Marcelino Elena Sierra (born 26 September 1971), known simply as Marcelino, is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
central defender.
Club career
Sporting and Mallorca
Marcelino was born in
Gijón,
Asturias, and began his career at local club
Sporting de Gijón, where he appeared sporadically with the first team over three seasons before earning a move to
RCD Mallorca
Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...
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.
In
the following season the
Balearic Islands
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side finished third in the league and
lost
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the
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final to
S.S. Lazio
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, with Marcelino featuring the full 90 minutes in the 2–1 defeat.
Newcastle United
In 1999, Marcelino transferred to
Newcastle United
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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.
Marcelino also suffered several different injuries during his time with the Magpies, which stuttered his career there. Scans on the affected areas were occasionally declared to be inconclusive, the most serious of his injuries being a snapped finger tendon which prevented him from playing for two months.
Later years
After one and a half seasons in
Segunda División
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with
Polideportivo Ejido
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, Marcelino retired. He subsequently spent two years as
Everton's Spanish
scout
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, and also worked as a football commentator for
RTVE's
Premier League matches.
Marcelino later worked as a
football agent.
International career
Marcelino earned five
caps for
Spain over a seven-month period, the first coming against
Italy in
Salerno
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on 18 November 1998.
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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Supercopa de España
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:
1998
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Copa del Rey runner-up:
1997–98
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up:
1998–99[
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References
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1971 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Gijón
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Sporting de Gijón B players
Sporting de Gijón players
RCD Mallorca players
Polideportivo Ejido footballers
Premier League players
Newcastle United F.C. players
Spain international footballers
Spanish expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in England
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England