Mario Rondon

Mario Junior Rondon Fernandez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ronˈdon]; born 26 March 1986) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Polish club Radomiak Radom.

Club Career

Born in Los Teques, Miranda, Rondon 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 club.

After scoring 11 goals in his last year, Rondon moved straight into the Primeira Liga after signing with F.C. Pacos de Ferreira in May 2009. Rarely used in his debut season, he finished it on loan to Segunda Liga's S.C. Beira-Mar, featuring relatively as the Aveiro team returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.

Rondon returned to Pacos for 2010–11. In the first game of the campaign, against Sporting CP on 14 August, he scored the only goal for a home win, eventually finishing as the side's top scorer with nine league goals and adding four in their runner-up run in the Portuguese League Cup (2–1 final loss to S.L. Benfica).

On 14 July 2011, Rondon joined C.D. Nacional on a five-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. 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, Rondon transferred to Chinese Super League newcomers Shijiazhuang Ever Bright FC. He scored the club's first-ever goal in the competition on 9 March, but in a 2–1 defeat at Guangzhou Evergrande FC.

In January 2018, after more than one year of inactivity, Rondon moved to Romanian Liga I's CS Gaz Metan Mediaș for the remainder of the season. He made 21 appearances and netted ten times in all competitions, with fellow league team CS Universitatea Craiova reportedly showing interest in signing the forward.

Rondon rejoined Shijiazhuang on 29 June 2018, aged 32. In May 2019, he signed a contract with Romanian champions CFR Cluj. He scored his first in Liga I for the latter on 23 February 2020 in a

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