Mario Gila
{{short description|Spanish footballer (born 2000)}}
{{family name hatnote|Gila|Fuentes|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mario Gila
| image = CFR Cluj - Lazio 0-0 (52708190375) (Mario Gila).png
| upright = 0.8
| caption = Gila lining up for Lazio in 2023
| full_name = Mario Gila Fuentes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|29}}
| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Lazio
| clubnumber = 34
| youthyears1 = 2009–2013
| youthclubs1 = Santa Perpètua
| youthyears2 = 2013–2014
| youthclubs2 = Sabadell
| youthyears3 = 2014–2016
| youthclubs3 = Mollet
| youthyears4 = 2016–2017
| youthclubs4 = Damm
| youthyears5 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs5 = Espanyol
| youthyears6 = 2018–2019
| youthclubs6 = Real Madrid
| years1 = 2019–2022
| clubs1 = Real Madrid B
| caps1 = 73
| goals1 = 5
| years2 = 2022
| clubs2 = Real Madrid
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022–
| clubs3 = Lazio
| caps3 = 52
| goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2022–2023
| nationalteam1 = Spain U21
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country|{{fb|ESP}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2023 Georgia–Romania| Team}}
| club-update = 23:54, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
}}
Mario Gila Fuentes (born 29 August 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Lazio.
Club career
=Early career=
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Gila is a youth product of various clubs in his native region, including Santa Perpètua, Sabadell, Mollet, Damm and Espanyol. He moved to Real Madrid's youth academy in 2018, signing a contract until 2024.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elespanol.com/elbernabeu/real-madrid/futbol/20220119/momento-mario-gila-central-real-madrid-esperar/643685845_0.html|title=El momento de Mario Gila: el central del Real Madrid que ha sabido esperar|date=19 January 2022|website=El Español |author=Jose Nieto|language=es |trans-title=Mario Gila's moment: the Real Madrid central defender who has known how to wait}} He was promoted to their reserves in 2019 where he became their stalwart and vice captain under Raúl.{{Cite news|url=https://madridistareal.com/la-fabrica-mario-gila-un-pilar-para-el-castilla-de-raul/|title=La Fábrica | Mario Gila, un pilar para el Castilla de Raúl |website=Madridista Rreal |author=Javier Gómez Talavan|date=15 March 2021|language=es |trans-title=The Factory | Mario Gila, a pillar for Raúl's Castilla}}
=Real Madrid=
Gila made his professional debut with the senior Real Madrid squad in a 4–0 La Liga win over Espanyol, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.{{Cite news|url=https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2022/04/29/casemiro-entra-en-una-lista-con-gila-y-sin-bale/|title=Casemiro entra en una lista con Gila y sin Bale |work= La República|date=30 April 2022|language=es |trans-title=Casemiro enters a list with Gila and without Bale}}
=Lazio=
On 12 July 2022, Serie A club Lazio announced Gila's signing from Real Madrid for €6 million.{{Cite press release |title=Comunicato 12.07.2022 |url=https://www.sslazio.it/it/news/press-release-2/67579-comunicato-12-07-2023 |access-date=13 July 2022 |publisher=S.S. Lazio |language=it}} On 30 October 2022, Gila made his Serie A debut for Lazio in a match against Salernitana, which ended in a 3–1 loss for Lazio.{{Cite web |date=30 October 2022 |title=Lazio vs. Salernitana - 30 October 2022 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/10/30/italy/serie-a/ss-lazio-roma/salernitana-calcio-1919/3812692/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=Soccerway}}
On 28 November 2023, Gila made his Champions League debut, playing the full match in Lazio's 2–0 group stage victory against Celtic at Olimpico di Roma.{{Cite web |last= |date=28 November 2023 |title=Lazio-Celtic: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Group stage |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2039146--lazio-vs-celtic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130015145/https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/2039146--lazio-vs-celtic/ |archive-date=30 November 2023 |access-date= |website=UEFA |language=en}}
International career
Gila was called up to a preliminary Spain U19 training camp before the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://sefutbol.com/oficial-convocatoria-jornadas-entrenamiento-localidad-alicantina-albir|title=Convocatoria para jornadas de entrenamiento en la localidad alicantina de El Albir|date=21 May 2019|publisher=Real Federación Española de Fútbol|language=es |trans-title=Call for training days in the Alicante town of El Albir|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522052041/https://sefutbol.com/oficial-convocatoria-jornadas-entrenamiento-localidad-alicantina-albir |archivedate=22 May 2019}}
On 20 March 2025, Gila was called up to the senior Spain squad for the second leg of the quarterfinal round of the Nations League against the Netherlands after Pau Cubarsí's injury in the first leg.https://www.marca.com/futbol/seleccion/2025/03/20/mario-gila-convocado-absoluta-cubarsi-cae-lesion.html
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 23 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mario-gila-fuentes/572178/|title=Mario Gila Fuentes}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Coppa Italia}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="4"|Real Madrid B
|21 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2020–21
|Segunda División B |20 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 2 | ||||
| 2021–22
|32 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!73 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 73 | 5 | ||||
| Real Madrid
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|Lazio
|4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8{{efn|Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, three appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Serie A |21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana}} | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|Serie A |27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!52 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 2 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!127 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 7 |
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Honours
References
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External links
- [https://www.sslazio.it/en/player/mario-gila Profile] at the SS Lazio website
- {{BDFutbol|25999}}
- {{LaPreferente|254073}}
- {{Soccerway|mario-gila-fuentes/572178}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{SS Lazio squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gila, Mario}}
Category:Footballers from Barcelona
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football central defenders
Category:Real Madrid CF players
Category:Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Category:Segunda División B players
Category:Primera Federación players
Category:Spain men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy