{{Short description|Cameroonian footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Georges Messi | image = | fullname = Georges Parfait Mbida Messi<ref name=Bio>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/messi/olhanense/1609-600-133117|title=Messi|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|8|df=y}}<ref name=Bio/> | birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon | height = {{height|m=1.67}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2000 | years2 = 2000–2001 | years3 = 2001–2002 | years4 = 2003–2004 | years5 = 2006 | years6 = 2006–2009 | years7 = 2010–2012 | years8 = 2012–2013 | years9 = 2014 | years10 = 2015 | years11 = 2016 | clubs1 = Tonnerre Yaoundé | clubs2 = Rizespor | clubs3 = Canon Yaoundé | clubs4 = Lokeren | clubs5 = Al Kharitiyat | clubs6 = Olhanense | clubs7 = Interclube | clubs8 = Persib Bandung | clubs9 = Persiram | clubs10 = Domant | clubs11 = Porcelana | caps1 = | caps2 = 9 | caps3 = | caps4 = 6 | caps5 = | caps6 = 56 | caps7 = | caps8 = 21 | caps9 = 20 | caps10 = 7 | caps11 = | totalcaps = | goals1 = | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = | goals4 = 0 | goals5 = | goals6 = 4 | goals7 = | goals8 = 3 | goals9 = 9 | goals10 = 0 | goals11 = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | club-update = }} '''Georges Parfait Mbida Messi''' (born 8 December 1980) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Club career== Born in Yaoundé, Messi started playing with his hometown clubs Tonnerre Yaoundé and Canon Yaoundé, having a spell abroad in between with Çaykur Rizespor. He appeared scarcely during the 2000–01 season, as the Turkish Süper Lig team finished in ninth position.
Subsequently, Messi represented K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen in Belgium, but featured very rarely for the Pro League side. After a few months in Qatar, he moved to Portugal and signed for S.C. Olhanense of the Segunda Liga,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/olhanense/detalhe/camarones-mbida-messi-chega-hoje.html|title=Camaronês Mbida Messi chega hoje|trans-title=Cameroonian Mbida Messi arrives today|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=12 July 2006|access-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830235901/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/portugal-prio/olhanense/detalhe/camarones-mbida-messi-chega-hoje.html|archive-date=30 August 2017}}</ref> appearing in an average of 12 games in his first two seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/taca-ctt/detalhe/messi-de-olhao-e-camarones.html|title=Messi de Olhão é... camaronês|trans-title=Olhão's Messi is... Cameroonian|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=14 January 2009|access-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831000039/http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/taca-ctt/detalhe/messi-de-olhao-e-camarones.html|archive-date=31 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/portugues/0,,MUL1333073-9850,00-XARA+DE+MESSI+CAMARONES+ESQUENTA+O+BANCO+NO+OLHANENSE+CACULA+DO+PORTUGUES.html|title=Xará de Messi, camaronês esquenta o banco no Olhanense, caçula do Português|trans-title=Messi's namesake, Cameroonian warms the bench at Olhanense, Portuguese League newcomers|publisher=Globo Esporte|first=Victor|last=Canedo|language=pt|date=8 October 2009|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref>
Messi had one of the best years as a professional in the 2008–09 campaign, scoring twice<ref>{{cite news|url=https://barlavento.sapo.pt/arquivo/liga-de-honra-olhanense-vence-o-vizela-com-golo-ja-nos-descontos|title=Liga de Honra: Olhanense vence o Vizela com golo já nos descontos|trans-title=Honour League: Olhanense beat Vizela with goal already in injury time|newspaper=Barlavento|language=pt|date=21 September 2008|access-date=26 November 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126193958/https://barlavento.sapo.pt/arquivo/liga-de-honra-olhanense-vence-o-vizela-com-golo-ja-nos-descontos|archive-date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/varzim/detalhe/olhanense-varzim-1-0-regresso-as-vitorias|title=Olhanense-Varzim, 1–0: Regresso às vitórias|trans-title=Olhanense-Varzim, 1–0: Back to winning ways|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=22 February 2009|access-date=26 November 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126193956/https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/varzim/detalhe/olhanense-varzim-1-0-regresso-as-vitorias|archive-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> in 27 matches – mainly as a substitute – as the Algarve club returned to the Primeira Liga after 34 years.<ref name=MF>{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/honra-olhanense-vence-em-gondomar-e-festeja-subida|title=Honra: Olhanense vence em Gondomar e festeja subida!|trans-title=Honour: Olhanense win in Gondomar and celebrate promotion!|publisher=Mais Futebol|first=Catarina|last=Morais|language=pt|date=17 May 2009|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref> In January 2010, he left Olhanense and joined G.D. Interclube in Angola,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/portugues/0,,MUL1445933-9850,00-MESSI+CAMARONES+TROCA+OLHANENSE+POR+TIME+DO+FUTEBOL+ANGOLANO.html|title=Messi camaronês troca Olhanense por time do futebol angolano|trans-title=Cameroonian Messi swaps Olhanense for team in Angolan football|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=13 January 2010|access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> with the Luanda-based team winning the Girabola championship shortly after.<ref name=GIRABOLA>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.pt/arquivo/diario-de-noticias/alvaro-magalhaes-campeao-de-angola.html|title=Álvaro Magalhães campeão de Angola|trans-title=Álvaro Magalhães Angolan champion|newspaper=Diário de Notícias|language=pt|date=31 October 2010|access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Olhanense''' *Segunda Liga: 2008–09<ref name=MF/>
'''Interclube''' *Girabola: 2010<ref name=GIRABOLA/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{TFF Profile|29753}} *{{ForaDeJogo|198012080001}} *{{Soccerway|new_id=mbida-messi-georges-parfait/xfl0KKHl}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Messi, Georges}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Cameroonian sportsmen Category:Cameroonian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Yaoundé Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Tonnerre Yaoundé players Category:Canon Yaoundé players Category:Süper Lig players Category:Çaykur Rizespor footballers Category:Belgian Pro League players Category:KSC Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Category:Al Kharaitiyat SC players Category:Primeira Liga players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:S.C. Olhanense players Category:Girabola players Category:G.D. Interclube players Category:Domant FC players Category:Porcelana Futebol Clube do Cazengo players Category:Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Category:Persib Bandung players Category:Persiram Raja Ampat players Category:Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Angola Category:Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia