Mario Martos Serrano (born 14 November 1991) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

UD Ciudad de Torredonjimeno Unión Deportiva Ciudad de Torredonjimeno is a Spanish football team based in Torredonjimeno, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2009 as a replacement for dissolved Torredonjimeno CF, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Est ...

Club career

Born in Jaén,

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, Martos played youth football with local

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF, holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria'', with a capacit ...

, and made his senior debuts in with the B-team in the

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. His first competitive appearance with the main squad occurred in the dying stages of the 2011–12 season, in

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; on 13 July 2012, he renewed his contract for one year after rejecting an offer from

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021� ...

. In his second season with the ''Whites'', Martos scored three goals in 32 matches, achieving promotion to

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via the play-offs. He also started in a 0–1 away loss against

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

in the

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, on 28 November 2012. On 2 August 2013, Martos signed a new two-year deal with Jaén after rejecting offers from

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

and

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

. He made his professional debut on 16 October, playing the last 29 minutes in a 2–0 home win over

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. They currently p ...

in the domestic cup. He first appeared in the second level 30 days later, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 success against

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

also at the

Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria (Nuevo) Estadio Municipal de La Victoria is a stadium in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, Spain. It is currently used for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Real Jaén CF. The stadium holds 12,569 spectators. The stadium was op ...

. On 2 January 2014, Martos was loaned to

UD Almería B Unión Deportiva Almería "B" is a Spanish football team based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 2001, it is the reserve team of UD Almería and currently plays in Tercera Federación – Group 9, holding home game ...

until June. He rejoined Jaén in June but, after severing ties on 30 January 2015, returned to his previous club hours later.Mario Martos regresa al Almería B (Mario Martos returns to Almería B)
Vavel, 30 January 2015 In August 2015, Martos signed for

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side

Olympiakos Nicosia Olympiakos Nicosia ( el, Ολυμπιακός Λευκωσίας, ''Olympiakos Lefkosias'') is a football club based in Nicosia, Cyprus and competes in the Cypriot First Division. The club was founded in 1931, and is a founding member of the Cy ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martos, Mario 1991 births Living people Footballers from Jaén, Spain Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Jaén footballers UD Almería B players Linares Deportivo footballers Algeciras CF footballers Cypriot Second Division players Olympiakos Nicosia players Football League (Greece) players OFI Crete F.C. players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece