Diego Mariño Villar (born 9 May 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Albacete Balompié.
Brought up at Villarreal, he spent most of his career in the Segunda División with that club's first and second teams as well at Sporting de Gijón, making 312 appearances. He also played 87 La Liga games for Vallladolid, Levante, Sporting and Almería.
Mariño won two European Under-21 Championships with Spain.
Club career Villarreal Born in Vigo, Galicia, Mariño played for Villarreal CF since the age of 14, having already represented four teams as a youth. He made his professional debut in the 2010–11 season, helping the reserves barely avoid relegation from the Segunda División while appearing in 38 games.El vigués Diego Mariño jugará el próximo curso en el Villarreal B (Vigo's Diego Mariño will play next season with Villarreal B); La Voz de Galicia, 9 June 2010 (in Spanish)
Mariño was again first-choice the following campaign, but as the main squad suffered relegation in La Liga the B's were forced to drop down to Segunda División B even though they had finished in a comfortable 12th position. After the departures of longtime incumbent Diego López and 41-year-old César Sánchez (the latter retired), he was promoted to the first team by manager Julio Velázquez – also his boss in the second side.
Valladolid and Levante Mariño signed a five-year contract with Real Valladolid on 5 July 2013, with Villarreal retaining an option to buy him back for €300,000.El Real Valladolid ficha al portero Diego Mariño (Real Valladolid sign goalkeeper Diego Mariño); El Norte de Castilla, 5 July 2013 (in Spanish) He made his debut in the top flight on 17 August, in a 1–2 home loss against Athletic Bilbao.Valverde tastes opening-day win; ESPN FC, 17 August 2013
On 8 August 2014, Mariño moved to Levante UD of the same league in a season-long loan.Mariño se incorpora a la disciplina del Levante UD (Mariño joins Levante UD's discipline) ; Levante UD, 8 August 2014 (in Spanish)El Levante incorpora a Mariño como cedido (Levante add Mariño as a loanee); Europa Press, 8 August 2014 (in Spanish) On 31 August of the following year, he signed a permanent three-year deal with the club.Mariño se compromete por el Levante por las tres próximas temporadas (Mariño commits to Levante for the following three seasons) ; Levante UD, 31 August 2015 (in Spanish)
Sporting Gijón On 1 July 2016, after Levante's relegation, Mariño joined Sporting de Gijón for four years.La portería rojiblanca se refuerza con Diego Mariño (The red-and-white goal bolsters with Diego Mariño) ; Sporting Gijón, 1 July 2016 (in Spanish) Understudy to Iván Cuéllar, he made his debut on 26 November in a 2–1 loss at leaders Real Madrid.
On 18 January 2018, Mariño extended his contract until 2022. Between 4 February and 1 April he was unbeaten during 764 minutes and, at the end of the season, he was named Sporting's player of the year.
In August 2019, another year was added to Mariño's contract. He remained first-choice at El Molinón in the ensuing seasons, even after the re-acquisition of Cuéllar in 2021. He suffered a right hamstring injury the following March and was replaced by the latter for ten games as the side successfully fought relegation, returning on 29 May for the final match of the campaign in a 1–0 home defeat against UD Las Palmas.
Almería On 26 January 2023, Mariño returned to the top tier after agreeing to an 18-month contract with UD Almería. He made his only appearance of the season on 4 March, as a half-time substitute for the injured Fernando and conceding both goals in a 2–0 home loss to Villarreal.
Mariño spent the 2023–24 campaign as third-choice behind Luís Maximiano and Fernando as they suffered relegation, and left the club in July 2024.
Later career On 10 September 2024, Mariño signed a one-year deal with Granada CF. In July 2025, he moved to fellow second-division Albacete Balompié on a two-year contract.
International career Mariño won his first cap for the Spain under-21 team in 2011. Also that year, he was selected by manager Luis Milla for his UEFA European Championship squad; in the tournament in Denmark, he was a backup to Atlético Madrid's David de Gea as the nation won its third title in the category.
The following year, Mariño repeated the role for the under-23 side in a group-stage exit at the Summer Olympic Games in Great Britain.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVillarreal B2010–11Segunda División380———3802011–12Segunda División340———340Total720———720Villarreal2010–11La Liga000000—002011–12La Liga0000——002012–13Segunda División9010——100Total901000—100Valladolid2013–14La Liga28000——280Levante (loan)2014–15La Liga32000——320Levante2015–16La Liga23020——250Total55020——570Sporting Gijón2016–17La Liga2020——402017–18Segunda División41000—204302018–19Segunda División37010——3802019–20Segunda División42000——4202020–21Segunda División39000——3902021–22Segunda División32040——3602022–23Segunda División17030——200Total2100100—202220Almería2022–23La Liga1000——102023–24La Liga1010——20Total2010——30Granada2024–25Segunda División23010——240Career total399015000204160
Honours Spain U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2011, 2013
Spain U17 FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2007
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