Mario Gaspar Perez Martinez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ɣasˈpaɾ ˈpeɾeð maɾˈtineθ]; born 24 November 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for and captains Villarreal as a right-back.
He has spent his entire career at Villarreal, making over 400 official appearances.
Club Career
Born in Novelda, Alicante, Valencian Community, Mario Gaspar played youth football for Villarreal CF. On 15 March 2009, aged just 18, he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, in a game against Atletico Madrid: he replaced Giuseppe Rossi with roughly 25 minutes to play, with the score at 2–1, but the Yellow Submarine eventually lost 2–3 away.
Mario Gaspar spent the entire 2009–10 season with the reserves, starting in all 31 games he appeared in as they easily retained their newly-found Segunda Division status. He was definitely promoted to the main squad midway through the following campaign following Angel Lopez's severe knee injury, being also propelled to the starting XI.
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