Guido Mainero

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Guido Mainero
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position Winger [2]
Team information
Current team
Platense
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2014 Instituto
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Instituto 70 (6)
2018–2024 Vélez Sarsfield 14 (0)
2019–2020 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 10 (2)
2020–2021 → Deportes Iquique (loan) 12 (2)
2021–2023 → Sarmiento (loan) 56 (5)
2024 Instituto 9 (0)
2024– Platense 57 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:10, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Guido Mainero (born 23 March 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Platense. [1]

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Career

Mainero joined Instituto's academy in 2002. [3] He was moved into their first-team for the 2014 Primera B Nacional campaign. [1] [4] He made his professional debut on 5 November 2014 during a win over Boca Unidos, which was the first of thirty-two appearances in his opening three seasons. [1] [5] In his fourth, he netted four goals throughout the year; notably the first against Villa Dálmine in April 2017. [1] In January 2018, Mainero completed a transfer to Argentine Primera División side Vélez Sarsfield. [1] [6] His first appearance in the top-flight came in a 2–0 defeat to Chacarita Juniors on 5 February. [1]

In July 2019, Mainero completed a season-long loan move to Defensa y Justicia. [7] He made twelve appearances in all competitions whilst scoring two goals; in the league versus Talleres and Rosario Central. [1] His 100th career appearance arrived on 3 March 2020 in the Copa Libertadores versus Santos; in what was his last match for Defensa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] He featured for Vélez on 31 October versus Huracán, before departing on loan in November to Chilean team Deportes Iquique. [1] After debuting against Cobresal on 23 November, Mainero scored on 8 December versus Unión Española. [1] After returning from loan in June 2021, he was loaned out once again, this time to Sarmiento until the end of 2022. [8]

Career statistics

As of 29 December 2020. [1]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Instituto 2014 Primera B Nacional 5000——0050
2015 14010——00150
2016 11010——00120
2016–17 28400——00284
2017–18 12220——00142
Total70640——00746
Vélez Sarsfield 2017–18 Argentine Primera División 8000——0080
2018–19 501000—0060
2019–20 000000000000
2020–21 [nb 1] 100000000010
Total14010000000150
Defensa y Justicia (loan) 2019–20 Argentine Primera División 10210—1 [a] 000122
Deportes Iquique (loan) 2020 Chilean Primera División 4100——0041
Career total98960—10001059
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

Honours

Platense

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Argentina - G. Mainero". Soccerway. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Guido Mainero". World Football. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Instituto y la historia de Guido Mainero: de la bici al auto, pero con la misma humildad". Mundod Lavoz. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de Guido Mainero". BDFA. 27 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Guido Mainero y el "plus" de ser jugador e hincha de Instituto". Mundod Lavoz. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Guido Mainero, la nueva cara de Vélez". TyC Sports. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Guido Mainero, nuevo refuerzo de Defensa y Justicia". TyC Sports. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Guido Mainero regresó y otra vez se marchó a préstamo, iamnoticias.com.ar, 23 June 2021
  9. ↑ "Platense defeat Huracán in Apetura decider to clinch first title". Buenos Aires Times. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.