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Rivera in 2009, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Mariano Gonzalez Rivera
Place of Birth: Panama City, Panama
Date of Birth: November 29, 1969
Ethnicity: Panamanian
Mariano Rivera is a Panamanian-American professional baseball player. A relief pitcher, he played his nineteen-season professional career for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is nicknamed “Mo” and “Sandman.”
Mariano is the son of Delia Jiron and Mariano Rivera Palacios. Mariano is married to Clara, with whom he has three children. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Mariano was raised Catholic, and has converted to a Pentecostal faith.