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Mario Gaspar Pérez Martínez (; born 24 November 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
He spent 15 years of his career at Villarreal CF, making 424 official appearances and winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. In July 2022, he signed with Watford.
Mario Gaspar played his first match with Spain in 2015, scoring on his debut.
Mario Gaspar spent the entire 2009–10 season with the reserves. He started in all 31 games he appeared in, as they easily retained their newly-found Segunda División status.
Midway through the following campaign, Mario Gaspar was definitely promoted to the main squad following Ángel López's severe knee injury, also making the starting XI. On 16 January 2011, in his first start, he played the full 90 minutes in a 4–2 home win over CA Osasuna, finishing with 22 appearances. He scored his first competitive goal on 1 May 2012, opening the 3–2 victory at Sporting de Gijón towards the end of a season which finished with relegation. In May 2014, with a year remaining on his contract, it was extended for a further four.
Mario Gaspar scored his first goal in UEFA on 21 August 2014, concluding a 3–0 away defeat of FC Astana in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League play-off (7–0 aggregate). In January 2017, he signed a new deal to last until 2023.
On 18 March 2018, Mario Gaspar played his 300th official match for Villarreal, in a 2–1 win at Atlético; only Cani, Marcos Senna and teammate Bruno Soriano had reached that figure before for the club. He filled in as captain during the lengthy injuries of the last of those players, and on 21 April 2021 with a 2–1 away loss to Deportivo Alavés he joined him at 400 matches.
In 2021–22, still under manager Unai Emery, Mario Gaspar was kept out of the team by both Serge Aurier and Juan Foyth.
Mario Gaspar was released in July 2023, having reached an agreement to cancel his contract.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Villarreal B | 2007–08 | Segunda División B | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Segunda División | 31||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31|0 | |
| 2010–11 | 0 | ||
| Villarreal CF | 2008–09 | La Liga | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | Segunda División | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | La Liga | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 4 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 0 | ||
| Watford | 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 0 |
| Elche CF | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 3 |
| 2024–25 | 1 | ||
| + List of international goals scored by Mario Gaspar |
| UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
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