Mario Bermejo

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Mario Bermejo
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Bermejo in 2009
Personal information
Full name Mario Bermejo Castanedo [1]
Date of birth (1978-10-07) 7 October 1978 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Santander, Spain [2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Perines
Racing Santander
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1997 Racing B
1995 Racing Santander 1 (0)
1997–2000 Bilbao Athletic 61 (16)
1998–2002 Athletic Bilbao 1 (0)
1998–1999 → Cultural Leonesa (loan) 28 (3)
2000 → Eibar (loan) 15 (1)
2000–2001 → Gimnástica (loan) 31 (7)
2001–2002 → Hospitalet (loan) 33 (8)
2002–2003 Recreativo 39 (0)
2004–2005 Racing Ferrol 55 (32)
2005–2006 Albacete 32 (9)
2006–2008 Almería 33 (5)
2007–2008 → Poli Ejido (loan) 35 (5)
2008–2011 Xerez 101 (32)
2011–2014 Celta 81 (13)
Total546(131)
International career
1995 Spain U16 7 (2)
1996 Spain U18 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Bermejo Castanedo (born 7 October 1978) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

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A veteran in the Segunda División, he amassed totals of 267 games and 73 goals for eight clubs over nine seasons. In La Liga, he played for Racing de Santander, Athletic Bilbao, Recreativo, Xerez and Celta, scoring 12 goals for Xerez and 17 in total.

Club career

Bermejo was born in Santander, Cantabria. In his early years he played one game each in La Liga with Racing de Santander and Athletic Bilbao, and then went on to represent teams in the lower leagues on loan. His official debut with Athletic came in a 1997–98 UEFA Cup match at U.C. Sampdoria, playing the final 32 minutes in the place of Ismael Urzaiz in an eventual 2–1 win; [3] he was deemed eligible to play for the team because of his father's Basque roots and an uncle's connections to the club hierarchy. [4]

For the 2002–03 season, Bermejo was released by Athletic and returned to the top flight with Recreativo de Huelva. In 2004–05, he was instrumental in helping Racing de Ferrol to retain their status, ending the campaign as top scorer with 25 goals – this included four past UD Almería in a 6–1 away victory, Ferrol's biggest ever in that league. [5] [6]

The following campaigns were also spent in the second division, with Albacete Balompié [7] and Almería. He scored five league goals for the Andalusians in 2006–07, helping them to reach the top tier for the first time ever. [8]

After a season-long loan at Polideportivo Ejido, Bermejo was released and joined another side in the region, Xerez CD. [9] 2008–09 was highly productive both collectively (promotion, also a first-ever) and individually (12 league goals, third-best in the squad, to Momo's 17 and Antoñito's 13), [10] and the player, aged 30, agreed to a new two-year contract. [11] They were immediately relegated the following campaign, but the player ranked amongst the league's top scorers at 12, [12] also netting in the last minute of a 2–1 home win against Almería on 1 May 2010. [13]

Bermejo signed with division two's RC Celta de Vigo in late June 2011. [14] He contributed eight goals from 35 appearances – 30 starts – in his first season as the Galicians returned to the top flight after five years, his third promotion. [15] In July 2014 the 35-year-old retired from the game, and was immediately appointed director of football at his last club. [16]

Honours

Xerez

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mario Bermejo at AS.com (in Spanish) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Mario Bermejo at FBref.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ Samp, che brutto scivolone (Samp, what a nasty fall); La Gazzetta dello Sport, 17 September 1997 (in Italian)
  4. ↑ "Bermejo: "Jugar en el Athletic es algo único y espectacular"" [Bermejo: "Playing for Athletic is something unique and spectacular"] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Bermejo se exhibe al marcar cuatro goles en el Mediterráneo (Bermejo shows off scoring four goals at the Mediterráneo); Diario AS, 7 February 2005 (in Spanish)
  6. 1 2 Bermejo, el pichichi de Segunda, fichaje sorpresa (Bermejo, the Segunda pichichi, surprise signing); Diario AS, 17 May 2005 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Bermejo prefiere un Segunda que fichar por un Primera (Bermejo prefers Segunda over Primera); Mundo Deportivo, 18 May 2005 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ "Bermejo ya hizo cuatro con el Ferrol en el Mediterráneo" [Bermejo has already hit four with Ferrol at the Mediterráneo] (in Spanish). Diario de Almería. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Mario Bermejo ya es oficialmente jugador del Xerez (Mario Bermejo is officially a Xerez player); La Voz Digital, 24 August 2008 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ "Ewerthon (Zaragoza) alcanza a Nino (Tenerife) y ´hat trick´ de Ulloa" [Ewerthon (Zaragoza) equals Nino (Tenerife) and hat-trick for Ulloa] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Mario Bermejo renueva por dos temporadas" [Mario Bermejo renews for two seasons] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Lendoiro ya sondea el fichaje de Bermejo" [Lendoiro already pondering signing of Bermejo] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  13. ↑ Xerez edge out Almeria; ESPN Soccernet, 1 May 2010
  14. ↑ Mario Bermejo, al Celta (Mario Bermejo, to Celta); Mundo Deportivo, 22 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Bermejo, el señor de los ascensos (Bermejo, lord of the promotions); Marca, 4 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ Mario Bermejo retires, becomes deputy sporting director for Celta Vigo Archived 9 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine ; Inside Spanish Football, 16 June 2014
  17. ↑ "El Castellón gana en Tenerife y proclama campeón al Xerez" [Castellón win in Tenerife and Xerez are crowned the champions] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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