Mariano Toedtli Explained

Mariano Toedtli
Fullname:Mariano Ramón Toedtli Leones
Birth Date:23 March 1976
Birth Place:Córdoba, Argentina
Height:1.82 m
Position:Striker
Years1:1996–1997
Years2:1997–1998
Years3:1998–1999
Years4:1999–2000
Years5:2000–2001
Years6:2001–2003
Years7:2003–2004
Years8:2004–2008
Years9:2008–2010
Clubs1:Douglas Haig
Clubs2:Cipolletti
Clubs3:Huracán
Clubs4:Marítimo
Clubs5:Salamanca
Clubs6:Sevilla
Clubs7:Recreativo
Clubs8:Poli Ejido
Clubs9:Cádiz
Caps1:29
Caps2:41
Caps3:24
Caps4:31
Caps5:41
Caps6:48
Caps7:35
Caps8:138
Caps9:57
Totalcaps:444
Goals1:18
Goals2:14
Goals3:2
Goals4:13
Goals5:16
Goals6:10
Goals7:9
Goals8:30
Goals9:21
Totalgoals:133
Manageryears1:2015
Manageryears2:2016–2017
Manageryears3:2017–2020
Manageryears4:2021
Managerclubs1:Godoy Cruz (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Argentinos Juniors (assistant)
Managerclubs3:Vélez Sarsfield (assistant)
Managerclubs4:Atlanta United (assistant)

Mariano Ramón Toedtli Leones (born 23 March 1976) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a striker.

He spent most of his professional career in Spain, in a spell which spanned an entire decade.

Club career

Born in Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Toedtli began playing football with Club Atlético Douglas Haig and Club Cipolletti, reaching the Primera División in 1998 with Club Atlético Huracán. After a sole season in Portugal with C.S. Marítimo he moved to Spain where he would remain for an entire decade, starting with UD Salamanca where he scored 16 goals in 2000–01 – fourth-best in the Segunda División – for a final ninth place.[1]

Toedtli's only La Liga experience came with Sevilla FC. In his two years with the team he was almost always a backup,[1] but he did net twice in a 3–0 away win against FC Barcelona on 15 December 2002,[2] as the side went on to finish in tenth position.

Toedtli then had a brief passage at Recreativo de Huelva, spending the next four years with Polideportivo Ejido also in Andalusia, where he was a very important attacking unit as the club constantly managed to avoid relegation, until it befell in the 2007–08 campaign. After that, he moved down to the Segunda División B but stayed in the region, helping Cádiz CF to promote in 2009.[3] [4] [1]

Toedtli scored five goals in 29 games in 2009–10, but Cádiz were immediately relegated.[5] He retired in July 2010 at the age of 34, having appeared in 243 games in the Spanish second tier (60 goals).

In January 2021, Toedtli joined his compatriot Gabriel Heinze's coaching staff at Major League Soccer side Atlanta United FC.[6]

Notes and References

  1. https://blogs.20minutos.es/quefuede/2020/04/17/que-fue-de-mariano-toedtli-goles-argentinos-en-andalucia/ Qué fue de… Mariano Toedtli: goles argentinos en Andalucía (What happened to… Mariano Toedtli: Argentine goals in Andalusia)
  2. http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2002/12/16/pagina-5/519332/pdf.html Calvario del Barça en su regreso a la Liga (Barça nightmare upon League return)
  3. https://as.com/futbol/2008/09/02/mas_futbol/1220336809_850215.html Toedtli fichó al fin por el Cádiz y Peguero respiró (Toedtli signed for Cádiz at last and Peguero breathed a sigh of relief)
  4. https://eldesmarque.com/cadiz/cadiz-cf/noticias-cadiz/165552-el-aniversario-de-dos-ascensos-cadistas El aniversario de dos ascensos cadistas (Anniversary of two Cádiz promotions)
  5. https://www.marca.com/2010/06/19/futbol/2adivision/1276971943.html El Cádiz golea, pero no se salva y vuelve a Segunda B (Cádiz rout, but do not survive and return to Segunda B)
  6. Web site: Mariano Toedtli was announced as part of Gabriel Heinze's coaching staff. Atlanta United. 11 January 2021. 23 January 2021.