Mario Gaspar Pérez

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Mario
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Mario playing with Spain in 2015
Personal information
Full name Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez
Date of birth (1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Novelda, Spain
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Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 2
Youth career
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Villarreal C 15 (1)
2008–2011 Villarreal B 81 (0)
2009– Villarreal 158 (7)
International career‡
2008–2009 Spain U19 13 (2)
2009 Spain U20 1 (0)
2011 Spain U21 2 (0)
2015– Spain 2 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2015

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez (born 24 November 1990), known simply as Mario, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a right back.

Club career

Born in Novelda, Alicante, Valencian Community, Mario played youth football for Villarreal CF. On 15 March 2009, aged just 18, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a game against Atlético Madrid: he replaced Giuseppe Rossi with roughly 25 minutes to play, with the score at 2–1, but the Yellow Submarine eventually lost 2–3 away.[1]

Mario spent the entire 2009–10 season with the reserves, starting in all 31 games he appeared in as the team easily retained its newly found Segunda División status. He was definitely promoted to the main squad midway through the following campaign, following Ángel López's severe knee injury, being also propelled to the starting XI.

On 16 January 2011, in his first start, Mario played the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against CA Osasuna,[2] finishing the season with 22 appearances. On 1 May 2012, he scored his first goal for the team, opening a 3–2 win at Sporting de Gijón towards the end of a campaign which finished with relegation.[3]

Mario scored his first goal in European competition on 21 August 2014, concluding a 3–0 away victory over FC Astana in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off (7–0 aggregate).[4]

International career

Mario gained 16 caps for Spain at youth level, including two for the under-21s. He received his first call up to the full side in October 2015,[5] making his debut on the 12th by scoring the game's only goal in Ukraine – the last round, the nation had already secured the first position in its group – for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers.[6] He repeated the feat the following match, playing the full 90 minutes and scoring an overhead kick to open a 2–0 friendly win against England in Alicante.[7]

References

  1. ↑ El fútbol fue justo con el Atlético (Football was fair to Atlético); Marca, 15 March 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Cani inspires Villarreal; ESPN Soccernet, 15 January 2011
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