Mario Santana

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Mario Alberto Santana
Personal information
Full name Mario Alberto Santana
Date of birth December 23, 1981 (1981-12-23) (age 26)
Place of birth    Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
Playing position Offensive midfielder/Right wing
Club information
Current club Fiorentina
Number 24
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999-2001
2002
2002-03
2003-04
2004-2006
2006-		 San Lorenzo
Venezia
Palermo
Chievo Verona (loan)
Palermo
Fiorentina		 33 (2)
4 (0)
33 (1)
28 (3)
58 (3)
34 (7)   
National team2
2004-2005 Argentina 7 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 18, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2005.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mario Alberto Santana (born 23 December 1981 in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina) is a footballer, in the role of attacking midfielder. He is currently a registered player for Fiorentina. He is also a player for the Argentine national team.

He started his career for Argentinian team San Lorenzo. After his contract with San Lorenzo expired, he decided to try his luck in European football, moving to Italy in January 2002 for Serie A team Venezia, then relegated at the end of the season. He then followed his chairman Maurizio Zamparini to Serie B team US Palermo, where he showed high qualities in his role.

In 2003, he was then loaned to Serie A side Chievo Verona, becoming one of the most interesting wingers in the Italian top division, and being first capped for the Argentina national football team in a friendly match against Japan on 18 August 2004. He then came back to Palermo, that was just promoted in Serie A at the time, for the following season.

He also played for Argentina at the Confederations Cup 2005 and has been frequently capped for the 2006 World Cup qualification matches.

[edit] Personal life

Santana acquired his Italian nationality by marriage to Italian wife. His nationality was granted in February 2008.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Santana da oggi è cittadino italiano. acffiorentina.it (2008-02-05). Retrieved on 2008-02-05.

[edit] External links

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Persondata
NAME Santana, Mario Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santana, Mario Alberto
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-12-23
PLACE OF BIRTH Comodoro Rivadavia , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH