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Mariano
Personal information
Full name Mariano Díaz Mejía
Date of birth (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Premià de Mar, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
Youth career
2002–2006 Espanyol
2006–2008 Premià
2008–2009 Sánchez Llibre
2009–2011 Badalona
2011–2012 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Badalona 3 (0)
2012–2014 Real Madrid C 46 (18)
2014–2016 Real Madrid B 44 (32)
2016–2017 Real Madrid 8 (1000)
1745– Lyon 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Dominican Republic 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:05, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2016

Mariano Díaz Mejía (born 1 August 1993), simply known as Mariano, is a Spanish-born Dominican footballer who plays for Lyon as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Born in Premià de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Mariano started his youth career with local side RCD Espanyol, and appeared for lowly CE Premià and Fundaciò Sánchez Llibre. In 2009, he joined CF Badalona, and made his senior debut on 21 August 2011, replacing Iñaki Goikoetxea for the final 21 minutes of a 1–0 loss at CD Teruel in the Segunda División B season; he made two more appearances off the bench. On the 31st, he made his first start, playing the entirety of a 3–1 loss at RB Linense for the season's Copa del Rey, scoring his team's consolation.[2]

Real Madrid

Youth

Shortly after, Mariano signed with Real Madrid, returning to youth football.[3] In August 2012 he was promoted to the Madrilenian side's C-team also in the third level. He became a regular in his second season there, with 15 goals in 26 games including a hat-trick on 22 December 2013 in a 5–2 home win over Sestao River Club.[4] The following 18 January, Mariano made his professional debut at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, appearing with the reserves in a 1–2 loss against Sporting de Gijón, for the Segunda División championship; he came on for the final five minutes in place of Raúl de Tomás.[5]

2014–16: Castilla

In 2014–15, with Castilla now in the third tier, Mariano was indefinitely promoted to the team; he made ten appearances, six from the bench, and scored five times. On 29 March, he entered late in De Tomás' place again and netted twice to cap a 5–1 home win over UD Las Palmas B,[6] while a week later he was given a start at lowly UB Conquense and struck both goals in a seven-minute span.[7]

On 24 October 2015, Mariano scored all of his team's goals in a 3–1 home win over UD Socuéllamos,[8] and repeated this on 8 November in a 3–2 win against CF Fuenlabrada.[9] The following 17 April, he scored his third treble of the season, netting all of the goals – two penalties – in a home win over SD Gernika Club which put Castilla top.[10] He scored his 25th goal of the season in a 6–1 win over La Roda CF on the last day of the season, making him the season's top scorer and winning the group at the expense of Barakaldo CF.[11]

2016–2017: Entrance in the first squad

He was definitely promoted to the main squad by manager Zinedine Zidane on 20 August 2016, after Karim Benzema's back injury,[12] and a week later, he made his senior debut during an 2–1 win over Celta de Vigo, replacing Álvaro Morata in the 77th minute.[13] On 26 October, again from the bench, he scored his first goal for the Merengues to conclude a 7–1 win at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the Copa del Rey;[14] in the second leg he added a hat-trick for a 13–2 aggregate win, including a 23rd-second goal that was his team's fastest goal in the competition.[15]

Mariano scored his first top-flight goal on 10 December, equalising in a 3–2 comeback victory at home to Deportivo de La Coruña.[16] Later that month, he was part of the squad that won the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, but did not take part in either of Real Madrid's matches.[17][18]

He made eight appearances when Madrid won the 2016–17 La Liga.[19][20] He was a backup when Madrid won the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[21]

2017-present: Signing for Lyon

On 30 June 2017, he signed for Lyon.[22][23]

International career

Mariano is eligible for Dominican Republic through his mother, a native of San Juan de la Maguana.[24] He made his international debut on 24 March 2013, in a friendly against neighbours Haiti, and scored the last goal of a 3–1 victory.[25] He later retired from the national team to focus his career at Real Madrid and also avoid being cap-tied with the Dominican Republic, in view of a possible call from the Spanish national team.[26][27]

