Mario Yepes

Also known as Mario Alberto Yepes Diaz

Colombian footballer

Key facts

Full name: Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz
Date of birth: ( 1976-01-13 ) 13 January 1976 (age 50)
Place of birth: Cali , Colombia
Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position: Centre back
Years: Team
1994 1997: Cortuluá
1997 1999: Deportivo Cali
1999 2002: River Plate
2002 2004: Nantes
2004 2008: Paris Saint-Germain
2008 2010: Chievo
2010 2013: AC Milan
2013 2014: Atalanta
2014 2015: San Lorenzo
1999 2014: Colombia
2016 2017: Deportivo Cali

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Defender
Nationality: Colombia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Alberto
Gender: male
Citizenship: Colombia
Place of birth: Cali
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: Spanish
Participant in: 2014 FIFA World Cup
Sport: association football
Member of team: Colombia national under-20 football team
Position played: full-back
Country for sport: Colombia
Mass: 83
Image: Yepes at skbo.jpg
Height: 186

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Commons category: Mario Yepes
date of birth: 1976-01-13
second family name in Spanish name: Díaz
pseudonym: Super Mario
number of matches played/races/starts: 2
total goals in career: 0
coach of sports team: Deportivo Cali
name in native language: Mario Yepes

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈʝepes]; born 13 January 1976) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is well known for his time in Paris Saint-Germain, where he was considered to be one of the best defenders at the time, being dubbed by fans as "Super Mario". During his time in Italy with Chievo, he earned a reputation in the media as a solid and physical old-fashioned man-marking centre-back, known as a "stopper" in Italian football jargon. He served as the captain of the Colombia national team between 2008 and 2014.

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