Mariano Díaz Mejía

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Mariano
Personal information
Full name Mariano Díaz Mejía
Date of birth (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Youth career
2002–2006 Espanyol
2006–2008 Premià de Mar
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– Real Madrid B 40 (29)
International career‡
2013– Dominican Republic 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 January 2016

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Mejía.

Mariano Díaz Mejía (born 1 August 1993), simply known as Mariano, is a Dominican international footballer who plays for Real Madrid Castilla, as a forward.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Mariano started his youth career with local side RCD Espanyol, and appeared for lowly Premià de Mar 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]

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]

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, he 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]

International career

Mariano is eligible for Dominican Republic through his mother, a native of San Juan de la Maguana, despite being born in Spain.[12]

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.[13]

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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References

  1. ↑ Mariano Díaz Mejía at Soccerway
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  5. ↑ Los rojiblancos meten máxima presión al Deportivo (Rojiblancos puts maximum pressure on Deportivo); Marca, 18 January 2014 (Spanish)
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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