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Gabriel Mercado

Gabriel Mercado

Defender - Centre-Back  at Sport Club Internacional
Age39
CitizenshipArgentina Spain
Height1.80 m
Footright
BornMarch 18, 1987
at Sport Club Internacional 1,784 days · joined 2021-07-05
👕500+ Apps Veteran
Market value €200k
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

6
clubs played for
07/08
debut season
0.06
goals / match
CA River Plate
top club · 144 apps

Career highs

€6.00m
peak value · 2016
€2.50m
top transfer fee · 16/17
6
best season · 2011
1 · 2.6%
pens / of goals
615Appearances
38Goals
19Assists
165Yellow cards
3Red cards
164Full matches (90′)
Full nameGabriel Mercado
Name in home countryGabriel Iván Mercado
Date of birth1987-03-18 (39 yrs)
Place of birthPuerto Madryn, Argentina
CitizenshipArgentina Spain
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height180.00 m
Current clubSport Club Internacional
Joined2021-07-05
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentHernan Berman
OutfitterNike
Aug 2025
Injury: unknown
7 games missed
Jul 2025
2025 — Sport Club Internacional
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
45 games missed
Jul 2024
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2024
2024 — Sport Club Internacional
32 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Feb 2024
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2023
2023 — Sport Club Internacional
45 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2022
2022 — Sport Club Internacional
37 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Al-Rayyan → Internacional
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — Sport Club Internacional
12 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Al-Rayyan SC
29 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Al-Rayyan SC
25 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Sevilla FC → Al-Rayyan
19/20 · Transfer
Apr 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2018
Injury: unknown
13 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Sevilla FC
34 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
May 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2017
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Oct 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Sevilla FC
43 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2016
Transfer: River Plate → Sevilla FC
16/17 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2016
16/17 — Sevilla FC
40 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
2016 — CA River Plate
21 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
2015 — CA River Plate
46 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 7 competitions
Apr 2015
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2014
2014 — CA River Plate
39 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2014
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — CA River Plate
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
2013 — CA River Plate
37 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
Transfer: Estudiantes LP → River Plate
12/13 · Transfer · €695k
Jul 2012
2012 — Club Estudiantes de La Plata
33 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
2011 — Club Estudiantes de La Plata
41 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
2010 — Racing Club, Club Estudiantes de La Plata
36 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Racing Club → Estudiantes LP
10/11 · Transfer · €640k
Jul 2009
2009 — Racing Club
28 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2008
2008 — Racing Club
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Racing Club
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2007
2007 — Racing Club
8 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2007
Transfer: Racing Club U20 → Racing Club
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2006
2006 — Racing Club
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €6.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
14,792 min
Minutes played by club
Sport Club Internacional 15.8%
CA River Plate 23.0%
Club Estudiantes de La Plata 20.2%
Racing Club 8.9%
Al-Rayyan SC 17.6%
Sevilla FC 14.5%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Sport Club Internacional 5 2021 2025 128 5 0 2,337
CA River Plate 5 13/14 2016 144 11 6 3,407
Club Estudiantes de La Plata 3 2010 2012 76 10 6 2,995
Racing Club 6 07/08 2010 96 1 0 1,317
Al-Rayyan SC 2 19/20 20/21 54 5 2 2,598
Sevilla FC 3 16/17 18/19 117 6 5 2,138

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€1.5M5€3M8€4.5M10€6M07/0816/17 — 3 goals (Sevilla FC)16/17 — 1 assists416/1717/18 — 2 assists217/1818/19 — 3 goals (Sevilla FC)18/19 — 2 assists518/1919/20 — 4 goals (Al-Rayyan SC)419/2020/21 — 1 goals (Al-Rayyan SC)20/21 — 2 assists320/212010 — 1 goals (Racing Club)120102011 — 6 goals (Club Estudiantes de La Plata)2011 — 4 assists1020112012 — 4 goals (Club Estudiantes de La Plata)2012 — 2 assists620122013 — 1 assists120132014 — 6 goals (CA River Plate)620142015 — 4 goals (CA River Plate)2015 — 2 assists620152016 — 1 goals (CA River Plate)2016 — 3 assists420162021 — 1 goals (Sport Club Internacional)120212023 — 3 goals (Sport Club Internacional)320232024 — 1 goals (Sport Club Internacional)1202407/08 — €2.7M16/17 — €6M17/18 — €6M18/19 — €5M19/20 — €2.5M20/21 — €2.2MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

07/08: 0007/0813/14: 0013/1416/17: 3316/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 1120/212006: 0020062007: 0020072008: 0020082009: 0020092010: 1120102011: 6620112012: 4420122013: 0020132014: 6620142015: 4420152016: 1120162021: 1120212022: 0020222023: 3320232024: 1120242025: 002025

