Mariano Sanz

Spanish footballer
Mariano Sanz
Personal information
Full name Mariano Sanz Novillo
Date of birth (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Benidorm, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 La Nucía
Number 9
Youth career
Benidorm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Benidorm 34 (7)
2007–2008 → Campello (loan) 29 (15)
2010–2012 Osasuna B 69 (8)
2012–2013 Racing B 33 (9)
2012–2015 Racing Santander 55 (9)
2015–2016 Hércules 22 (3)
2016–2018 Alcoyano 50 (7)
2018– La Nucía 126 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024

Mariano Sanz Novillo (born 11 November 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CF La Nucía as a forward.

Club career

Born in Benidorm, Province of Alicante, Valencian Community, Sanz was a youth product of local club Benidorm CF, making his senior debut in the 2006–07 season in the Segunda División B. In July 2010 he signed with CA Osasuna, being assigned to the reserves in the same level.[1]

On 17 July 2012, Sanz joined another reserve team, Racing de Santander B still in the third division.[2] In July 2013 he was promoted to the main squad, recently relegated to that league,[3] and appeared in 33 matches in all competitions during the campaign and scored four goals (the most notable in a 2–0 win over La Liga club UD Almería in the Copa del Rey on 14 January 2014),[4] as the Cantabrians returned to Segunda División at the first attempt.

Sanz played his first match as a professional on 30 August 2014, coming on as a substitute for Borja Granero in the 55th minute of the home fixture against CD Mirandés and netting six minutes later, but in an eventual 1–2 loss.[5] The following 17 January he scored his third goal in the second tier, being also sent off late into the 1–0 defeat of Albacete Balompié also at the Campos de Sport de El Sardinero;[6] the season ended in immediate relegation.[7]

Sanz competed in the lower leagues until his retirement, with Hércules CF,[8] CD Alcoyano and CF La Nucía. He helped the latter side to reach division three for the first time ever in 2018–19, but was later sidelined for more than one year with a serious knee injury.[9]

References

  1. ^ Osasuna Promesas comenzó el trabajo con 14 incorporaciones (Osasuna Promesas started working with 14 additions) Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Diario de Navarra, 16 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ El filial Manuel Sañudo se incorpora a la concentración en el Milagros Golf (Reserve player Manuel Sañudo added to training camp at Milagros Golf); Racing Santander, 17 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ El Racing comienza la pretemporada bajo la dirección de Francisco Fernández (Racing start pre-season under the leadership of Francisco Fernández); Racing Santander, 15 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Un monumento al Racing (A monument to Racing); Marca, 14 January 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El Racing suma su segunda derrota consecutiva (Racing get second consecutive defeat); Marca, 31 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Un error garrafal de Dorronsoro es la condena del Albacete (Colossal Dorronsoro mistake dooms Albacete); Diario AS, 17 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Munitis: "Este descenso es lo peor que me ha tocado vivir en el fútbol" (Munitis: "This relegation is the toughest thing that has happened to me in football"); Marca, 8 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ El delantero Mariano Sanz (Racing), séptimo fichaje del Hércules (Forward Mariano Sanz (Racing), seventh Hércules signing); La Vanguardia, 22 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Mariano Sanz regresa a la plantilla de La Nucía (Mariano Sanz returns to La Nucía squad); La Vanguardia, 21 January 2021 (in Spanish)

External links

  • Mariano Sanz at BDFutbol
  • Mariano Sanz at Futbolme (in Spanish)
  • Mariano Sanz at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
  • Mariano Sanz at Soccerway