naturalization.[1]

He represented Cameroon at international level. His most notable moment with the Lions Indomptables was at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he became the starter central midfielder in the lost final against host France, after replacing the late Marc-Vivien Foé during the victorious semi final versus Colombia.

In 2003, he was involved in a serious car crash which ruled him out of the game for four months. Despite this, he fought back to reclaim his form and his performances attracted the attention of Harry Redknapp, with Mézague joining Portsmouth F.C. on loan for the 2004–05 season. However, he failed to make any sort of substantial impression and returned to France in June 2005, where he followed his former manager at Portsmouth Alain Perrin to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

His younger brother, Teddy, is also a footballer.

He was found dead in his apartment on 15 November 2014, due to a cardiac arrest caused by a heart disease.[2][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "JORF n° 0217 du 18 septembre 1997 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 13575. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  2. ^ Sporting Club Toulon [@sportingtoulon] (15 November 2014). "C'est avec une très grande tristesse que le Sporting Toulon vous informe du décès de Valery Mezague... @lequipe" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Valéry Mézague est décédé" (in French). L'Équipe. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Football - Ex-Portsmouth midfielder Valery Mezague found dead - Yahoo Eurosport UK". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Valéry Mezague died of heart attack - Autopsy". 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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