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Mario Fuentes
Personal information
Full name	Mario Fuentes Bargueño
Date of birth	10 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sanluqueño (manager)
Youth career
	Atlético Madrid
2003–2005	Rayo Majadahonda
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Colonia Ofigevi
2007–2012	Leganés
2012–2013	Trival Valderas
2013–2014	Lleida Esportiu
2014–2018	Alcoyano
Total
Managerial career
2018–2019	Alcoyano (assistant)
2019	Alcoyano
2020–2022	SS Reyes (assistant)
2024–	Sanluqueño
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Fuentes Bargueño (born 10 July 1986) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a centre-back, and the current manager of Atlético Sanluqueño CF.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Fuentes finished his formation with CF Rayo Majadahonda, but made his senior debut with CD Colonia Ofigevi in the Regional Preferente in 2005, achieving immediate promotion to Tercera División. In 2007, he moved to Segunda División B side CD Leganés.^[1]

In 2012, Fuentes joined CF Trival Valderas in the fourth division, but returned to the third level the following January after agreeing to a deal with Lleida Esportiu. On 30 June 2014, he signed for CD Alcoyano also in division three.^[2]

On 22 June 2018, after four seasons being regularly used, Fuentes retired from football at the age of 32.^[3]

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Fuentes became Vicente Mir' assistant at his last club Alcoyano. On 27 February 2019, he was named manager of the club after Mir's dismissal,^[4] but was in charge in only two defeats in as many matches before being himself replaced by Mario Barrera on 11 March.^[5]

On 6 July 2019, Fuentes joined Internacional de Madrid as a sporting director.^[6] He subsequently followed manager Marcos Jiménez to UD San Sebastián de los Reyes in the following year, as his assistant.^[7]

On 2 May 2022, Fuentes moved to Atlético Sanluqueño CF as a sporting director.^[8] On 27 May 2024, he became the club's general director,^[9] before being named manager on 30 September, after the dismissal of Aitor Martínez.^[10]

References

^ "ENTREVISTA | Mario Fuentes: "Mi gol con el Lleida sé que pudo hacer daño a mucha gente"" [INTERVIEW | Mario Fuentes: "I know that my goal with Lleida did some damage in a lot of people"] (in Spanish). Somos Lega. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Fuentes, central venido del Lleida, nuevo fichaje" [Mario Fuentes, stopper coming from Lleida, new signing] (in Spanish). Página 66. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Fuentes se despide del Alcoyano… y del fútbol" [Mario Fuentes bids farewell from Alcoyano... and from football] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "El Alcoyano prescinde de Mir y Mario Fuentes toma el mando" [Alcoyano let go of Mir and Mario Fuentes takes over] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Barrera se convierte en el tercer entrenador del Alcoyano" [Mario Barrera becomes the third manager of Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "INTERNACIONAL | Renueva a Marcos Jiménez y llega un director deportivo" [INTERNACIONAL | They renew Marcos Jiménez and a new sporting director arrives] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "SAN SEBASTIÁN DE LOS REYES | "Mi objetivo es poder competir; me da igual que sea dentro de dos semanas o dentro de tres meses, pero que todo fluya con normalidad"" [SAN SEBASTIÁN DE LOS REYES | "My goal is to be able to compete; I do not care if it is in two weeks or three months, as long as everything flows normally"] (in Spanish). Soy de Madrid. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Fuentes se incorpora al área de la dirección deportiva del Atlético Sanluqueño" [Mario Fuentes joins the sporting direction area of Atlético Sanluqueño] (in Spanish). Atlético Sanluqueño CF. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Fuentes nuevo director general del Atlético Sanluqueño CF" [Mario Fuentes new general director of Atlético Sanluqueño CF] (in Spanish). Atlético Sanluqueño CF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Mario Fuentes suple a Aitor Martínez como entrenador del Atlético Sanluqueño" [Mario Fuentes replaces Aitor Martínez as manager of Atlético Sanluqueño] (in Spanish). Sanlúcar Información. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.