mayola began with banfield, prior to going to san martín of primera b nacional in 2006. after no appearances in two years, mayola left in 2008 to join armenian premier league side gandzasar kapan. a year later, the defender returned to argentina after agreeing a move back to san martín. again, mayola didn't feature for the club's first-team. argentino of primera c metropolitana signed mayola ahead of the 2010–11 campaign. five goals in forty-two fixtures followed across the season. mayola joined primera b metropolitana's flandria in 2011. his first pro goal came on 30 april 2012 during a win versus villa san carlos.