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{{short description|Argentine association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} 
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gabriel Mercado
| image = FRA-ARG (16) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mercado with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]
| fullname = Gabriel Iván Mercado<ref name=FIFA>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Argentina |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611000407/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=11 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|3|18|df=y}}<ref name=FIFA/>
| birth_place = [[Puerto Madryn]], Argentina
| height = 1.81 m<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://internacional.com.br/futebol/gabriel-mercado |title=Gabriel Mercado |publisher=Sport Club Internacional |access-date=30 September 2022}}</ref>
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
| clubnumber = 25
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| years1 = 2006–2010
| clubs1 = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| caps1 = 96
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2010–2012
| clubs2 = [[Estudiantes de La Plata|Estudiantes LP]]
| caps2 = 66
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 2012–2016
| clubs3 = [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]]
| caps3 = 144
| goals3 = 11
| years4 = 2016–2019
| clubs4 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
| caps4 = 78
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2019–2021
| clubs5 = [[Al-Rayyan SC|Al-Rayyan]]
| caps5 = 40
| goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2021–
| clubs6 = [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]
| caps6 = 126
| goals6 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2007
| nationalyears2 = 2010–2019
| nationalteam1 = [[Argentina national under-20 football team|Argentina U20]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalcaps2 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| club-update = 05:18, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 22 March 2019
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ARG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2007 FIFA World Youth Championship|2007]]|[[Argentina national under-20 football team|U-20 Team]]}}
}}
'''Gabriel Iván Mercado''' (born 18 March 1987) is an Argentine professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays for [[Sport Club Internacional|Internacional]]. Mainly a [[right back (association football)|right back]], he could also play as a [[central defender]].

He began his career with Racing Club and Estudiantes before joining [[Club Atlético River Plate|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 national football team|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]].

==Club career==
===Early career===
Born in [[Puerto Madryn]], [[Chubut Province|Chubut]], Mercado made his professional debut for [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] on 21 February 2007 in a 0–1 home defeat to San Lorenzo. He went to establish himself as a regular member of the Racing first team.

In July 2010, Mercado joined [[Estudiantes de La Plata]] for $800,000 and 50% of his rights.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mercado, nuevo jugador de Estudiantes |newspaper=ESPN Deportes |date=6 July 2010 |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=1055223&s=arg&type=story |language=es |access-date=6 July 2010 }}</ref> He won the Apertura in his debut season, and stayed at the club until 2012.

In July 2012, he signed for [[Club Atlético River Plate|River Plate]].

===Sevilla===
On 4 August 2016, [[La Liga]] side [[Sevilla FC]] signed Mercado from River Plate on a three-year deal for a reported fee of €2.5 million, with River retaining 20% of a subsequent transfer fee. He was signed by compatriot manager [[Jorge Sampaoli]] to replace former captain [[Coke (footballer)|Coke]].<ref name=sevilla>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/2923212/sevilla-sign-argentina-right-back-gabriel-mercado-to-help-replace-coke|title=Sevilla sign Argentina right-back Gabriel Mercado to help replace Coke|access-date=4 August 2016|publisher=ESPN FC}}</ref>

He scored his first goal for the team on 20 September, deflecting [[Samir Nasri]]'s free kick for the only score in a home [[Seville derby]] win over [[Real Betis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gabriel Mercado leads Sevilla past Betis; Málaga beat Eibar for first win|url=http://www.espnfc.co.uk/spanish-primera-division/story/2955417/la-liga-gabriel-mercado-leads-sevilla-past-betis-malaga-beat-eibar-for-first-win|access-date=21 September 2016|publisher=ESPN FC|date=20 September 2016}}</ref>

===Al-Rayyan===
On 11 June 2019, [[Al-Rayyan SC]] announced via their social media that they had signed Mercado.<ref>{{cite news|title=Argentina defender Gabriel MERCADO leaves Sevilla, joins Qatari club|url=http://mundoalbiceleste.com/2019/06/11/argentina-defender-gabriel-mercado-leaves-sevilla-joins-qatari-club/|access-date=11 June 2019|date=11 June 2019}}</ref>

===Internacional===
On 5 July 2021, he was announced and signed with Internacional until December 2022 after being without a club at the end of his contract with Al-Rayyan. His chosen jersey number was jersey number 25.<ref>{{cite news|title=Inter anuncia a contratação de Gabriel Mercado até dezembro de 2022
|url=https://ge.globo.com/rs/futebol/times/internacional/noticia/inter-anuncia-a-contratacao-de-gabriel-mercado.ghtml|access-date=23 August 2022|date=}}</ref>

==International career==
===Youth career===
Mercado represented the Argentina Under-20 team at the [[2007 South American Youth Championship]] in Paraguay and at the [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] in Canada.

