Mariano Bombarda

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Mariano Bombarda

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cádiz, Spain

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1989–1990 | youthclubs1 = ACV

| youthyears2 = 1990–1992 | youthclubs2 = Huracán

| years1 = 1992–1994 | clubs1 = ACV | caps1 = ? | goals1 = 25

| years2 = 1994–1996 | clubs2 = Groningen | caps2 = 66 | goals2 = 32

| years3 = 1996 | clubs3 = Metz | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1996–1998 | clubs4 = Groningen | caps4 = 46 | goals4 = 13

| years5 = 1998–2002 | clubs5 = Willem II | caps5 = 108 | goals5 = 51

| years6 = 2002–2004 | clubs6 = Feyenoord | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2004–2005 | clubs7 = Tenerife | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 1

| totalcaps = 250 | totalgoals = 101

}}

Mariano Bombarda (born 10 September 1972) is an Argentinian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Early life

Bombarda was born in Cádiz, Spain, to an Italian father and Argentinian mother. Due to the profession of his father, who was a naval engineer, his family moved a lot and in addition to Spain he has also lived in Italy, Argentina and Venezuela.{{cite web |title=Mariano Bombarda (1972) |url=https://www.kentudezenog.nl/mariano-bombarda-1972/ |website=KENTUDEZENOG |language=nl |date=28 November 2011}}{{cite news |last1=Verstraten |first1=Ruud |title=Tilburg voelt als thuis voor nomade Bombarda |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/tilburg-voelt-als-thuis-voor-nomade-bombarda~af8182d4/ |work=Brabants Dagblad |date=23 June 2017 |language=nl}}

Career

As part of an exchange program in 1989 for students from Venezuela, he played for ACV in Assen, Netherlands, where he entered the under-19 team.{{cite news |last1=Hart |first1=Pieter de |title=Deze dag: De terugkeer van de verloren zoon |url=https://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/184843/Deze-dag-De-terugkeer-van-de-verloren-zoon |work=RTV Noord |date=18 October 2017 |language=NL}} For two years after, Bombarda played in the youth team and sometimes in the reserve team of the Argentinian club Huracán, after which he returned to the Netherlands to play for ACV and study higher education.

After impressing in the first team of the amateur club, Bombarda was scouted by Groningen. He made his professional debut in the 1994–95 season for the club when he replaced Marcel Boudesteijn in the match against Heerenveen on 26 August 1994.{{cite web |title=sc Heerenveen - FC Groningen 2:0 (Eredivisie 1994/1995, 1. Round) |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/eredivisie-1994-1995-sc-heerenveen-fc-groningen/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=en}}

Bombarda then played for Metz, before returning to Groningen.{{cite web |title=Mariano BOMBARDA - Attaquant |url=https://www.fcmetz.com/bombarda-mariano |website=Football Club de Metz |access-date=17 May 2021 |language=fr}} Later on, he joined Willem II, where he scored a goal after just 28.21 seconds in a 4–3 defeat against Sparta Prague in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/57131--willem-ii-vs-sparta-praha/ |title=Willem II 3–4 Sparta Praha |website=UEFA |date=20 November 1999 }}

Afterwards, he played for Feyenoord and Tenerife. At the latter, he retired from football after one season, in 2005.{{cite news |title=Voetbal: Bombarda terug bij Willem II |url=https://www.bndestem.nl/overig/voetbal-bombarda-terug-bij-willem-ii~a5cde56e/ |work=BN DeStem |date=18 July 2006 |language=nl}}

After football

Bombarda has since worked as a youth team coach at Willem II.{{cite web |url=http://www.willem-ii.nl/elftal-speler.asp?eId=4&type=staf&id=68&hoofdID=12&subID=58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722005930/http://www.willem-ii.nl/elftal-speler.asp?eId=4&type=staf&id=68&hoofdID=12&subID=58 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2011 |publisher=Willem II |language=Dutch |accessdate=20 October 2008 |title=Mariano Bombarda }}

References

External links

{{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090716150458/http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.zwiers/Spelers/B/Bombarda,%20Mariano/Mariano%20Bombarda.htm Profile]

Category:1972 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Cádiz

Category:Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent

Category:Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent

Category:Argentine men's footballers

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging players

Category:Club Atlético Huracán footballers

Category:FC Groningen players

Category:FC Metz players

Category:Willem II Tilburg players