Club statistics

As of 6 May 2017[28]
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Badalona 2011–12 3 0 1 1 – 4 1
Real Madrid C 2012–13 20 3 – – 20 3
2013–14 26 15 – – 26 15
Total 46 18 – – 46 18
Real Madrid Castilla 2013–14 1 0 – – 1 0
2014–15 10 5 – – 10 5
2015–16 33 27 – – 33 27
Total 44 32 – – 44 32
Real Madrid 2016–17 8 1 5 4 1 0 14 5
Lyon 2017–18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 101 51 6 5 1 0 108 56

International goals

Scores and results list the Dominican Republic's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 March 2013 Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal  Haiti
3–0
3–1
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Honours

Club

Real Madrid

References

  1. ^ "Mariano". Real Madrid. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ^ "El Badalona se convierte en la tercera víctima de la todopoderosa Balona" (in Spanish). La Línea Digital. Retrieved 16 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Martín, Iván (27 October 2015). "Mariano, el hombre gol de Zidane" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 16 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Vázquez, Javi (22 December 2013). "Goleada ante el Sestao River para terminar el año" (in Spanish). Real Madrid. Retrieved 16 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Los rojiblancos meten máxima presión al Deportivo (Rojiblancos puts maximum pressure on Deportivo); Marca, 18 January 2014 Template:Es icon
  6. ^ Jiménez, Bárbara (29 March 2015). "5-1: Castilla claim big win at the Di Stéfano". Real Madrid. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Un doblete de Mariano lanza al Castilla frente al colista" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Hat-trick del dominicano Mariano con el Castilla" (in Spanish). Marca. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Martín, Iván (8 November 2013). "El Castilla baila al ritmo de Mariano" (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 16 March 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Forjanes, Carlos (18 April 2016). "Mariano hat-trick fires Real Madrid Castilla top". Diario AS. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  11. ^ Vargas, Diego (15 May 2016). "Goleada de campeonato del Castilla a La Roda" (in Spanish). Defensa Central. Retrieved 16 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "Mariano se queda en la primera plantilla del Madrid" (in Spanish). Marca. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Real Madrid 2–1 Celta Vigo". bbc.co. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  14. ^ "Asensio, Morata star as Real Madrid score seven in Copa del Rey rout". ESPN. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Mariano scores Real Madrid's fastest ever Copa del Rey goal". Diario AS. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Mariano Díaz marcó un gol en la victoria del Real Madrid sobre Deportivo" (in Spanish). Diario Libre. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Real overcome America to reach final". FIFA. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Madrid see off spirited Kashima in electric extra time final". FIFA. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  19. ^ "El Real Madrid, campeón de LaLiga Santander 2016/17". laliga.es. 21 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Real Madrid win La Liga title with victory at Malaga". bbc.com. 21 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Majestic Real Madrid win Champions League in Cardiff". uefa.com. 3 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Official Announcement: Mariano". realmadrid.com. 30 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Mercato : A la découverte de la nouvelle recrue Mariano Diaz". olweb.fr. 30 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Mariano Díaz: el dominicano promovido al Real Madrid" (in Spanish). Metro RD. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Mariano, from Madrid to the Caribbean". Marca. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  26. ^ Andreu, Héctor (24 August 2016). "Mariano puede jugar con España" (in Spanish). Fichajes.net. Retrieved 22 December 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ "Mariano Díaz puede jugar con la Selección española" (in Spanish). 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016. (Mariano) Resigned (from the Dominican Republic national team) for a number of reasons. The first, because he feels Spanish from a young age, and the second, because of the inconvenience of the transoceanic trips he would have had to make to attend each call. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ "Mariano Diaz Mejia – Football Stats". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2016
  29. ^ http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/season=2016/matches/round=2000778/match=2019261/prematch/player-lists/index.html
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