Bruce El-mesmari
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| Full name | Bruce El-mesmari Sangochian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 April 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Cancún | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | América | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Las Vegas Lights | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | América | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Guadalajara | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Tapatío (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | → Querétaro (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Cancún | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Mexico U17 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bruce El-mesmari Sangochian (born 23 April 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga de Expansión MX club Cancún.
Club career
[edit]Pachuca
[edit]El-mesmari joined the Pachuca youth system when he was aged 13. He went on to earn several trophies at youth level with the club, including an U-15 league championship, U-15 LIGA MX International tournament championship, U-17 league runner-up and U-20 league runner-up.[1]
In June 2021, it was announced that El-mesmari would opt to leave Pachuca following the expiration of his contract.[2] He never made a first team appearance for Pachuca, but appeared on the bench for five Liga MX appearances in 2021.[3]
Las Vegas Lights
[edit]On 9 July 2021, El-mesmari signed with USL Championship club Las Vegas Lights.[1] He made his professional debut on 27 July 2021, appearing as a 64th-minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Orange County SC.[4]
América
[edit]On 15 July 2023, El-mesmari made his professional Liga MX debut with Club América coming in as a late substitute on the 3–0 win against Puebla.[5]
On 29 October 2023, El-mesmari came on in the 71st minute to substitute team captain Henry Martín in a 3-0 win over Monterrey for his second club appearance.
International career
[edit]El-mesmari was part of the under-17 squad that participated at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship,[6] scoring one goal, where Mexico won the competition. He also participated at the 2019 U-17 World Cup,[7] where Mexico finished runner-up.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Cancún, Mexico, El-mesmari is of Lebanese and Armenian descent.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 15 July 2023[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Las Vegas Lights | 2021 | USL | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 1 | ||||
| América | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
Honours
[edit]Mexico U17
- CONCACAF U-17 Championship: 2019
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2019
References
[edit]- 1 2 "LAS VEGAS LIGHTS FC SIGN 19-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN YOUTH INTERNATIONAL BRUCE EL-MESMARI". www.lasvegaslightsfc.com.
- ↑ "Bruce El-mesmari deja Pachuca y apunta a la MLS". ESPN.com.mx. June 14, 2021.
- ↑ "Mexico - B. El-mesmari - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Las Vegas Lights FC vs. Orange County SC- July 27, 2021 | USLChampionship.com". www.uslchampionship.com.
- ↑ "AMÉRICA APROVECHA GOLEADA ANTE PUEBLA Y DEBUTA A DOS JÓVENES". www.record.com.mx. 16 July 2023.
- ↑ "Efraín Álvarez encabeza lista del Tri para el Premundial Sub-17". 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Medel, Édgar Malagón (7 October 2019). "Revelan lista del Tri para Mundial Sub-17; la encabeza la 'joya' que Zlatan alaba" (in Spanish). Mediotiempo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ "El Mesmari, the Mexican 'Bruce Lee' dreaming of a Brazil reunion". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ↑ Bruce El-mesmari at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- C.D. Tapatío footballers
- C.F. Pachuca players
- Club América footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Footballers from Quintana Roo
- Las Vegas Lights FC players
- Liga de Expansión MX players
- Liga MX players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Mexican expatriate men's footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Mexican men's footballers
- Mexican people of Armenian descent
- Mexican people of Lebanese descent
- Mexico men's youth international footballers
- Querétaro F.C. footballers
- Sportspeople from Cancún
- Sportspeople from Quintana Roo
- Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
- USL Championship players