Marcial Manuel Pina Morales (born 23 August 1946), sometimes known simply as Marcial, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. Over the course of 16 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 379 games and 79 goals in representation of four teams, mainly

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, with which he won three major titles.

Club career

Born in Bárzana de Quirós,

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, Marcial made his professional debuts with

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at the age of 18, finishing his first season in

– he only competed in that level during his career – with 24 games and three goals. In the summer of 1966 he joined

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after rejecting offers from

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and

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.Marcial Pina – Un gran exponente de la cantera franjiverde (Marcial Pina – Cornerstone of the ''franjiverde'' youth system)
; at Elche CF (in Spanish) In his first season with the ''Pericos'', Marcial scored 11 goals in 29 contests to help the club to a best-ever third place in the league, but suffered team relegation in his third year, which did not prevent, however, his signing for neighbouring Barcelona,MARCIAL Pina
Hall of Fame Perico, 20 April 2009 (in Spanish) where he went on to appear in 357 official matches during his eight-year spell, netting 84 goals; in 1973–74, as the

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won the national championship, he was the competition's second-best scorer at 17, only trailing

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. In 1977, Marcial left the ''Blaugrana'' after having been suspended by the club during the previous campaign due to a breach of regulations alongside teammate

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, who remained at the

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, however. He then joined

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for a further three top flight seasons, retiring at the end of 1979–80 (aged nearly 34) after only appearing in nine games for the

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side. Marcial held the curious record of being the only player to have scored against Real Madrid with four different teams. In 1986, he returned to first club Elche to work in directorial capacities, then had two coaching spells with the latter in the following decades, including ten games in the

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in the 2000–01 season, with the

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retaining their status in dramatic fashion in the last round with a 2–2 home draw against

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, which would drop down a level instead.

International career

Marcial played 15 times with the Spain national team. His debut was on 23 October 1966 against the

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, a 0–0 away draw for the

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qualifiers.

Honours

;Barcelona *

: 1973–74 *

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: 1970-71 *

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