Mario Yepes

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Mario Yepes
Personal information
Full name Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz
Date of birth January 13, 1976 (1976-01-13) (age 32)
Place of birth    Cali, Colombia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Paris St-Germain
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-1997
1997-1999
1999-2002
2002-2004
2004-present		 Cortuluá
Deportivo Cali
River Plate
FC Nantes
Paris Saint-Germain		 59 (4)
61 (7)
79 (7)
73 (2)
119 (11)   
National team2
1999- Colombia 56 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 12 April 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (born January 13, 1976 in Cali) is a Colombian football player, currently playing as a central defender for Paris Saint-Germain.

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[edit] Club career

When Mario Yepes started his playing career in 1995 with Cortuluá, he was playing as a forward before Cortulua's coach converted him to a libero (sweeper). His career really took off after he signed for his home town club Deportivo Cali in 1998. He won two Colombian championships with Deportivo Cali. Then Yepes started to become well-known in his country and also abroad.

In 1999, he joined River Plate in Argentina, where he became a star and won two Argentine Primera championships. In spite of the fact that several Italian and English clubs wanted to recruit him, he signed for FC Nantes Atlantique in January 2002 where his nickname was “El Rey”. He became one the best central defenders of the French first division and joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2004, where his nickname is "Super Mario" as a reference to his great defensive abilities. He is presently the most highly paid Ligue 1 player, earning 250,000 euros per month.

[edit] International career

Mario Yepes has played over 50 games for the Colombian national team since his debut in 1999.[1]

He was part of the Colombia squad that won the Copa America in 2001.[2] He was also in the squads for two other editions of the tournament in 1999[3] and 2007[4]


[edit] Honours

Season Team Title
1998 Flag of Colombia Deportivo Cali Colombian league
1999 Flag of Colombia Deportivo Cali Colombian league
Apertura 1999 Flag of Argentina River Plate Argentine Primera
Clausura 2000 Flag of Argentina River Plate Argentine Primera
2001 Flag of Colombia Colombia Copa America
2006 Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain French Cup
2008 Flag of France Paris Saint-Germain League Cup

[edit] References

  1. ^ rsssf: Colombia record international footballers
  2. ^ rsssf: Copa América 2001
  3. ^ rsssf: Copa América 1999
  4. ^ rsssf: Copa América 2007

[edit] External links

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Colombia squad - Copa América 2001 Winners (1st title)
1 O. Córdoba • 2 I. Córdoba • 3 Yepes • 4 Cortés • 5 Orozco • 6 Vargas   • 7 Becerra • 8 Ferreira • 9  • 10 Aristizábal • 11 Arriaga • 12 Calero • 13 Restrepo • 14 López • 15 Murillo • 16 González • 17 Ramírez • 18 Castillo • 19 Grisales • 20 Bedoya • 21 Díaz • 23 Molina • Coach: Maturana
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Colombia squad - Copa América 2007
1 Calero • 2 Córdoba • 3 Yepes • 4 Vallejo • 5 Arizala • 6 Vargas • 7 Edixon Perea • 8 Ferreira • 9 Domínguez • 10 Chitiva • 11 Rodallega • 12 Zapata • 13 Marín • 14 Luis Amaranto Perea • 15 Viáfara • 16 Benítez • 17 Castrillón • 18 Rey • 19 Valoyes • 20 Torres • 21 Banguero • 22 Zúñiga • Coach: Pinto
 Flag of Colombia
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Paris Saint-Germain FC – current squad

1 Landreau • 2 Ceará • 3 Sakho • 5 Mendy • 6 Yépes • 7 Luyindula • 8 Digard • 9 Pauleta • 10 Souza • 11 Diané • 12 Mabiala • 14 N'Gog • 15 Camara • 18 Arnaud • 19 Everton Santos • 20 Chantôme • 21 Boli • 22 Armand • 23 Clément • 24 Bourillon • 25 Rothen • 26 Ngoyi • 27 Sankharé • 30 Edel • Manager: Le Guen
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