Assists by season

07/08: 0007/0813/14: 0013/1416/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 2220/212006: 0020062007: 0020072008: 0020082009: 0020092010: 0020102011: 4420112012: 2220122013: 1120132014: 0020142015: 2220152016: 3320162021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 0020232024: 0020242025: 002025
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2025 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Internacional 1 0 0 1 0 0
2025 Série A Sport Club Internacional 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Campeonato Gaúcho Sport Club Internacional 7 0 0 1 0 0
2024 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Internacional 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 Copa Sudamericana Sport Club Internacional 4 0 0 2 0 0
2024 Gauchão - Fase Final Sport Club Internacional 2 0 0 1 0 0
2024 Série A Sport Club Internacional 17 1 0 6 0 1,184
2023 Campeonato Gaúcho Sport Club Internacional 4 0 0 2 0 0
2023 Copa do Brasil Sport Club Internacional 2 0 0 2 0 0
2023 Gauchão - Fase Final Sport Club Internacional 2 0 0 1 0 0
2023 Libertadores Sport Club Internacional 11 3 0 3 0 312
2023 Série A Sport Club Internacional 26 0 0 11 0 0
2022 Campeonato Gaúcho Sport Club Internacional 3 0 0 1 0 0
2022 Copa Sudamericana Sport Club Internacional 8 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Gauchão - Fase Final Sport Club Internacional 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 Série A Sport Club Internacional 26 0 0 7 0 0
2021 Série A Sport Club Internacional 12 1 0 5 0 841
2016 Club World Cup CA River Plate 2 0 0 1 0 0
2016 Copa Argentina CA River Plate 1 1 0 0 0 90
2016 Libertadores CA River Plate 8 0 3 2 0 0
2016 Primera División CA River Plate 10 0 0 3 0 0
2015 Copa Argentina CA River Plate 1 0 0 0 0 0
2015 Copa Sudamericana CA River Plate 6 0 0 1 0 0
2015 Libertadores CA River Plate 9 2 0 4 1 377
2015 Primera División CA River Plate 11 0 0 2 0 0
2015 Recopa Sudamericana CA River Plate 2 0 0 1 0 0
2015 Suruga Bank Cup CA River Plate 1 1 1 0 0 90
2015 Transición CA River Plate 16 1 1 4 0 1,237
2014 Copa Argentina CA River Plate 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 Copa Sudamericana CA River Plate 9 2 0 3 0 389
2014 Final CA River Plate 16 2 0 3 0 684
2014 Inicial CA River Plate 13 2 0 5 0 540
2013 Copa Argentina CA River Plate 1 0 0 0 0 0
2013 Copa Sudamericana CA River Plate 4 0 0 3 0 0
2013 Final CA River Plate 18 0 1 3 0 0
2013 Inicial CA River Plate 14 0 0 2 0 0
2012 Apertura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 17 3 2 1 0 483
2012 Clausura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 16 1 0 5 0 1,440
2012 Copa Argentina Club Estudiantes de La Plata 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Apertura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 16 4 4 3 0 350
2011 Clausura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 17 2 0 4 0 722
2011 Copa Sudamericana Club Estudiantes de La Plata 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 Libertadores Club Estudiantes de La Plata 6 0 0 2 0 0
2010 Apertura Racing Club 18 1 0 4 0 1,317
2010 Clausura Racing Club 16 0 0 6 0 0
2010 Copa Sudamericana Club Estudiantes de La Plata 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 Recopa Sudamericana Club Estudiantes de La Plata 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Apertura Racing Club 16 0 0 2 0 0
2009 Clausura Racing Club 12 0 0 0 1 0
2008 Apertura Racing Club 7 0 0 1 0 0
2008 Clausura Racing Club 17 0 0 4 1 0
2007 Apertura Racing Club 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Clausura Racing Club 7 0 0 2 0 0
2006 Clausura Racing Club 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Amir Cup Al-Rayyan SC 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Qatar Cup Al-Rayyan SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Qatari Stars Cup Al-Rayyan SC 6 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 Stars League Al-Rayyan SC 20 1 2 4 0 1,747
19/20 AFC CL-Qualification Al-Rayyan SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Qatar Cup Al-Rayyan SC 1 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Qatari Stars Cup Al-Rayyan SC 3 1 0 0 0 251
19/20 Stars League Al-Rayyan SC 20 3 0 3 0 600
18/19 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Europa League Sevilla FC 6 1 0 1 0 540
18/19 LaLiga Sevilla FC 23 2 2 10 0 869
18/19 Supercopa Sevilla FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Champions League Sevilla FC 8 0 0 3 0 0
17/18 Champions League Qu. Sevilla FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 7 0 0 3 0 0
17/18 LaLiga Sevilla FC 26 0 2 9 0 0
16/17 Champions League Sevilla FC 7 0 0 3 0 0
16/17 Copa del Rey Sevilla FC 2 0 0 2 0 0
16/17 LaLiga Sevilla FC 29 3 1 10 0 729
16/17 Supercopa Sevilla FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Copa Campeonato CA River Plate 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/08 First Division Promotion (-11/12) Racing Club 2 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2007-01-01 Racing Club U20 Racing Club Transfer 0
10/11 2010-07-01 Racing Club Estudiantes LP Transfer 1300000 €640k
12/13 2012-07-16 Estudiantes LP River Plate Transfer 2200000 €695k
16/17 2016-08-01 River Plate Sevilla FC Transfer 4500000 €2.50m
19/20 2019-07-01 Sevilla FC Al-Rayyan Transfer 2500000
21/22 2021-07-05 Al-Rayyan Internacional Transfer 1200000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Torn muscle bundle 2014-02-20 2014-03-04 13 3
14/15 Muscle injury 2015-04-17 2015-05-07 21 3
16/17 Knee injury 2017-03-27 2017-04-03 8 2
17/18 Back injury 2017-10-26 2017-10-30 5 1
17/18 Hamstring injury 2017-11-02 2017-11-20 19 4
17/18 Back injury 2018-05-16 2018-05-23 8 1
18/19 Broken arm 2018-09-03 2018-10-19 47 13
18/19 Muscle injury 2018-10-29 2018-11-10 13 3
18/19 Knee injury 2019-04-01 2019-04-06 6 1
20/21 Outer ligament tear 2021-04-07 2021-07-07 92 8
22/23 unknown injury 2022-10-07 2022-10-31 25 5
23/24 Knee problems 2024-02-24 2024-03-12 18 4
24/25 muscular problems 2024-07-28 2024-08-13 17 3
24/25 Cruciate ligament tear 2024-09-23 2025-07-11 292 45
25/26 Calf injury 2025-08-07 37 7
Current€200k
Peak€6.00m
Low€200k
Δ since start−€2.50m
€200k€1.65m€3.10m€4.55m€6.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.70m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.70m

