Mario Yepes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mario Yepes
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1976(1976-01-13)
Age	48
Birthplace	Cali
Country	Colombia
Birth City	Valle del Cauca Department
Horoscope	Capricorn

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.

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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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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.

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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.