Emmanuel David Mas Sgros (born 15 January 1989 in
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
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* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
) is an Argentine
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Independiente Rivadavia
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In ...
of the
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
. He has been capped internationally eight times for
Argentina
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.
Mas began his career at
San MartÃn de San Juan
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before moving to
San Lorenzo
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* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
where he won the
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
2013 Inicial and
2014 Copa Libertadores
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. In 2017, he joined Turkish club
Trabzonspor
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, before returning to Argentina with
Boca Juniors
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where he won another two Primera División titles. In 2021 he played for
Orlando City in
Major League Soccer
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.
Club career
San MartÃn de San Juan
Born in
San Juan, Argentina
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, Mas came through the
San MartÃn de San Juan
Club Atlético San MartÃn, mostly known as San MartÃn de San Juan, is an Argentine football club from the city of San Juan. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system ...
youth academy. He made his senior debut as a 19 year old on 21 June 2008, starting in the final game of the
2007–08 season as an already-relegated San MartÃn lost 1–0 to
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
.
While in the
Primera Nacional
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, Mas found his game time limited to nine appearances in 2008–09 and then four the following season as San MartÃn failed to challenge for promotion during the first two seasons. He established himself as a starter in the
2010–11 season, playing 20 games during the regular season and scored his first goal for the club on 6 March 2011, a 90+2 minute equaliser against
CAI Rivadavia. Mas played in both promotion playoff legs against
Gimnasia de La Plata as San MartÃn won promotion 2–1 on aggregate.
He played every minute during the 2011 Apertura and scored his first top-flight goal on 26 August 2011 in a 2–2 draw with
Estudiantes de La Plata
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. At the end of the season he played in both legs of the relegation playoff as San MartÃn saved themselves from relegation, drawing 0–0 with
Rosario Central
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. The following season he played in 37 of the 38 league games, his most in San MartÃn, with his performances leading to transfer interest.
San Lorenzo
In July 2013, Mas signed for
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
* Monte San Lorenzo, a mountain on t ...
. His scored his first goal on 17 November 2013 in a 4–2 win over
Belgrano as San Lorenzo clinched the
2013 Inicial title. Mas was an undisputed starter during San Lorenzo's run to the
2014 Copa Libertadores
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finals, starting all 14 games as the team beat Paraguay's
Nacional
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over two-legs in the
final
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to win the first Copa Libertadores title in club history. The victory qualified San Lorenzo for the
2014 FIFA Club World Cup
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, held in Morocco in December 2014. They beat
2013–14 OFC Champions League
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winners
Auckland City FC
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in extra-time in the semi-final before losing to Spanish giants
Real Madrid
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in the
final
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. Mas played every minute in both games. Between 19 May 2014 and 9 May 2015, Mas played every minute of every game without being substituted, a run of 52 matches. While with San Lorenzo, Mas' performances earned him his first call-up to the
Argentina national team in August 2015.
Trabzonspor
On 4 January 2017, Turkish
Süper Lig
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club
Trabzonspor
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announced the signing of Mas for €1.5 million on a three-and-a-half year contract until June 2020.
Boca Juniors
On 4 January 2018, Mas returned to the
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
following a €2.3 million transfer to
Boca Juniors
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. His Trabzonspor manager
Rıza Çalımbay
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was quoted as saying he "did not want to sell Mas" but the player was homesick and wanted to return home to improve his chances of making Argentina's 2018 World Cup squad that summer. In three-and-a-half years, Mas played 82 games for Boca Juniors, winning the league title in
2017–18 and
2019–20, as well as the
2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional
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. He left Boca upon the expiry of his contract on 30 June 2021.
Orlando City
Having originally been in negotiations and close to a deal with
Independiente, Mas eventually moved to the United States on 14 July 2021 to sign a sixth-month contract with
MLS
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side
Orlando City until the end of the
2021 season with an additional club option year. Mas had his contract option declined at the end of the 2021 season having made 18 appearances in all competitions.
Estudiantes
On 6 January 2022, Mas returned to the
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
and signed with
Estudiantes LP.
International career
Mas earned his first call-up to the
Argentina national team in August 2015 by
Tata Martino
Gerardo Daniel "Tata" Martino (born 20 November 1962) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player.
Martino played mostly for Newell's Old Boys in his native Rosario. He holds the record of appearances with the team playing ...
as an injury replacement for
Pablo Zabaleta
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. He made his international debut on 4 September 2015, starting in a 7–0
friendly win over
Bolivia
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at
BBVA Stadium
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,
Houston
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. He also appeared as a substitute in the following game, a 2–2 draw with
Mexico
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. A month later, Mas was recalled to the squad during the next window and started both matches as Argentina began
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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with a 2–0 defeat to
Ecuador
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and a goalless draw with
Paraguay
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. He was an unused substitute during the next set of qualifiers in November 2015 before being left out of the squad in March 2016. He was not named to the squad for the
2016 Copa América
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but was recalled in September, starting in a World Cup qualifying win over
Uruguay
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. He played in a further three matches, all as the starting left back, before being left out for the final four games as Argentina narrowly rescued qualifying in the last automatic spot. Despite Martino defending Mas' repeated selection as a chance to look at players in contention to be taken to the World Cup, he was eventually left out of the squad and has not received a call-up since.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
San Lorenzo
*
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
:
2013 Inicial
*
Supercopa Argentina
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:
2015
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*
Copa Libertadores
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:
2014
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*
FIFA Club World Cup
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runner-up:
2014
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Boca Juniors
*
Argentine Primera División
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Th ...
:
2017–18,
2019–20
*
Copa Argentina
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:
2019–20
*
Copa de la Liga Profesional
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:
2020
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Supercopa Argentina
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:
2018
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mas, Emmanuel
1989 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
San MartÃn de San Juan footballers
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
Trabzonspor footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Orlando City SC players
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Club Atlético Colón footballers
Independiente Rivadavia footballers
Copa Libertadores-winning players
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Süper Lig players
Major League Soccer players
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Sportspeople from San Juan, Argentina
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States