Adrián Mahía

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

Adrián Mahía

Personal information
Full name	Adrián Andrés Mahía
Date of birth	(1967-12-02) 2 December 1967
Place of birth	San Rafael, Argentina
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Belgrano de Córdoba
1991–1992	Rosario Central	18	(3)
1992–1993	Independiente	11	(0)
1993	Platense	17	(0)
1999–2000	Águila
	Cruz Azul
	Zacatepec
1995	Toros Neza	12	(0)
1996–1999	Deportivo Saprissa		(47)
2000–2002	Juventud Unida
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2007

Adrián Andrés Mahía Gargantini (born on December 2, 1967 in San Rafael) is a former Argentine soccer striker, who played professional football in Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador and Costa Rica.

Career

Many of the most important moments of his career came with Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica, during the 1990s. With Saprissa, he two national championships, as well as one CONCACAF Champions Cups. He also played with Club Deportivo Águila of El Salvador, Cruz Azul and Toros Neza and Zacatepec of Mexico.

In his native Argentina he played for Belgrano de Córdoba, Club Atlético Platense, Independiente, Rosario Central and Club Atlético Juventud Unida Universitario.

Mahía was an excellent goal scorer, with great skills for shooting headers and a lot of physical strength. He is always remembered by Saprissa's fans because he played with too much heart, always giving the most of himself while leaving everything in the fields.

He was the best goal scorer in the 1999 Costa Rica's first division tournament, in which he managed to score 21 goals. Retired from soccer, he now lives in his home country.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
1997–1998	Deportivo Saprissa	Primera División de Costa Rica
1998–1999	Deportivo Saprissa	Primera División de Costa Rica
2000	Club Deportivo Águila	Primera División de El Salvador

External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• Adrián Mahía Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)