Pedro Mario Álvarez

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Mario
Personal information

Full name	Pedro Mario Álvarez Abrante
Date of birth	(1982-02-02) 2 February 1982
Place of birth	Tenerife, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Baku FC
Number	4
Youth career
	Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2000	Amorós
2000–2001	Atlético B	28	(0)
2001–2006	Valladolid	90	(3)
2003–2004	→ Barcelona (loan)	1	(0)
2006–2007	Recreativo	24	(1)
2007–2011	Getafe	59	(0)
2011–2013	Betis	32	(1)
2013–	Baku FC	16	(2)
National team
1998–1999	Spain U16	9	(1)
1999	Spain U17	2	(1)
2000–2001	Spain U18	7	(0)
2002–2003	Spain U21	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:15, 17 December 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Abrante.

Pedro Mario Álvarez Abrante (born 2 February 1982 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands), commonly known as Mario, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Baku FC in the Azerbaijan Premier League, as a central defender.

Football career

Mario started his senior career with Atlético Madrid, but could only represent its C and B-teams. In the 2001 summer he signed for Real Valladolid, making his La Liga debut in the 2001–02 season, playing in 17 games and repeating the feat in the following campaign, still in the top flight.

In 2003–04 Mario was loaned to FC Barcelona, appearing only once for the Catalans officially, in an infamous 1–5 away defeat against Málaga CF on 3 December 2003. As Valladolid was relegated in June he returned to the Castile and León outfit for two further seasons, both spent in Segunda División.

Mario joined Recreativo de Huelva in 2006, being an important defensive element as the Andalusian outfit finished eighth in the top level, while scoring his fourth goal as a professional on 5 November 2006 in a last minute 2–1 home win over Gimnàstic de Tarragona.^[1]

For the 2007–08 season Mario signed with Getafe CF,^[2] being an undisputed starter in his second year but appearing rarely in the following campaigns, due to constant injuries (his first appearance in 2010–11 – one of just three – only took place on 10 May 2011, in a 0–4 away loss against Real Madrid^[3]).

Honours

Spain U16

UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship: 1999

References

↑ Recreativo Huelva 2–1 Gimnastic de Tarragona; ESPN Soccernet, 5 November 2006
↑ Getafe get Mario from Recreativo; UEFA.com, 18 July 2007
↑ Madrid make Barca wait; ESPN Soccernet, 10 May 2011

External links

v t e Baku FC – current squad

1 A. Mammadov 2 Česnauskis 3 Travner 4 Mario 5 Rubén 6 Abdullayev 7 Ismayilov 8 Huseynov 10 Šolić 11 R. Aliyev 12 Etto 14 E. Aliyev 15 Noguera 16 Juninho 17 Ristović 19 Pena 21 E. Mammadov 22 Alasgarov 23 Horvat 24 Pelagias 25 S. Aliyev 29 Agayev Manager: Pantić

Persondata
Name	Mario Alvarez, Pedro
Alternative names	Mario
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	2 February 1982
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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