Mario Junior Rondón Fernández (; born 26 March 1986) is a Venezuelan professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker
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People wi ...
for
Liga I
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club
Sepsi OSK.
Club career
Born in
Los Teques
Los Teques
) is the capital of the state of Miranda and the municipality of Guaicaipuro Municipality. It is located in the capital region of north-central Venezuela. More specifically, southwest of Caracas, 10° 21' 00" N latitude and 67° 02' 3 ...
,
Miranda, Rondón arrived in
Portugal
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at age 18, finishing his junior career with
A.D. Pontassolense. He then proceeded to play a further four seasons with the
third division
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Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
club.
After scoring 11 goals in his
last year, Rondón moved straight into the
Primeira Liga
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after signing with
F.C. Paços de Ferreira
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in May 2009. Rarely used in his
debut season, he finished it on loan to
Segunda Liga's
S.C. Beira-Mar
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, featuring relatively as the
Aveiro team
returned to the top flight after a three-year absence.
Rondón returned to Paços for
2010–11
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. In the first game of the campaign, against
Sporting CP
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on 14 August, he scored the only goal for a home win, eventually finishing as the side's top scorer with nine league goals and adding four in
their runner-up run in the
Portuguese League Cup
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(
2–1 final loss to
S.L. Benfica
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).
On 14 July 2011, Rondón joined
C.D. Nacional
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Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, Portug ...
on a five-year contract, for an undisclosed fee. He scored a career-best 12 goals in 30 games in his
third year
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, helping the
Madeira
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ns to
the playoff round of the
UEFA Europa League
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.
On 28 February 2015, Rondón transferred to
Chinese Super League
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newcomers
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright FC. He scored the club's first-ever goal in the competition on 9 March, but in a 2–1 defeat at
Guangzhou Evergrande FC.
In January 2018, after more than one year of inactivity, Rondón moved to Romanian
Liga I
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's
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș
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Founded in 1945 as ''Karres Mediaș'', the team spent most of its existe ...
for the remainder of
the season. He made 21 appearances and netted ten times in all competitions, with fellow league team
CS Universitatea Craiova
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reportedly showing interest in signing the forward.
Rondón rejoined Shijiazhuang on 29 June 2018, aged 32. In May 2019, he signed a contract with Romanian champions
CFR Cluj
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. He scored his first in
Liga I
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for the latter on 23 February 2020 in a 2–0 away victory over Universitatea Craiova, adding another in the
Europa League group stage against
Stade Rennais F.C.
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(1–0 at home, where he was
sent off
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after only three minutes on the pitch) to help his team progress to the knockout stages.
International career
Rondón earned his first
cap
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for
Venezuela
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on 25 March 2011, coming on as a 78th-minute
substitute for
Alejandro Moreno
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in a 2–0
friendly
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away win over
Jamaica
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. He scored his first goal in another exhibition match, a 3–1 loss in
South Korea
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on 5 September 2014.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Venezuela's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rondón goal.''
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Honours
Beira-Mar
* Segunda Liga: 2009–10[
Paços de Ferreira
*]Taça da Liga
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runner-up: 2010–11
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[
*]Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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runner-up: 2009
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[
CFR Cluj
*]Liga I
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: 2019–20, 2020–21
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[
*]Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994, ...
: 2020
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Sepsi OSK
*Cupa României
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: 2022–23
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*Supercupa României: 2022
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, 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
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References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
People from Los Teques
Sportspeople from Miranda (state)
Venezuelan men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Segunda Divisão players
F.C. Paços de Ferreira players
S.C. Beira-Mar players
C.D. Nacional players
Chinese Super League players
China League One players
Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players
Liga I players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
CFR Cluj players
Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe players
Ekstraklasa players
Radomiak Radom players
Venezuela men's international footballers
Venezuelan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in China
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in China
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Poland