Mario Cuéllar
{{short description|Bolivian footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Cuéllar|Saavedra|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mario Cuéllar
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| full_name = Mario Alberto Cuéllar Saavedra
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|5|5}}
| birth_place = Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
| height = 1.80m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = GV San José
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| years1 = 2011–2016 | clubs1 = Sport Boys Warnes | caps1 = 59 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2014 | clubs2 = → Petrolero (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = Blooming | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2017 | clubs4 = Sport Boys Warnes | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2018 | clubs5 = San José | caps5 = 38 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2019–2020 | clubs6 = Oriente Petrolero | caps6 = 32 | goals6 = 2
|years7 = 2021 | clubs7 = Nacional Potosi |caps7 = 10 |goals7 = 0
|years8 = 2022 |clubs8 = Real Santa Cruz | caps8 = 29 | goals8 = 0
|years9 = 2023 |clubs9 = Wilstermann | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2024- |clubs10 = GV San José | caps10 = 8 |goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Bolivia | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
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| club-update = 08:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 31 March 2019
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Mario Alberto Cuéllar Saavedra (born 5 May 1989) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays for GV San José as a central defender.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/mario-alberto-cuellar-saavedra/298495/|title=Bolivia - M. Cuellar - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}
Career
Cuellar played for Sport Boys Warnes when they won the Apertura 2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season. He then joined Club Blooming before re-signing with Sport Boys Warnes in July 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elpaisonline.com/index.php/noticiastarija/item/260569-sport-boys-ficho-a-yasmani-duk-y-mario-cuellar|title= Sport Boys signed Yasmani Duk and Mario Cuellar|website=Elpaisonline.com}} In December 2018 Cuellar joined Nacional Potosi from Club San José with whom he had won the 2018 Bolivian Primera División season Clausura.{{Cite web|url=https://www.late.com.bo/mario-cuellar-es-el-nuevo-refuerzo-de-oriente/|title=Mario Cuellar es el nuevo refuerzo de Oriente Petrolero anunció como refuerzo al defensor cruceño|website=late.com.bo}}
Cuellar joined Club Jorge Wilstermann ahead of the 2023 season from Real Santa Cruz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bolivia.com/futbol/nacional/jugadores-del-wilstermann-fueron-despedidos-385718|title= Financial crisis: Why were several Wilstermann players fired?|website=Bolivia.com}}
International career
On 23 March 2017, Cuéllar started a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification game for the Bolivia national football team away against the Colombia national football team.{{cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2017/03/23/south-america/wc-qualifying-south-america/colombia/bolivia/2161483/|title=Colombia vs. Bolivia - 23 March 2017 - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com}}
Honours
;Sport Boys Warnes
;Club San José
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|67517}}
{{Bolivia squad 2019 Copa América}}
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Category:Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Category:Bolivian men's footballers
Category:21st-century Bolivian sportsmen
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Bolivian Primera División players
Category:Sport Boys Warnes players
Category:Club Petrolero players
Category:Club Blooming players
Category:Club San José players
Category:Oriente Petrolero players
Category:Bolivia men's international footballers
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