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Mario Yepes Biography

Mario Yepes is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on January 13, 1976 in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. Center back who began his lengthy stint with the Colombian national team in the year 1999. The Colombian national team signed him to Atalanta in 2013, after playing for teams such including Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Nantes.

The striker Striker Jackson Martinez became his teammate on the Colombian national team. became his teammate for the Colombian national team.

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 for the 1999 Copa Libertadores.

He was married Carolina Villegas and together they had two sons as well as one daughter.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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In 1999, Yepes joined River Plate in Argentina, where he won two Argentine Primera championships.

Mario Yepes Net Worth

Mario Yepes is one of the richest Soccer Player from Colombia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mario Yepes's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He made his professional debut for Cortulua in 1994.

He was a part of helping Colombia to win at the 2000 Copa America.

Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo ˈʝepes] ; born 13 January 1976) is a retired Colombian professional footballer who played as a defender. 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”. During his time in Italy with Chievo, he earned a reputation in the media as a solid and physical old-fashioned man-marking centre-back, known as a “stopper” in Italian football jargon. He served as the captain of the Colombia national team between 2008 and 2014. Having begun his 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 football 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 footballer of the two, but officially retired in 2014.

In 2008, Yepes joined Chievo in Italy. He signed a new contract in summer 2009.

Yepes got to Milan in the 2010–11 season but was quickly deployed as a substitute due to the starting centre-back being Thiago Silva. Yepes played few games in the Italian Serie A, but participated in the UEFA Champions League. Yepes was close to scoring with Milan in the UEFA Champions League match against Tottenham Hotspur, in which he had two clear chances of scoring with a header, but was denied twice by Tottenham keeper Heurelho Gomes.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Yepes has played 102 matches for the Colombia national team since his debut in 1999, making him the second-most capped Colombian player of all time, after Carlos Valderrama. He was part of the Colombia squad that won the Copa América in 2001. and was also in the squads for three other editions of the tournament in 1999, 2007 and 2011.

Yepes scored his first goal for Milan on the 23 October 2011, where he finished off a comeback against Lecce, scoring the fourth and winning goal for Milan in the 83rd minute to drive the Rossoneri to a 4–3 victory, with Kevin-Prince Boateng scoring a hat-trick to level the scores after a 3–0 losing position.

Who is Mario Yepes Dating?

According to our records, Mario Yepes married to Carolina Villegas. As of December 1, 2023, Mario Yepes’s is not dating anyone.

In March 2010, Chievo teammate Sergio Pellissier confirmed that Yepes would join Milan in the summer, when his contract ran out.

Facts & Trivia

Mario Ranked on the list of most popular Soccer Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Colombia. Mario Yepes celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

Yepes is married to Colombian Carolina Villegas. Yepes and his wife have three children, his son Luciano Yepes was born in May 2002, his second son Valentino Yepes was born on 23 September 2012, and his daughter Miranda Yepes was born in April 2005. Yepes announced on May 21, 2019, that in July he would be heading to Oviedo to meet young Colombian fan Daniel Ruiz.

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