Mario Gaspar Pérez

Mario

Personal information
Full name	Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez
Date of birth	24 November 1990 (1990-11-24) (age 20)
Place of birth	Novelda, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Villarreal
Number	14
Youth career
	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2008	Villarreal C	15	(1)
2008–2011	Villarreal B	79	(0)
2010–	Villarreal	30	(1)
National team‡
2008–2009	Spain U19	13	(2)
2009	Spain U20	1	(0)
2011–	Spain U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2011

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, simply Mario (born 24 November 1990 in Novelda, Alicante), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF in La Liga, as a right defender.

Football career

On 15 March 2009, aged just 18, Mario made his first team - and La Liga - debut for Villarreal CF, 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 2010–11, following Ángel López's severe knee injury, being also propelled to the starting XI. On 16 January 2011, in his first start, he played the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win against CA Osasuna.^[1]

References

1. ^ Cani inspires Villarreal; ESPN Soccernet, 15 January 2011

External links

• Villarreal official profile
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Transfermarkt profile

Persondata
Name	Mario Gaspar Perez
Alternative names	Mario
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	24 November 1990
Place of birth	Novelda, Spain
Date of death
Place of death