Mario Abenza

Mario Nicolás Abenza (born 19 February 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Sanluqueño CF on loan from UD Almería as a central midfielder.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Nicolás and the second or maternal family name is Abenza.
Mario Abenza
Personal information
Full name Mario Nicolás Abenza
Date of birth (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sanluqueño
(on loan from Almería)
Number 14
Youth career
Murcia
Getafe
Coruxo
2013–2015 Almería
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Almería B 87 (1)
2017–2018 → Linense (loan) 19 (0)
2018– Almería 0 (0)
2019– → Sanluqueño (loan) 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2019

Club career

Abenza was born in Murcia, and joined UD Almería's youth setup in 2013. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 16 November 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Míchel Zabaco in a 1–0 Segunda División B away win against Real Betis B.[1]

Abenza scored his first senior goal on 2 January 2017, netting the winner in a 2–1 win at CD Alhaurino for the Tercera División championship.[2] On 10 July, he was loaned to Real Balompédica Linense in the third division, for one year.[3]

On 18 October 2018, Abenza made his professional debut with Almería's first-team, replacing José Corpas in a 3–1 home win against CF Reus Deportiu, for the season's Copa del Rey.[4] The following 17 July, he was loaned to third division side Atlético Sanluqueño CF for the season.[5]

References
  1. "Betis B 0–1 Almería B: Fin a la racha positiva" [Betis B 0–1 Almería B: End of the good run] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "1–2: El filial exhibe una gran capacidad de reacción y le da la vuelta a un marcador adverso" [1–2: The reserves show a great reaction power and complete a comeback over an opposing scoreline] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "El sub-23′ Mario Abenza, nuevo refuerzo de la Balona" [Under-23 Mario Abenza, new addition of Balona] (in Spanish). RB Linense. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. "El Almería tampoco falla en Copa" [Almería do not fail in Copa either] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  5. "Mario Abenza se convierte en nuevo jugador del Atlético Sanluqueño CF" [Mario Abenza becomes the new player of Atlético Sanluqueño CF] (in Spanish). Atlético Sanluqueño CF. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.


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