Mario Rondón

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rondón and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Mario Rondón
Personal information
Full nameMario Junior Rondón Fernández
Date of birth26 March 1986
Place of birthCaracas, Venezuela
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright
Number9
Youth career
2000–2004Caracas
2004–2005Pontassolense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2009Pontassolense100(21)
2009–2011Paços Ferreira31(9)
2010→ Beira-Mar (loan)10(1)
2011–2015Nacional108(31)
2015–Shijiazhuang Ever Bright4(2)
National team‡
2011–Venezuela10(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2015

Mario Junior Rondón Fernández (born 26 March 1986) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Chinese club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C. as a striker.

Football career

Born in Caracas, Rondón arrived in Portugal at age 18, finishing his junior career with A.D. Pontassolense. He then proceeded to play a further four seasons with the third division side.

After scoring 11 goals in his last year, Rondón moved straight into the top level after signing with F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the 2009 summer. Rarely used in his debut season he finished it on loan to division two's S.C. Beira-Mar, featuring relatively as the Aveiro team returned to the main category after a three-year absence.

Rondón returned to Paços for 2010–11. In the first game of the season, against Sporting Clube de Portugal on 14 August, he scored the only goal for a home win,[1] eventually finishing as the club's top scorer with nine league goals and adding four in the campaign's Portuguese League Cup, where his team reached the final against S.L. Benfica (1–2 loss).[2]

On 14 July 2011 Rondón joined C.D. Nacional, for an undisclosed fee.[3] He scored a career-best 12 goals in 30 games in his third year, helping the Madeirans to the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League.

On 28 February 2015, Rondón transferred to Chinese Super League newcomer Shijiazhuang Ever Bright FC.[4] He scored the club's first-ever goal in the competition on 9 March, but in a 1–2 loss at Guangzhou Evergrande FC.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Late Hulk strike gives Porto victory; PortuGOAL, 15 August 2010
  2. ↑ Bwin Cup final: Benfica make it three in a row!; PortuGOAL, 23 April 2011
  3. ↑ "Rondón certo por 5 épocas" [Rondón confirmed for 5 seasons] (in Portuguese). Record. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  4. ↑ 委内瑞拉国脚加盟永昌获官宣 鲁能旧将联袂加盟 (in Chinese). Netease. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  5. ↑ 前葡超锋霸轰无解世界波 河北足球终获中超历史首球 (in Chinese). Ifeng. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

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