Gabriel Mercado
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Mercado with Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gabriel Iván Mercado | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Internacional | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Racing Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Racing Club | 96 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Estudiantes LP | 66 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | River Plate | 144 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Sevilla | 78 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Al-Rayyan | 40 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Internacional | 113 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Argentina U20 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | Argentina | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Gabriel Iván Mercado (born 18 March 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Internacional. Mainly a right back, he could also play as a central defender.
He began his career with Racing Club and Estudiantes before joining River Plate in 2012, going on to win six domestic and international tournaments including the 2015 Copa Libertadores. In 2016, he joined Sevilla for €2.5 million.
Mercado made his international debut for Argentina in 2010, and was part of their squad that came runners-up at the Copa América Centenario, and also took part at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.