Mario de Luna

Last updated
Mario de Luna
Personal information
Full name Mario Humberto De Luna Saucedo
Date of birth (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Aguascalientes, Mexico
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2020 Guadalajara 76 (2)
2013Chivas USA (loan) 30 (1)
2014–2015Puebla (loan) 16 (1)
2016–2018Necaxa (loan) 65 (1)
2019–2020Atlético San Luis (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2021 Necaxa 22 (0)
2021–2022 UAT 25 (1)
2023 Municipal Grecia 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2022

Mario Humberto De Luna Saucedo (born 5 January 1988) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for UAT.

Contents

Club career

C.D. Guadalajara

A product of Chivas youth team, CD Tapatio, de Luna made his professional debut on November 9, 2008, against Puebla F.C. in the 2008 Apertura. At the 2009 Interliga de Luna replaced the injured Jonny Magallón performing brilliantly in the tournament, although he suffered an injury in the final. On September 6, 2009, he scored his first goal in the Primera División de México helping Chivas to a 2–2 draw against Puebla.

CD Chivas USA

On February 21, 2013, sister club Chivas USA announced they had acquired Mario de Luna and teammates Giovani Casillas and Edgar Mejia on loan from CD Guadalajara. [1]

After pushing and verbally abusing a ball boy during a game against the Portland Timbers on May 12, 2013, de Luna earned a yellow card for "Foul and abusive language" directed towards a child. [2]

Honours

Necaxa

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Omar Bravo</span> Mexican footballer (born 1980)

Omar Bravo Tordecillas is a Mexican professional football manager and former professional footballer who currently manages National Independent Soccer Association club Arizona Monsoon FC. As a footballer he played as a striker. Bravo is Guadalajara's record goalscorer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberto Medina</span> Mexican footballer (born 1983)

Alberto Medina Briseño is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is known as El Venado due to his speed.

Omar Alejandro Esparza Morales is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back and manager. He is the brother of the professional football player, Rigoberto Esparza.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Édgar Mejía</span> Mexican footballer (born 1988)

Édgar Eduardo Mejía Viruete also known as El Chore, is a Mexican former professional footballer and former manager of Liga MX Femenil club Guadalajara (women).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodolfo Cota</span> Mexican footballer (born 1987)

Rodolfo Cota Robles is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León and the Mexico national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oribe Peralta</span> Mexican footballer (born 1984)

Oribe Peralta Morones is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marco Fabián</span> Mexican footballer (born 1989)

Marco Jhonfai Fabián de la Mora is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Empire Strykers in the Major Arena Soccer League. He is an Olympic gold medalist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liga MX</span> Association football league in Mexico

The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico. Formerly known as the Primera División de México, it is contested by 18 clubs and is divided into two tournaments – "Apertura" and "Clausura"– which typically run from July to December and January to May. The champion of each tournament is decided via a playoff ("Liguilla") system. Since 2020, promotion and relegation has been suspended, which is to last until 2026.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">C.D. Guadalajara</span> Mexican association football club

Club Deportivo Guadalajara often simply known as Guadalajara and their nickname Chivas, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco, Mexico. The team competes in the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Primera División and is one of seven teams that have never been relegated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tomás Boy</span> Mexican footballer and manager (1951–2022)

Tomás Juan Boy Espinoza was a Mexican professional manager and footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesús Molina</span> Mexican footballer (born 1988)

Jesús Antonio Molina Granados is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club UNAM.

Gustavo Matías Alustiza is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Santamarina as a forward.

Giovani Daniel Casillas Chávez is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Real Zamora. Casillas won the U17 World Cup in Mexico 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Fierro</span> Mexican footballer (born 1994)

Carlos Eduardo Fierro Guerrero is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for UdeG.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlos Cisneros (footballer)</span> Mexican footballer (born 1993)

Carlos Ernesto Cisneros Barajas, also known as El Charal, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back and winger for Liga MX club Guadalajara.

Ángel Zaldívar Caviedes is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Juárez.

Mario Alberto Quezada Gutiérrez is a Mexican footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga Premier de México team CAFESSA Jalisco.

Mario Martín Orozco Sánchez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left back for Alebrijes de Oaxaca.

Miriam Vanessa García Muñoz, known as Miriam García, is a Mexican professional football midfielder who currently plays for Pachuca of the Liga MX Femenil, the first professional women's football league in Mexico. In 2017, she helped Chivas win the first professional women's football championship in the country in front of 32,466 spectators.

César Saúl Huerta Varela is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club UNAM and the Mexico national team. He is popularly known by his nickname Chino.

References

  1. "Chivas add three players". mediotiempo.com. February 21, 2013. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  2. "Oh, good grief! Another MLS ball boy incident?". prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com. May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2013.