===Senior career===
Mercado made his full international debut for the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]] after being called up to join [[Diego Maradona]]'s squad of Argentina-based players who beat [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]] 2–1 on 10 February 2010.

Mercado was first-choice in his position for Argentina in the 2016 [[Copa América Centenario]] squad, playing in [[Copa América Centenario Final|the final]] against [[Chile national football team|Chile]] for the full 120-minutes, a 4–2 loss on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalties]].<ref name=sevilla/>

In May 2018, Mercado was named in Argentina's preliminary 35-man [[Argentina national football team|squad]] for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] in Russia;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb|title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?|website=Goal.com|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> later that month, he was included in [[Jorge Sampaoli]]'s final 23-man squad for the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/argentina-world-cup-squad-paulo-dybala-mauro-icardi-a8362096.html |title=Argentina World Cup squad: Paulo Dybala included but Mauro Icardi misses out on 23-man group for Russia |work=The Independent |date=21 May 2018 |access-date=17 June 2018 }}</ref> In the round of 16 match against [[France national football team|France]] on 30 June, Mercado scored in a 4–3 defeat, which saw Argentina eliminated from the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/43976007 |title=France 4-3 Argentina |publisher=BBC Sport |author=Emlyn Begley |date=30 June 2018 |access-date=30 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{Updated|match played 22 March 2019}}<ref>{{NFT player|36085|Gabriel Mercado|accessdate=26 June 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!colspan="3"|[[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2010||1||0
|-
|2011||0||0
|-
|2012||0||0
|-
|2013||0||0
|-
|2014||0||0
|-
|2015||1||0
|-
|2016||10||2
|-
|2017||5||1
|-
|2018||7||1
|-
|2019||1||0
|-
!Total||25||4
|}

:''Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| {{center|1}} || 24 March 2016 || [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos]], [[Santiago]], Chile || {{fb|CHI}} || {{center|'''2'''–1}} || {{center|2–1}} || rowspan=2|[[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| {{center|2}} || 29 March 2016 || [[Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes]], [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]], Argentina || {{fb|BOL}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|2–0}}
|-
| {{center|3}} || 9 June 2017 || [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne]], Australia || {{fb|BRA}} || {{center|'''1'''–0}} || {{center|1–0}} || [[2017 Superclásico de las Américas]]
|-
| {{center|4}} || 30 June 2018 || [[Kazan Arena]], [[Kazan]], Russia || {{fb|FRA|1974}} || {{center|'''2'''–1}} || {{center|3–4}} || [[2018 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|2018 FIFA World Cup]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Estudiantes'''
*[[Argentine Primera División]]: [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season|2010 Apertura]]

'''River Plate'''
*Argentine Primera División: [[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season|Torneo Final 2014]]
*[[Copa Campeonato]]: [[2013–14 Argentine Primera División season#Superfinal|2013–14]]
*[[Copa Sudamericana]]: [[2014 Copa Sudamericana|2014]]
*[[Recopa Sudamericana]]: [[2015 Recopa Sudamericana|2015]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]]: [[2015 Copa Libertadores|2015]]
*[[Copa Suruga Bank]]: [[2015 Suruga Bank Championship|2015]]
*[[Copa Argentina]]: [[2015–16 Copa Argentina|2016]]

'''Argentina'''
*[[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]: [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2007]]
*[[Copa América]] runner-up: [[Copa América Centenario|2016]]
*[[Superclásico de las Américas]]: [[2017 Superclásico de las Américas|2017]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120314175550/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=13511&SEOFutbolista=Mercado+Gabrien+Ivan Gabriel Mercado – Argentine Primera statistics]}} at Fútbol XXI {{in lang|es}}
*{{NFT player|36085}}
*[http://www.football-lineups.com/players/player.php?route=6632 Gabriel Mercado at Football Lineups]

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