Mariano Arias Chamorro (born 18 May 1946), known as Marianín, is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
Born in
Fabero,
Province of León
León (, , ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the ca ...
, Marianín started playing organized football with local
CA Bembibre, signing with
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...
in 1967 and helping it promote to
Segunda División four years later by scoring a country-best 36 goals. He was subsequently signed by
Real Oviedo,
making his
La Liga
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debut on 2 September 1972 and netting his team's goal in a 1–2 away loss against
UD Las Palmas
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.
Marianín won the
Pichichi Trophy
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in
1972–73, helping the
Asturian team finish in 12th position. None of his 19 successful strikes came from the
penalty spot
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Wit ...
,
[ and highlights included a ]hat-trick
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Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
in a 3–3 draw at Athletic Bilbao on 26 November 1972, becoming the second club player to receive this award.[ in total, he scored 65 times for his main club in all competitions.][
]
International career
Marianín earned one cap
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for the Spain national team. It consisted of a second-half substitute appearance in a 0–0 friendly draw against Turkey
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, on 17 October 1973.
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1946 births
Living people
People from El Bierzo
Footballers from the Province of León
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Tercera División players
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
Real Oviedo players
Spain men's international footballers
Pichichi Trophy winners