Mario Barco Vilar (born 23 December 1992) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Estella-Lizarra Estella (Spanish) or Lizarra (Basque) is a town located in the autonomous community of Navarre, in northern Spain. It lies south west of Pamplona, close to the border with La Rioja and Álava. The town was founded in 1090 when the place, lying by ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, Barco finished his formation with

CD Calahorra Club Deportivo Calahorra is a Spanish football team based in Calahorra, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1946 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at the ''Estadio Municipal La Planilla'', with a ...

, after representing

Peña Sport FC Peña Sport Fútbol Club is a Spanish football team based in Tafalla, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1925 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Campo de San Francisco'', with a capacity of ...

and

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

. He made his senior debuts with the former in the 2011–12 campaign, scoring 20 goals in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

. In August 2012 Barco signed for

UD Logroñés Unión Deportiva Logroñés, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 2009, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at ''Estadio Las Gaunas ...

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

, after impressing in a trial basis. On 10 July of the following year he returned to the ''Lions'', being assigned to the reserves also in the third level. On 28 January 2015 Barco rescinded his contract, and moved to fellow league team

Barakaldo CF Barakaldo Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Barakaldo, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Founded in 1917 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Lasesarre'', with a capacity ...

hours later. On 5 July he signed a three-year deal with

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at '' Estadio Anxo Carro''. History The new board of directors was o ...

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, but was loaned to

UD Somozas Unión Deportiva Somozas is a football team based in As Somozas in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1984, the team plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 1. The club's home ground is '' Pardiñas'', which has a capacity of 1,50 ...

on 10 August. On 8 August 2016 Barco joined

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in Primera División RFEF, Primera ...

in the third tier, also in a temporary deal. He scored 12 goals for the club during the campaign, but missed the play-offs due to injury. Barco made his professional debut on 12 October 2017, coming on as a substitute for

Francisco Fydriszewski Francisco David Fydriszewski (born 13 April 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Barcelona S.C. as a forward. He is often nicknamed Polaco Polaco is surname of: * Jorge Polaco (1946–2014), an Argentine filmmaker * Peter Polaco, better ...

and scoring the last in a 2–0 home win against

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), (from the 2020–21 season onwards competing under the umbrella of Unión Futbolística Cordobesa, S.A.D.) is a Spanish football club based in Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1951 as ...

. The following 25 June, he signed a three-year contract with

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...

also in the second division. On 23 July 2019, after being rarely used, Barco terminated his contract with the

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

ns, and joined fellow second division side

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

on a two-year deal the following day. After two years used mainly as a substitute, he moved to

Primera División RFEF Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...

side

CD Castellón Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...

on 21 July 2021.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barco, Mario 1992 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Navarre Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UD Logroñés players Athletic Bilbao B footballers Barakaldo CF footballers CD Lugo players Pontevedra CF footballers Cádiz CF players CD Mirandés footballers CD Castellón footballers