Mario Gila
_(Mario_Gila).png) Gila lining up for Lazio in 2023 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mario Gila Fuentes | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 2000 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barcelona, Spain | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||
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Current team | Lazio | |||||||||||||
| Number | 34 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Santa Perpètua | |||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Sabadell | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Mollet | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Damm | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Espanyol | |||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Real Madrid B | 73 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Real Madrid | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Lazio | 50 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:50, 16 March 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Mario Gila Fuentes (born 29 August 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Lazio.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Gila is a youth product of various clubs in his native region, including Santa Perpètua, Sabadell, Mollet, Damm and Espanyol. He moved to Real Madrid's youth academy in 2018, signing a contract until 2024.[1] He was promoted to their reserves in 2019 where he became their stalwart and vice captain under Raúl.[2]
Real Madrid
[edit]Gila made his professional debut with the senior Real Madrid squad in a 4–0 La Liga win over Espanyol, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.[3]
Lazio
[edit]On 12 July 2022, Serie A club Lazio announced Gila's signing from Real Madrid for €6 million.[4] On 30 October 2022, Gila made his Serie A debut for Lazio in a match against Salernitana, which ended in a 3–1 loss for Lazio.[5]
On 28 November 2023, Gila made his Champions League debut, playing the full match in Lazio's 2–0 group stage victory against Celtic at Olimpico di Roma.[6]
International career
[edit]Gila was called up to a preliminary Spain U19 training camp before the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[7]
On 20 March 2025, Gila was called up to the senior Spain squad for the second leg of the quarterfinal round of the Nations League against the Netherlands after Pau Cubarsí's injury in the first leg.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 16 March 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid B | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Segunda División RFEF | 32 | 2 | — | — | — | 32 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 5 | — | — | — | 73 | 5 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 2021–22 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Lazio | 2022–23 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2024–25 | Serie A | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[e] | 1 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| Total | 50 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 125 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 7 | ||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia
- ^ Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Real Madrid
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2023
References
[edit]- ^ Jose Nieto (19 January 2022). "El momento de Mario Gila: el central del Real Madrid que ha sabido esperar" [Mario Gila's moment: the Real Madrid central defender who has known how to wait]. El Español (in Spanish).
- ^ Javier Gómez Talavan (15 March 2021). "La Fábrica | Mario Gila, un pilar para el Castilla de Raúl" [The Factory | Mario Gila, a pillar for Raúl's Castilla]. Madridista Rreal (in Spanish).
- ^ "Casemiro entra en una lista con Gila y sin Bale" [Casemiro enters a list with Gila and without Bale]. La República (in Spanish). 30 April 2022.
- ^ "Comunicato 12.07.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). S.S. Lazio. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Lazio vs. Salernitana - 30 October 2022". Soccerway. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Lazio-Celtic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Group stage". UEFA. 28 November 2023. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Convocatoria para jornadas de entrenamiento en la localidad alicantina de El Albir" [Call for training days in the Alicante town of El Albir] (in Spanish). Real Federación Española de Fútbol. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019.
- ^ https://www.marca.com/futbol/seleccion/2025/03/20/mario-gila-convocado-absoluta-cubarsi-cae-lesion.html
- ^ "Mario Gila Fuentes".
External links
[edit]- Profile at the SS Lazio website
- Mario Gila at BDFutbol
- Mario Gila at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Mario Gila at Soccerway
- Mario Gila – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Barcelona
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Real Madrid CF players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- SS Lazio players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Primera Federación players
- Serie A players
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen