Marlon Mena
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marlon Mena Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 5 October 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Parma, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Arezzo (on loan from Parma) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Parma | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Parma | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Arezzo (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Dominican Republic U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024 | Dominican Republic U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2025– | Dominican Republic | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:14, 8 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10:25, 3 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Marlon Mena Martínez (born 5 October 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Serie B club Arezzo, on loan from Serie A club Parma. Born in Italy, he plays for the Dominican Republic national team.
Club career
A youth product of Parma, Mena was assigned to their Campionato Primavera 1 team for the 2025–26 season.[1]
On 6 July, Mena extended his contract with Parma, until 30 June 2029. On the same day, he was sent to Arezzo, on loan for the 2026–27 season.
International career
Born in Italy, Mena is of Dominican descent and holds dual Italian and Dominican citizenship. He was called up to the Dominican Republic U17s for the 2023 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[2] The following year, he was part of the Dominican Republic U20s for the 2024 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[3] He debuted with the senior Dominican Republic national team in a friendly 3–0 loss to Jordan on 9 September 2025.[4]
References
- ↑ Taddei, Gian Piero (17 August 2025). "Parma, la rosa completa per la stagione 2025-26".
- ↑ "Sedofútbol Sub-17 inicia concentración de cara al premundial de Concacaf Guatemala 2023". www.fedofutbol.do (in Spanish). Dominican Football Federation. 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
- ↑ Dominican Football Federation [@sedofutbol] (12 July 2024). "Esta es nuestra lista de jugadores para afrontar el Campeonato Sub-20 de Concacaf 2024 a disputarse del 19 de julio al 4 de agosto en Celaya e Irapuato, México" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ↑ "Che soddisfazione per Mena Martinez! Il terzino della Primavera chiamato dalla nazionale maggiore dominicana". Parma Live.
External links
- Marlon Mena at Soccerway
- Marlon Mena at National-Football-Teams.com
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Parma
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
- Italian people of Dominican Republic descent
- Sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
- Italian men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Dominican Republic men's footballers
- Dominican Republic men's youth international footballers
- Dominican Republic men's under-20 international footballers
- Dominican Republic men's international footballers
- Parma Calcio 1913 players
- SS Arezzo players