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
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,
Province of León
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About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the c ...
, Marianín started playing organized football with local
CA Bembibre, signing with
Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in 1967 and helping it promote to
Segunda División
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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,
[ 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 Wick ...
in a 3–3 draw at Athletic Bilbao
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on 26 November 1972, becoming the second club player to receive this award.1974
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, but he contributed with a career-best – at the professional level – 20 goals to help his side gain promotion at the first attempt. He left Oviedo in June 1977 at the age of 31, retiring two years later after spells with Cultural and Deportivo Fabero.[ 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
20th-century Spanish sportsmen