Mariano González Maroto (born 27 October 1984), commonly known as Nano, is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Lincoln Red Imps in the

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Club career

Spain

Born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, Andalusia, Nano spent the vast majority of his first six years as a senior in the lower leagues and amateur football, representing

UD Fuengirola Los Boliches Unión Deportiva Fuengirola Los Boliches is a Spanish football team based in Fuengirola, Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001 after a merger of UD Fuengirola and CD Los Boliches, it plays in Primera Andaluza, holdin ...

UD Marbella Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9 (the 5th level of the ...

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UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with ''C ...

and FC Cartagena. The exception to this occurred during the 2005–06 season, when he totalled only 198 minutes in the

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for Gimnàstic de Tarragona to help them to promote to La Liga. Nano returned to the second division in the 2009–10 campaign, being relatively played by

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but suffering relegation. He scored his first goal as a professional on 4 October 2009, in a 1–0 away win against Albacete Balompié. After two years back in division three, with

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, Nano returned to the second tier by signing for SD Ponferradina. He only missed one game in 42 in his only season, adding two goals to help the club avoid relegation one year after promoting.

Panathinaikos

In the summer of 2013, after refusing to show up for training, Nano joined

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from Greece. He made his debut in top-flight football on 18 August of that year, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home victory over

Panetolikos F.C. Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

in the

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and converting a three-minute penalty kick in the process. Nano extended his contract to ''Pana'' on 8 December 2014, until 2017. During his spell in Athens, he was successively reconverted into a left-back.

Return to Spain

On 25 August 2016, Nano signed a two-year deal with Spanish second division team UD Almería.

Honours

Cartagena *

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: 2008–09 Panathinaikos * Greek Football Cup: 2013–14 Individual *

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Team of the Year: 2013–14

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