Mariano Bombarda (born 10 September 1972) is an Argentinian former professional

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who played as a striker.

Early life

Bombarda was born in

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, Spain, to an Italian father and Argentinian mother. Due to the profession of his father, who was a

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, his family moved a lot and in addition to Spain he has also lived in Italy, Argentina and Venezuela.

Career

As part of an exchange program in 1989 for students from Venezuela, he played for ACV in

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, Netherlands, where he entered the under-19 team. For two years after, Bombarda played in the youth team and sometimes in the reserve team of the Argentinian club

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, 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

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. He made his professional debut in the 1994–95 season for the club when he replaced Marcel Boudesteijn in the match against

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on 26 August 1994. Bombarda then played for

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, before returning to Groningen. Later on, he joined Willem II, where he scored a goal after just 28.21 seconds in a 4–3 defeat against

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

in the

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. Afterwards, he played for

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and

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. At the latter, he retired from football after one season, in 2005.

After football

Bombarda has since worked as a youth team coach at Willem II.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bombarda, Mariano 1972 births Living people Footballers from Cádiz Argentine sportspeople of Spanish descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football forwards Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging players Club Atlético Huracán footballers FC Groningen players FC Metz players Willem II (football club) players Feyenoord players CD Tenerife players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players Segunda División players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela