Mario Gaspar
![]() Mario playing with Villarreal in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Novelda, Spain | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
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 | 79 | (0) |
2009– | Villarreal | 296 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Spain U19 | 13 | (2) |
2009 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
2011 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
2015– | Spain | 3 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2016 |
Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ɣasˈpaɾ ˈpeɾeð maɾˈtineθ];[a] born 24 November 1990), known as Mario, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a right back.
He spent his entire career at Villarreal, making over 350 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.[2]
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,[3] 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.[4]
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).[5]
International career
Mario earned 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,[6] 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.[7] 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,[8] with the strike being nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.[9]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 June 2020[10]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Villarreal B | 2007–08[11] | Segunda División B | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
2008–09[11] | 31 | 0 | — | — | 6[b] | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
2009–10[11] | Segunda División | 31 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
2010–11[11] | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||||
Total | 79 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 85 | 0 | ||||
Villarreal | 2008–09[11] | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2010–11[11] | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11[c] | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |||
2011–12[11] | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
2012–13[11] | Segunda División | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
2013–14[11] | La Liga | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 1 | |||
2014–15[11] | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 11[c] | 1 | — | 51 | 4 | |||
2015–16[11] | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
2016–17[11] | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
2017–18[11] | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[c] | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
2018–19[11] | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
2019–20[11] | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
Total | 296 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 1 | — | 372 | 11 | |||
Career total | 375 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 457 | 11 |
- ^ In isolation, Gaspar is pronounced [ɡasˈpaɾ].
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
- ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
International goals
- As of 13 November 2015 (Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Mario goal)
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 12 October 2015 | Olympic Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying[7] |
2. | 13 November 2015 | José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly[8] |
References
- ^ "Mario Gaspar" (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Anaut, Juan José (15 March 2009). "El fútbol fue justo con el Atlético" [Football was fair to Atlético]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Cani inspires Villarreal". ESPN Soccernet. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ Melero, Delfín (1 May 2012). "El Villarreal se declara inocente y condena al Sporting" [Villarreal plead not guilty and condemn Sporting]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Astana-Villarreal: Eliminatoria sentenciada (0–3)" [Astana-Villarreal: Tie decided (0–3)] (in Spanish). Eurosport. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Del Bosque reinforces Spain after injury setbacks". Goal. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Debutant Gaspar earns Spain victory in Ukraine". UEFA. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Spain 2–0 England". BBC Sport. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Saúl, Neymar, Mario Gaspar and Messi up for Puskás Award". Diario AS. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Mario at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Mario Gaspar: Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez". BDFutbol. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links
- Villarreal official profile (in Spanish)
- Mario at BDFutbol
- Mario at National-Football-Teams.com
- Spain stats at Eu-Football
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Vinalopó Mitjà
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Villarreal CF C players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Villarreal CF players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain international footballers