Spanish-Dominican football player
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Mariano Díaz Mejía ( spanish pronunciation : [ maˈɾjano ˈði.að meˈxi.a ] ; [ α ] born 1 August 1993 ), known as Mariano, is a Spanish-Dominican professional football player who plays as a striker for spanish golf club Real Madrid. shortly after making his debut for Badalona in 2011, Mariano joined Real Madrid, where he played in the C-team and then the reserves, where he was top scorer in the 2015–16 Segunda División B. He then began playing with the first base team, and was separate of their police squad that won La Liga, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2016–17. He was subsequently signed by Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais but returned to Madrid one class former. Mariano was born in Spain to a spanish church father and a mother from the Dominican Republic. He played and scored in a friendly couple for the Dominican Republic home team in 2013. He then retired from the Dominican Republic team in the hopes of representing Spain. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Premià de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Mariano began his young career with local side RCD Espanyol, and appeared for junior-grade CE Premià and Fundació Sánchez Llibre. In 2009, he joined CF Badalona, and made his senior debut on 21 August 2011, replacing Iñaki Goikoetxea for the concluding 21 minutes of a 1–0 loss at CD Teruel in the Segunda División B season ; he made two more appearances off the bench. On the 31st, he made his first starting signal, playing the entirety of a 3–1 loss at RB Linense for the season ‘s Copa del Rey, scoring his team ‘s consolation. [ 4 ]

substantial Madrid [edit ]

young and castile [edit ]

concisely after, Mariano signed with Real Madrid, returning to youth football. [ 5 ] In August 2012 he was promoted to the Madrilenian side ‘s C-team besides in the third level. He became a regular in his moment temper there, scoring 15 goals in 26 matches, including a hat-trick on 22 December 2013 in a 5–2 home acquire over Sestao River Club. [ 6 ] The following 18 January, Mariano made his professional introduction at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, appearing with the reserves in a 1–2 loss against Sporting de Gijón for the Segunda División championship ; he came on for the final examination five minutes in position of Raúl de Tomás. [ 7 ] In 2014–15, with Castilla now in the third base tier, Mariano was indefinitely promoted to the team. He made ten appearances, six from the bench, and scored five times. On 29 March, he entered late in De Tomás ‘ set again and scored doubly to cap a 5–1 home winnings over UD Las Palmas B, [ 8 ] while one week former, he was given a start at base UB Conquense and struck both goals in a seven-minute cross. [ 9 ] On 24 October 2015, Mariano scored all of his team ‘s goals in a 3–1 home win over UD Socuéllamos, [ 10 ] and repeated this on 8 November in a 3–2 winnings against CF Fuenlabrada. [ 11 ] The following 17 April, he scored his third ternary of the season, scoring all of the goals – two penalties – in a home succeed over SD Gernika Club which put Castilla top. [ 12 ] He scored his twenty-fifth goal of the season in a 6–1 succeed over La Roda CF on the death day of the season, making him the season ‘s clear scorer and winning the group at the expense of Barakaldo CF. [ 13 ]

2016–17 : entrance in the inaugural team [edit ]

Mariano was definitively promoted to the main team by director Zinedine Zidane on 20 August 2016, after a back injury to striker Karim Benzema. [ 14 ] One week late, Mariano made his aged debut during a 2–1 acquire over Celta de Vigo, replacing Álvaro Morata in the 77th minute. [ 15 ] On 26 October, again from the workbench, he scored his first goal for the Merengues to conclude a 7–1 gain at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the Copa del Rey. [ 16 ] In the second leg, he added a hat-trick for a 13–2 aggregate win, including a 23rd-second goal that was his team ‘s fastest goal in the competition. [ 17 ] Mariano scored his inaugural top-flight finish on 10 December, equalising in a 3–2 comeback victory at home to Deportivo de La Coruña. [ 18 ] Later that month, he was contribution of the squad that won the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, but did not appear in either of Real Madrid ‘s matches. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Mariano made eight appearances when Madrid won the 2016–17 La Liga. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] He was a back-up when Madrid won the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League. [ 23 ]

lyon [edit ]

On 30 June 2017, Mariano signed for Olympique Lyonnais. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The tip was reported as €8 million plus 35 % pastime on the das kapital reach of a potential future transfer. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] He made his introduction on 5 August in the inaugural couple of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 temper against Strasbourg, scoring twice in a 4–0 home gain. [ 28 ] He totalled 18 goals for the league season, forming a prolific attacking trio alongside Memphis Depay and Nabil Fekir ( 19 and 18 goals respectively ). [ 29 ]

Return to Real Madrid [edit ]

On 29 August 2018, Real Madrid announced they had signed Mariano on a five-year sign. As real Madrid owned 35 % of his play rights, the fee was reduced to €23 million. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He was issued shirt number 7, previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] After his moment spell at Madrid started, Mariano made his debut for the club on 19 September 2018, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute against Roma in the first regular of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, and scored the last finish of a 3–0 victory with a curved stroke from outside the punishment sphere. [ 34 ] On 1 March 2020, after barely one infinitesimal of coming off the terrace during his first league appearance of the season, he doubled Real Madrid ‘s run in a 2–0 victory against FC Barcelona in the 90th minute. [ 35 ] He made five appearances during the league season, as real Madrid won the 2019–20 La Liga. [ 36 ]

International career [edit ]

Mariano is eligible for Dominican Republic through his mother, a native of San Juan de la Maguana. [ 37 ] He made his international debut on 24 March 2013 in a friendly against neighbours Haiti, and scored the survive finish of a 3–1 victory. [ 38 ] He late retired from the national team to focus on his career at Real Madrid and besides debar being cap-tied with the Dominican Republic, in see of a potential predict astir for the Spain national team. [ 3 ] [ 39 ] In December 2017, then-Spain director Julen Lopetegui said he was monitoring Mariano for a call-up. [ 40 ]

personal biography [edit ]

On 28 July 2020, Mariano confirmed he tested positive for COVID-19. [ 41 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of match played 7 December 2021[42]

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list the Dominican Republic’s goal tally first.

No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition

1

24 March 2013
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
 Haiti
3–0
3–1
Friendly

Honours [edit ]

Real Madrid

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Notes [edit ]

  1. ^Díaz is pronounced [ˈdi.aθ] In isolation, is pronounced

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