Mario Hermoso, born on 18 June 1995 (age 30), is a Spanish central defender with enough miles behind him to make his game feel fairly settled. His early development included loan football, the useful sort rather than the glamorous sort, before he became a more established league defender at Espanyol.
His best scoring league season came with Espanyol in 2018–2019, when he made 32 appearances and scored three goals. For a centre-back, that was a decent return, though his main value has been in being a regular, usable defender rather than a headline act.
Hermoso is now at Roma, where he remains a regular first-team presence in 2025–2026. He has made 27 Serie A appearances this season, scoring three times, along with one Coppa Italia outing and seven in the Europa League. Across all competitions for Roma, he has played 35 matches and scored four goals.
His market value is around £6m, according to Transfermarkt. At this stage of his career, Hermoso is an experienced Spanish defender still playing meaningful minutes at a high level, with Roma currently the latest substantial stop in a steady senior career.
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