Marcelino Elena

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Marcelino
Personal information
Full name Marcelino Elena Sierra
Date of birth (1971-09-26) 26 September 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1994 Sporting Gijón B 115 (5)
1994–1995 Sporting Gijón 14 (0)
1996–1999 Mallorca 122 (13)
1999–2003 Newcastle United 17 (0)
2003–2004 Poli Ejido 46 (0)
Total314(18)
International career
1998–1999 Spain 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelino Elena Sierra (born 26 September 1971), known simply as Marcelino, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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Club career

Sporting and Mallorca

Marcelino was born in Gijón, Asturias, and began his career at local club Sporting Gijón, where he appeared sporadically with the first team over three seasons before earning a move to Mallorca in January 1996. There, he was instrumental in a promotion to La Liga, forming a formidable partnership with Iván Campo in 1997–98 as they finished fifth. [1]

In the following season the Balearic Islands side finished third in the league and lost the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final to Lazio, with Marcelino featuring the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 defeat. [2]

Newcastle United

In 1999, Marcelino transferred to Newcastle United for £5.8 million after impressing with Mallorca in Spain and Europe. A lot was expected of him at his new team, but he appeared only 20 times (all competitions) for the club in the first year and a half, being placed with the reserve team for the rest of his spell and finally reaching an agreement to leave in January 2003, having not featured for the main squad since 11 February 2001, against Charlton Athletic. [3]

Marcelino also suffered several different injuries during his time with the Magpies, which stuttered his career there. [4] Scans on the affected areas were occasionally declared to be inconclusive, [5] the most serious of his injuries being a snapped finger tendon which prevented him from playing for two months. [6]

Later years

After one and a half seasons in Segunda División with Poli Ejido, [7] Marcelino retired. He subsequently spent two years as Everton's Spanish scout, and also worked as a football commentator for RTVE's Premier League matches. [8]

Marcelino later worked as a football agent. [9] [10]

International career

Marcelino earned five caps for Spain over a seven-month period, the first coming against Italy in Salerno on 18 November 1998. [11] He would play his last international in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier rout of San Marino (9–0 home win, 90 minutes played).

Honours

Mallorca

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References

  1. ↑ Pérez de Guereñu, Aitor (21 February 2017). "Iván Campo, aquel central melenudo que jugó en el Alavés" [Iván Campo, that hairy stopper who played in Alavés] (in Spanish). Vavel . Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 Segurola, Santiago (20 May 1999). "El Mallorca pierde con orgullo" [Mallorca lose proudly]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Clinical Charlton too hot for Newcastle". BBC Sport. 11 February 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Never again..." BBC Sport. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  5. ↑ McCarra, Kevin (23 August 2005). "Buyers beware – costly flops are everywhere". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Marcelino frustrates Newcastle". The Independent . 8 November 2000. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  7. ↑ Miedes, José María; Rodríguez, Salva (30 January 2003). "Marcelino, de la Premier a Segunda" [Marcelino, from Premier to Segunda]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Casado, Edu (22 October 2013). "Qué fue de… Marcelino Elena: los difíciles inicios del 'boom' español en la Premier" [What happened to… Marcelino Elena: the tough beginnings of the Premier's Spanish boom]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Muñoz, Paco (26 November 2014). "Marcelino: "Marco Asensio debe tener minutos para crecer"" [Marcelino: "Marco Asensio must have minutes to grow"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  10. ↑ "Nico Rodríguez se reúne con Marcelino Elena" [Nico Rodríguez meets Marcelino Elena]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 6 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Gascón, Javier (19 November 1998). "Notable alto" [B Plus]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
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