- Mario Gaspar Pérez
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Mario Personal information Full name Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez Date of birth 24 November 1990 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 2011This 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
- ^ Cani inspires Villarreal; ESPN Soccernet, 15 January 2011
External links
Villarreal CF – current squad Categories:- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Vinalopó Mitjà
- Spanish footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga footballers
- Villarreal CF B footballers
- Villarreal CF footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
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