Diego Mariño

Diego Mariño Villar (born 9 May 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Sporting de Gijón as a goalkeeper.

Diego Mariño
Mariño with Valladolid in 2014
Personal information
Full name Diego Mariño Villar
Date of birth (1990-05-09) 9 May 1990
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Sporting Gijón
Number 13
Youth career
Santa Mariña
1998–2000 Rápido Bouzas
2000–2003 Sárdoma
2003–2004 Areosa
2004–2008 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Villarreal C 48 (0)
2010–2012 Villarreal B 72 (0)
2012–2013 Villarreal 9 (0)
2013–2015 Valladolid 28 (0)
2014–2015Levante (loan) 32 (0)
2015–2016 Levante 23 (0)
2016– Sporting Gijón 192 (0)
National team
2008–2009 Spain U19 6 (0)
2009 Spain U20 1 (0)
2011–2013 Spain U21 6 (0)
2012 Spain U23 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:30, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Villarreal

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Mariño played for Villarreal CF since the age of 14, having already represented four teams as a youth. He made his professional debut in the 2010–11 season, helping the reserves barely avoid relegation from the Segunda División while appearing in 38 games.[1]

Mariño was again first choice the following campaign, but as the main squad suffered relegation in La Liga the B's were forced to drop down to Segunda División B even though they had finished in a comfortable 12th position. After the departures of longtime incumbent Diego López and 41-year-old César Sánchez (the latter retired), he was promoted to the first team by manager Julio Velázquez – also his boss in the second side.

Valladolid and Levante

Mariño signed a five-year contract with Real Valladolid on 5 July 2013, with Villarreal retaining an option to buy him back for 300,000.[2] He made his debut in the top flight on 17 August, in a 1–2 home loss against Athletic Bilbao.[3]

On 8 August 2014, Mariño moved to Levante UD of the same league in a season-long loan.[4][5] On 31 August of the following year, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the club.[6]

Sporting Gijón

On 1 July 2016, after Levante's relegation, Mariño joined Sporting de Gijón for four years.[7] Second choice to Iván Cuéllar, he made his debut on 26 November in a 2–1 loss at leaders Real Madrid.[8][9]

On 18 January 2018, Mariño extended his contract until 2022.[10] Between 4 February and 1 April he was unbeaten during 764 minutes[11] and, at the end of the season, he was named Sporting's player of the year.[12]

Mariño remained first-choice at El Molinón in the ensuing seasons, even after the re-acquisition of Cuéllar in 2021.[13]

International career

Mariño won his first cap for the Spain under-21 team in 2011. Also that year, he was selected by manager Luis Milla for his UEFA European Championship squad.

In the tournament in Denmark, Mariño was a backup to Atlético Madrid's David de Gea as the nation won its third title in the category.[14] The following year, he repeated the role for the under-23 side[15] in a group stage exit at the Summer Olympic Games in Great Britain.

Honours

Spain U21

Spain U17

References

  1. El vigués Diego Mariño jugará el próximo curso en el Villarreal B (Vigo's Diego Mariño will play next season with Villarreal B); La Voz de Galicia, 9 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. El Real Valladolid ficha al portero Diego Mariño (Real Valladolid sign goalkeeper Diego Mariño); El Norte de Castilla, 5 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. Valverde tastes opening-day win; ESPN FC, 17 August 2013
  4. Mariño se incorpora a la disciplina del Levante UD (Mariño joins Levante UD's discipline) Archived 11 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 8 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. El Levante incorpora a Mariño como cedido (Levante add Mariño as a loanee); Europa Press, 8 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. Mariño se compromete por el Levante por las tres próximas temporadas (Mariño committs to Levante for the following three seasons) Archived 4 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Levante UD, 31 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño (The red-and-white goal bolsters with Diego Mariño) Archived 4 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Sporting Gijón, 1 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  8. "A Mariño le espera un complicado debut" [A tough debut awaits Mariño] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. "Real Madrid 2–1 Sporting Gijón". BBC Sport. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. "Diego Mariño, rojiblanco hasta 2022" [Diego Mariño, red-and-white until 2022] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  11. Domingo Carruébano, Estefanía (2 April 2018). "764 minutos para seguir soñando" [764 minutes to continue dreaming] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  12. Cabranes, Ángel (22 July 2018). "Mariño, "Molinón de plata": "Devolveré el cariño dando el callo en el campo"" [Mariño, "silver Molinón": "I will return the love by busting my ass on the field"] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  13. Ráez, Cristóbal (6 October 2021). "¿La hora del 'Pichu' Cuéllar?: la posible baja de Mariño en el derbi le abre las puertas" [Is it 'Pichu' Cuéllar's time? Mariño's possible absence for the derby opens the doors] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  15. "Euro 2012 trio Mata, Alba & Martinez in Spain Olympic squad". BBC Sport. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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