Diego Mariño

Diego Mariño
Personal information
Full nameDiego Mariño Villar
Date of birth9 May 1990
Place of birthVigo, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Levante
Number13
Youth career
Santa Mariña
1998–2000Rápido Bouzas
2000–2003Sárdoma
2003–2004Areosa
2004–2008Villarreal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010Villarreal C48(0)
2010–2012Villarreal B72(0)
2012–2013Villarreal9(0)
2013–2014Valladolid28(0)
2014–Levante12(0)
National team
2008–2009Spain U196(0)
2009Spain U201(0)
2011–2013Spain U216(0)
2012Spain U233(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 13 January 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mariño and the second or maternal family name is Villar.

Diego Mariño Villar (born 9 May 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Villarreal

Born in Vigo, Galicia, Mariño played for Villarreal CF since the age of 14, having already represented four teams as a youth. He made his professional debuts in the 2010–11 season, helping the reserves barely avoid relegation from the second division while appearing in 38 games.[1]

In the following campaign Mariño was again first-choice, but as the main squad suffered relegation in La Liga, the B's were forced to drop down to the third level even though the team finished in a comfortable 12th position. After the departures of longtime incumbent Diego López and 41-year-old César (the latter retired), he was promoted to the first team by manager Julio Velázquez – also his boss in the second side.

Valladolid

On 5 July 2013 Mariño signed a five-year contract with Real Valladolid, with Villarreal retaining an option to buy him back for 300,000.[2] He made his debut in the top flight on 17 August, in a 1–2 home loss against Athletic Bilbao.[3]

Levante

On 8 August 2014, Mariño moved to fellow league team Levante UD.[4]

International career

Mariño won his first cap for the Spanish under-21 team in 2011. Also that year, he was selected by manager Luis Milla for his UEFA European Championship squad.

In the tournament in Denmark, Mariño was a backup to Atlético Madrid's David de Gea as the nation won its third title in the category.

Honours

Spain U21
Spain U17

References

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