# Luis Mejía

Luis Ricardo Mejía Cajar (born 16 March 1991) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.

## Club career

Nicknamed Manotas, Mejia made his professional debut playing with Tauro in 2007.
In 2008, he was transferred to Uruguayan side Centro Atlético Fénix, but finally made his team debut on 21 August 2010 on a match against Tacuarembó, being rewarded as the man of the match. His outstanding performances called the interest of various team of Europe.
In January 2011, he was loaned 6 months to Toulouse but was never able to win a place in the first team, so he had to cope with playing in the reserve team.
Upon his return to Fénix, he moved to playing in the starting lineup of the team.

## International career

Mejía was part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. He was the youngest goalkeeper in the world cup and the revelation. He was also part of the Panama U-20 squad that participated in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where his outstanding performances led them to qualify to the Youth World Cup in Colombia.
His senior international debut for Panama came on 8 June 2009 against Jamaica, in a Friendly match.
He was part of the Panama U-23 squad that participated in the 2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament which they could not qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2011, he was called up by Julio Dely Valdés to play the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 1 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Fénix | 2010–11 | Uruguayan Primera División | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Fénix | 2011–12 | Uruguayan Primera División | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 |
| Fénix | 2012–13 | Uruguayan Primera División | 27 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| Fénix | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Fénix | 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 |
| Fénix | Total | Total | 89 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2016 | Uruguayan Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2017 | Uruguayan Primera División | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 16 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 24 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2020 | Uruguayan Primera División | 9 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nacional | Total | Total | 51 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| Fénix | 2021 | Uruguayan Primera División | 20 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Unión Española | 2022 | Chilean Primera División | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 |
| Unión Española | 2023 | Chilean Primera División | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Unión Española | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| Racing de Montevideo (loan) | 2023 | Uruguayan Primera División | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Nacional | 2024 | Uruguayan Primera División | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 225 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 258 | 0 |

### International

    As of match played 10 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Panama | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Panama | 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| Panama | 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| Panama | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| Panama | 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| Panama | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| Panama | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Panama | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 52 | 0 |