2023 Updated: Mariano Diaz’ Salary, Net Worth, Football Career, Honours

Mariano Díaz Mejía was born on the 1st of August 1993, he widely known as Mariano, and he is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Madrid.Information Guide Nigeria

Club career

Early career

Mariano Díaz who was born in Premià de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, began his youth career with local side RCD Espanyol, and appeared for lowly CE Premià and Fundació Sánchez Llibre. Reports has it that in 2009, he joined CF Badalona, and made his senior debut on the 21st of August 2011, replacing Iñaki Goikoetxea for the final 21 minutes of a 1–0 loss at CD Teruel in the Segunda División B season; he made two more appearances off the bench. BBC sport has it that on the 31st, he made his first start, playing the entirety of a 3–1 loss at RB Linense in the season’s Copa del Rey, scoring his team’s consolation.Information Guide Nigeria

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Real Madrid

Youth and Castilla

ESPN report has it that shortly after, Mariano signed with Real Madrid, returning to youth football. In the month of August 2012 he was promoted to the Madrilenian side’s C-team also in the third level. The striker became a regular in his second season there, scoring 15 goals in 26 matches, including a hat-trick on the 22nd December 2013 in a 5–2 home win over Sestao River Club. The report has it that the following 18 January, Mariano made his professional debut at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, appearing with the reserves in a 1–2 loss against Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División; he came on for the final five minutes in place of Raúl de Tomás.

2016–17: Entrance in the first squad

According to the report from ESPN report, Mariano was definitively promoted to the main squad by manager Zinedine Zidane on the 20th of August 2016, after a back injury to striker Karim Benzema. After a frame of one week later, Mariano made his senior debut during a 2–1 win over Celta de Vigo, replacing Álvaro Morata in the 77th minute. On the 26th of October, again from the bench, he scored his first goal for the Merengues to conclude a 7–1 win at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in the Copa del Rey. The report has it that in the second leg, he added a hat-trick for a 13–2 aggregate win, including a 23rd-second goal that was his team’s fastest goal in the competition. The young star scored his first top-flight goal on the 10th of December, equalising in a 3–2 comeback victory at home to Deportivo de La Coruña.Information Guide Nigeria

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Lyon

On the 30th of June 2017, Mariano signed for Olympique Lyonnais. The ESPN report has it that the fee was reported as €8 million plus 35% interest on the capital gain of a potential future transfer. The player made his debut on the 5th of August in the first match of the 2017–18 Ligue 1 season against Strasbourg, scoring twice in a 4–0 home win. The striker totalled 18 goals for the league season, forming a prolific attacking trio alongside Memphis Depay and Nabil Fekir (19 and 18 goals respectively)NYSC Portal

Return to Real Madrid

On the 29th of August 2018, Real Madrid announced they had signed Mariano on a five-year contract. However, as Real Madrid owned 35% of his playing rights, the fee was reduced to €23 million. The young star was issued shirt number 7, previously worn by Cristiano Ronaldo. Mariano’s second debut was on the 19th of September, coming on as a 73rd-minute substitute against Roma in the first fixture of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, and he scored the last goal of a 3–0 victory with a curved shot from outside the penalty area.NYSC Portal

International career

According to the report from BBC sport report, Mariano is eligible for the Dominican Republic through his mother, a native of San Juan de la Maguana. The report has it that he made his international debut on the 24th of March 2013 in a friendly against neighbours Haiti, and scored the last goal of a 3–1 victory.NYSC Portal