Former Dominican Republic national soccer team member, 25-year old Mariano Díaz Mejía, now playing for Spain, is under the spotlight of soccer press as he reaches new high levels of excellence in play. Born in August 1993 in Barcelona of a Dominican mother and Spanish father, Mariano plays for the Real Madrid as a striker. Recently, Real Madrid carried out the gesture of giving him the No. 7, the shirt used by the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo.
Team fans celebrated the inauguration of the shirt after Mariano scored his team’s third goal during a Group G Champions League soccer match between Real Madrid and Roma at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, 19 September 2018.
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25 September 2018
