Mario Yepes
Yepes in 2013.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Deportivo Cali (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Cortuluá | 76 | (7) |
| 1997–1999 | Deportivo Cali | 93 | (11) |
| 1999–2002 | River Plate | 76 | (6) |
| 2002–2004 | Nantes | 73 | (2) |
| 2004–2008 | Paris Saint-Germain | 115 | (8) |
| 2008–2010 | Chievo | 63 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Milan | 38 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Atalanta | 24 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | San Lorenzo | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 580 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2014 | Colombia | 102 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016–2017 | Deportivo Cali | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 August 2015. |
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Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈʝepes]; born 13 January 1976) is a Colombian former football defender and former manager of Deportivo Cali. Yepes was well known for his time in Paris Saint-Germain, where he was considered to be one of the best defenders at the time, being dubbed by fans as "Super Mario". He served as the captain of the Colombia national team between 2008 to 2014. Having begun his soccer career in 1999, and having played for the Colombian national team during that period, Yepes is one of only two players that can truly be considered to be part of the late 1990s and early 2000s golden generation of Colombian soccer which won the 2001 Copa América and ended in 2003, but has also been part of Colombia's present golden generation (which began in 2013). Faryd Mondragón is the other Colombian soccer player of the two, but officially retired in 2014.
When Mario Yepes started his playing career in 1994 with Cortuluá, he was playing as a forward before Cortulua's coach converted him to a libero (sweeper).
Yepes signed for his home town club Deportivo Cali in 1998. He won a Colombian championship with Deportivo Cali. He was part of the squad of Copa Libertadores 1999.
In 1999, Yepes joined River Plate in Argentina, where he won two Argentine Primera championships.
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