Mario Cuéllar

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cuéllar and the second or maternal family name is Saavedra.

Mario Alberto Cuéllar Saavedra (born 5 May 1989) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays for GV San José as a central defender.^[1]

Mario Cuéllar

Personal information
Full name	Mario Alberto Cuéllar Saavedra
Date of birth	(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	GV San José
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2016	Sport Boys Warnes	59	(2)
2014	→ Petrolero (loan)
2016–2017	Blooming	30	(1)
2017	Sport Boys Warnes	10	(1)
2018	San José	38	(4)
2019–2020	Oriente Petrolero	32	(2)
2021	Nacional Potosi	10	(0)
2022	Real Santa Cruz	29	(0)
2023	Wilstermann	10	(0)
2024-	GV San José	8	(0)
International career‡
2017–	Bolivia	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2019

Career

Cuellar played for Sport Boys Warnes when they won the Apertura 2015–16 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano season. He then joined Club Blooming before re-signing with Sport Boys Warnes in July 2017.^[2] In December 2018 Cuellar joined Nacional Potosi from Club San José with whom he had won the 2018 Bolivian Primera División season Clausura.^[3]

Cuellar joined Club Jorge Wilstermann ahead of the 2023 season from Real Santa Cruz.^[4]

International career

On 23 March 2017, Cuéllar started a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification game for the Bolivia national football team away against the Colombia national football team.^[5]

Honours

Sport Boys Warnes

• First Division – LPFB Era:2015-A

Club San José

• Bolivian Primera División: 2018-C