Miguel Marí Sánchez (born 30 June 1997) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for

CD Eldense Club Deportivo Eldense is a Spanish football team based in Elda, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1921, the club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, and holds home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Pepico Amat'', which ha ...

Club career

Born in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with ...

, Marí represented Hércules CF and

Valencia CF Valencia Club de Fútbol (, ca-valencia, València Club de Futbol ), commonly referred to as Valencia CF (or simply Valencia) is a professional football club based in Valencia, Spain, that currently plays in La Liga, the top flight of the Spa ...

before joining

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's ''Primavera'' squad in 2015, playing as a

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. In January of the following year, however, he returned to Spain and joined

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

's youth setup. Marí was promoted to Valladolid's B-team in June 2016, and made his senior debut on 28 August by playing the last 14 minutes of a 1–2

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 ...

home loss against

CD Boiro Club Deportivo Boiro is a Spanish football team based in Boiro, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1966 it currently plays in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at ''Campo de Barraña'', which holds 1,500 spectato ...

. He scored his first senior goal on 27 November, netting his team's third in a 3–1 away win against

CD Tudelano Club Deportivo Tudelano is a Spanish football team based in Tudela, in the autonomous community of Navarre. Founded in 1935 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Tudela'', with a capacity o ...

. On 2 July 2018,

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Marí signed for

SD Eibar Sociedad Deportiva Eibar (in eu, Eibar Kirol Elkartea) is a professional Spanish football club based in Eibar, Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous Basque Country. Founded on 30 November 1940, the team currently plays in the Segunda División, the s ...

, being initially assigned to

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CD Vitoria Club Deportivo Vitoria is a football team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1945, its senior side is currently the farm team of SD Eibar and plays in Tercera Federación – Group 4, with its gr ...

, also in the third division. He made his first team – and

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– –debut the following 23 April, coming on as a first-half substitute for injured

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in a 0–2 loss at

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

. On 6 September 2020, Marí moved to

Orihuela CF Orihuela Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Orihuela, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1993 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio Municipal Los Arcos'', with a capacity of 7,000 se ...

in the third division on loan for the 2020–21 season. On 5 July 2021, he signed a contract with Segunda División RFEF side

CF Intercity Club de Fútbol Intercity is a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. The club plays in the Primera División RFEF – Group 2, the third tier of Spanish football. They hold home games at the ''Estadio Antonio So ...

, and achieved promotion to

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at the end of the campaign. On 13 July 2023, Marí signed a two-year deal with

, newly-promoted to

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Personal life

Marí's father, José Miguel, was also a footballer. A

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, he notably represented Hércules in the 90s. His younger brother

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is also a professional footballer.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mari, Miguel 1997 births Living people Footballers from Alicante Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Real Valladolid Promesas players CD Vitoria footballers SD Eibar footballers Orihuela CF players CF Intercity players CD Eldense footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy