Mariano Arias Chamorro(born 18 May 1946), known asMarianín,is a Spanish retiredfootballerwho played as astriker.

Marianín
Personal information
Full name Mariano Arias Chamorro
Date of birth (1946-05-18)18 May 1946(age 78)
Place of birth Fabero,Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Deportivo Fabero
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 Atlético Bembibre
1967–1972 Cultural Leonesa
1972–1977 Oviedo 120 (56)
1977–1978 Cultural Leonesa
1978–1979 Deportivo Fabero
International career
1973 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born inFabero,Province of León,Marianín started playing organized football with localCA Bembibre,signing withCultural y Deportiva Leonesain 1967 and helping it promote toSegunda Divisiónfour years later by scoring a country-best 36 goals. He was subsequently signed byReal Oviedo,[1]making hisLa Ligadebut on 2 September 1972 and netting his team's goal in a 1–2 away loss againstUD Las Palmas.

Marianín won thePichichi Trophyin1972–73,helping theAsturianteam finish in 12th position.[2]None of his 19 successful strikes came from thepenalty spot,[1]and highlights included ahat-trickin a 3–3 draw atAthletic Bilbaoon 26 November 1972,[3]becoming the second club player to receive this award.[4]

Marianín suffered top flight relegation in1974,but he contributed with a career-best – at the professional level – 20 goals to help his sidegain promotionat the first attempt. He left Oviedo in June 1977 at the age of 31, retiring two years later after spells with Cultural and Deportivo Fabero.[1]in total, he scored 65 times for his main club in all competitions.[4]

International career

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Marianín earned onecapfor theSpain national team.It consisted of a second-halfsubstituteappearance in a 0–0friendlydraw againstTurkey,on 17 October 1973.[5]

References

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  1. ^abc"Marianín, aquel 'Jabalí del Bierzo'"[Marianín, that ‘Bierzo wild boar’].El País(in Spanish). 4 January 2015.Retrieved27 July2016.
  2. ^"Spain – List of Topscorers (" Pichichi ") 1929–2015".RSSSF.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved2 July2017.
  3. ^"Un" Jabalí "suelto en San Mamés"[A «Wild boar» on the loose in San Mamés].La Nueva España(in Spanish). 27 December 2012.Retrieved27 July2016.
  4. ^ab"máximos goleadores en LIGA de 1ª división con la camiseta del R. OVIEDO"[top goal scorers in 1st division LEAGUE in R. OVIEDO shirt] (in Spanish). Telecable. Archived fromthe originalon 25 March 2010.
  5. ^"0–0: España se defendió sin ahogos ante Turquia"[0–0: Spain had no problem fending off Turkey].Mundo Deportivo(in Spanish). 18 October 1973.Retrieved27 July2016.
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