Mario Eduardo Cuenca (born 6 March 1975, in Del Campillo Córdoba Province) is an

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goalkeeper, most recently playing for

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in the

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Club career

Cuenca started his career with

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known f ...

in 1995. He was part of the team that won the

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...

in the 1997-1998 season, winning promotion to the Primera División. In 1999, he was again part of the Talleres team that won the

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, the only international title in the club's history. In 2002 Cuenca moved to

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, and in 2006 he moved to Arsenal where he established himself as the first team goalkeeper. On November 14, 2007 he had a good performance against River Plate in the semi-finals of the

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. He made a number of saves during the game, saved two penalties in the penalty shootout and scored the winning penalty, to send Arsenal to their first ever major final.

Honours

External links

Argentine Primera statistics
at Futbol XXI
Mario Cuenca at Football Lineups
1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine footballers Association football goalkeepers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers {{Argentina-footy-goalkeeper-stub