Place of birth Novelda, Spain Name Mario Perez Date joined 2010 Years Team Weight 71 kg | Number 2 Height 1.78 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Full name Mario Gaspar Perez Martinez Date of birth (1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 25) Current team Villarreal CF (#2 / Defender) Similar People Jaume Costa, Bruno Soriano, Victor Ruiz Torre, Tomas Pina Isla, Manu Trigueros Profiles | ||
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Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez (born 24 November 1990), known simply as Mario ([ˈmaɾjo]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a right back.
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- Club career
- International career
- International goals
- References
He spent his entire career at Villarreal, making over 200 official appearances.
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.
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, 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.
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).
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, 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. 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, with the strike being nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.