Mariano Trípodi

Mariano Sebastián Trípodi (born 3 July 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Metropolitano as a striker.

Born in Buenos Aires, Trípodi started his career playing for the famous Boca Juniors academy which has a habit of producing star players.

Clubs from across the continent started to become aware of Tripodi's goalscoring for the Boca Juniors U18s team, scoring 31 times in his first season.

[9] He played and scored the opening goal on August 12, 2009, in a behind closed doors match against a Newcastle United XI, which Leeds won 5–1.

After a half year with Clube Atlético Metropolitano in Brazil,[10] he returned in June 2010 to Argentina and signed a one-year contract for Arsenal de Sarandí.