Mario Nicolas Almada (born May 20, 1975 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey forward from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1994, and competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He plays, as of 2005, club hockey in the Netherlands, at Laren, after a spell with Club de Campo from Madrid, Spain. In 2007, he also played for Orissa Steelers in India's Premier Hockey League Actually playing for Real club de Polo de Barcelona.
Mario Almada currently plays in the World Series Hockey for the Pune franchisee, Pune Strykers.