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Pablo Sarabia 2 1 0
Matías Kranevitter 2 0 0
Éver Banega 2 2 0
Wissam Ben Yedder 2 2 0
Franco Vázquez 2 0 0
Mauricio 2 0 0
Fabricio Bustos 2 0 0
Sergio Escudero 2 0 0
Wanderson 2 2 0
Carlos Sánchez 2 2 0
Renê 2 0 0
Ramiro Funes Mori 2 0 0
Sergio Rico 2 0 0
Carlos de Pena 2 0 0
Steven Nzonzi 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2011 Apertura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 4 16
19/20 Stars League Al-Rayyan SC 3 20
16/17 LaLiga Sevilla FC 3 29

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2011 Apertura Club Estudiantes de La Plata 4 16
2016 Libertadores CA River Plate 3 8
18/19 LaLiga Sevilla FC 2 23

Teams faced most often by Gabriel Mercado's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
FC Barcelona 10 1 2 7 8 23 -15 10%
Valencia CF 9 5 3 1 10 4 +6 56%
Villarreal CF 8 1 4 3 5 11 -6 13%
Athletic Club 8 3 1 4 8 10 -2 38%
SD Eibar 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 50%
CA Osasuna 6 5 1 0 16 6 +10 83%
Granada CF 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 67%
CD Leganés 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 50%
Real Madrid 6 2 0 4 7 10 -3 33%
RC Celta 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 50%
Real Betis 6 5 0 1 10 5 +5 83%
CD Alavés 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
07/08 Senior debut season
16/17 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2025 2 0 1 0 0 0
2024 32 1,184 10 0 0 0.76
2023 45 312 19 1 0 5.77
2022 37 0 8 1 0 0
2021 12 841 5 0 0 0.54
2016 21 90 6 0 0 6
2015 46 1,704 12 1 1 0.74
2014 39 1,613 11 0 0 0.61
2013 37 0 8 0 0 0
2012 33 1,923 6 0 0 0.28
2011 41 1,072 9 1 0 0.84
2010 36 1,317 10 0 0 0.68
2009 28 0 2 2 1 0
2008 24 0 5 0 1 0
2007 8 0 2 0 0 0
20/21 29 1,747 5 0 0 0.26
19/20 25 851 3 0 0 0.32
18/19 34 1,409 11 0 0 0.7
17/18 43 0 15 0 0 0
16/17 40 729 16 0 0 1.98
13/14 1 0 1 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Transición
118 apps
11 G
7 A
LaLiga
78 apps
5 G
5 A
Libertadores
34 apps
5 G
3 A
Final
119 apps
5 G
1 A
Stars League
40 apps
4 G
2 A
Série A
82 apps
2 G
0 A
Copa Sudamericana
33 apps
2 G
0 A
Suruga Bank Cup
1 apps
1 G
1 A
Qatari Stars Cup
9 apps
1 G
0 A
Europa League
6 apps
1 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Gabriel Mercado

Who is Gabriel Mercado?

Gabriel Mercado is an Argentina professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Sport Club Internacional.

How old is Gabriel Mercado?

Gabriel Mercado is 39 years old. He was born on March 18, 1987 in Puerto Madryn.

What position does Gabriel Mercado play?

Gabriel Mercado plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Gabriel Mercado play for?

Gabriel Mercado currently plays for Sport Club Internacional.

How many career goals has Gabriel Mercado scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Gabriel Mercado has scored 38 goals in 615 appearances.

What is Gabriel Mercado's market value?

Gabriel Mercado's most recent reported market value is €200k.