Mariano Pavone

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Mariano Pavone

Full name	Hugo Mariano Pavone
Date of birth	May 27, 1982 (1982-05-27) (age 26)
Place of birth	Tres Sargentos, Argentina
Height	176cm
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Real Betis
Number	16
Youth clubs
1996 1996-2000	Boca Juniors Estudiantes
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2007 2007-Present	Estudiantes Real Betis	172 (51) 29 (8)
National team²
2007-	Argentina	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 06 March, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Mariano Pavone is an Argentine footballer. He was born on May 27, 1982, in the city of Tres Sargentos, Buenos Aires province.

1 Estudiantes de La Plata
2 Real Betis Balompié
3 International career
4 Year by year statistics
5 Titles
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Estudiantes de La Plata

Pavone left his childhood club Boca Juniors at the age of 14 and featured for Estudiantes de La Plata in the Argentine Primera for over ten years. His most notable achievement so far was scoring 16 goals in the Clausura 2005, making him the top scorer. Pavone was selected by Argentine sports newspaper Ole as the best player in the 2006 Apertura tournament, where he scored Estudiantes's first goal against Quilmes and Estudiantes's last goal which secured the 2-1 victory over Boca Juniors in the final . All in all, Pavone scored 11 goals in this tournament, but also excelled at assisting his fellow strikers, such as the long dribble before Estudiantes's fifth goal against Gimnasia La Plata in the October 15 derby. Pavone is also noted for his tactical discipline and focus.

[edit] Real Betis Balompié

Pavone signed for Real Betis in late June 2007.^[1] The player, who was on his honeymoon in the city of Seville, was purchased by Real Betis for €6.8 million. He became the first signing under the new management of Héctor Cúper. Real Betis presented the player to the press and fans on July 17, 2007. On July 23 Pavone scored on his Betis debut in a friendly game against CD San Fernando. He also assisted a goal for fellow Argentinian Juan Pablo Caffa.

His first competitive debut came in the La Liga season against Recreativo de Huelva on 26 August. Following a very long stage of adaption with Real Betis and Spain, the Argentine scored his first La Liga goals against Real Zaragoza in a 2-1 on November 11 - the winner, scored by Pavone, coming in the 90th minute. Pavone score against Elche CF on his Copa del Rey debut, on December 12, a game that ended 1-1. Four days later against UD Almeria he scored his second brace in Betis colours as los Verdiblancos defeated Almeria 3-1.

[edit] International career

He made his debut against Chile, 18 April 2007.

[edit] Year by year statistics

Season	Club	Appearances	Goals
2000-01	Estudiantes	2	0
2001-02	Estudiantes	6	1
2002-03	Estudiantes	26	3
2003-04	Estudiantes	29	4
2004-05	Estudiantes	37	21
2005-06	Estudiantes	28	5
2006-07	Estudiantes	19	11
2007-08	Real Betis	19	8