Mario Fuentes Bargueño (born 10 July 1986) is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played mainly as a

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, and the current sporting director of

Atlético Sanluqueño CF Atlético Sanluqueño Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1948, although its registration in official competitions took place in 195 ...

Playing career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Fuentes finished his formation with

CF Rayo Majadahonda Club de Fútbol Rayo Majadahonda () is a Spanish professional football club in Majadahonda, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1976 it plays in , holding home games at '' Estadio Cerro del Espino'', with a capacity of 3,800 seats. ...

, but made his senior debut with CD Colonia Ofigevi in the ''Regional Preferente'' in 2005, achieving immediate promotion to

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. In 2007, he moved to

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

side

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a professional football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid. They currently compete in La Liga, the first tier of the Spanish league system. Leganés was officially founded 23 June 1928 and played thei ...

. In 2012, Fuentes joined

CF Trival Valderas Club de Fútbol Trival Valderas Alcorcón is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 2004, it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio La Canaleja'', with a 2,000-seat capacity. History ...

in the fourth division, but returned to the third level the following January after agreeing to a deal with

Lleida Esportiu Lleida Club de Futbol is a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in July 2011, it plays in , holding home games at Camp d'Esports, with a capacity of 13,500 seats. History In mid-May 2011, hi ...

. On 30 June 2014, he signed for

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of the Valencian Community. Founded in 1928, it plays in , holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a capacity of 4,850 seats. Hi ...

also in division three. On 22 June 2018, after four seasons being regularly used, Fuentes retired from football at the age of 32.

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, but was in charge in only two defeats in as many matches before being himself replaced by Mario Barrera on 11 March. On 6 July 2019, Fuentes joined Internacional de Madrid as a sporting director. He subsequently followed manager Marcos Jiménez to

UD San Sebastián de los Reyes Unión Deportiva San Sebastián de los Reyes, also known as Sanse is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián de los Reyes, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Nuevo Mat ...

in the following year, as his assistant. On 2 May 2022, Fuentes moved to

as a sporting director. On 27 May 2024, he became the club's general director, before being named manager on 30 September, after the dismissal of Aitor Martínez.

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