Mario Arqués
Mario Arqués Blasco Dani (born 19 January 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a Central Midfielder or as a Defensive Midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Arqués Blasco Dani | ||
| Place of birth | Alicante, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Villarreal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Villarreal C | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Orihuela (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Valencia B | 59 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Elche B | 35 | (7) |
| 2015 | Elche | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Sporting Gijón B | 34 | (3) |
| 2016–2017 | Alcoyano | 17 | (0) |
| 2017 | Karpaty Lviv | 5 | (0) |
| 2018 | Alcoyano | 17 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Jamshedpur | 18 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Kerala Blasters | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 October 2019 | |||
Club career
Arqués was born in Alicante, Valencia. A product of Villarreal CF's youth system, he made his senior debuts while on loan at Orihuela CF in the 2011–12 campaign, in Segunda División B.[1]
On Arqués moved to another reserve team, Valencia CF Mestalla also in the third level.[2] He featured regularly for the side under the course of two seasons, being also an unused substitute in a 1–1 Copa del Rey home draw against Real Madrid on 23 January 2013.[3]
On 22 July 2014 Arqués signed a two-year deal with neighbouring Elche CF, being assigned to the B-team in the same division.[4] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 25 April 2015, replacing Pedro Mosquera in the 85th minute of a 0–3 away loss against Atlético Madrid.[5]
On 18 August 2015 Arqués joined Sporting de Gijón B, also in the third division.[6] The following 9 August, he moved to fellow league team CD Alcoyano.[7]
On 3 September 2018, Arqués joined the Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC.[8]
On 29 May 2019, Mario Arqués joined the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters.[9]
- As of 20 October 2019.[10]
| Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| 2019–20 | Indian Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blasters total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
References
- ´El Orihuela se parece al Villarreal´ ('Orihuela looks like Villarreal'); Diario Información, 8 December 2011 (in Spanish)
- Mario Arqués es el último refuerzo para el Mestalla (Mario Arqués is the last addition for Mestalla); Superdeporte, 8 September 2012 (in Spanish)
- El Madrid en el campo está unido (Madrid is united on the field); Marca, 23 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- Mario Arqués refuerza el centro del campo del Elche Ilicitano (Mario Arqués bolsters the centre of midfield of Elche Ilicitano); Elche's official website, 22 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- Contra la depresión, Griezmann (Against depression, Griezmann); Marca, 25 April 2015 (in Spanish)
- El filial ficha a Mario Arqués, medio del Elche B (The reserves sign Mario Arqués, midfielder from Elche B); La Nueva España, 18 August 2015 (in Spanish)
- El mediocentro Mario Arques ficha por el Alcoyano (Central midfielder Mario Arques signs for Alcoyano); Diario Información, 9 August 2016 (in Spanish)
- "ISL 2018-19: Jamshedpur FC sign Spaniard Mario Arques". Goal. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- "ISL 2018-19:Kerala Blasters fc sign Mario Arques". Goal.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/mario-arques-blasco/207171/