Roberto Simón Marina (born 28 August 1961) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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. Over 11 seasons, he amassed

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totals of 265 games and 45 goals, with Atlético Madrid and Mallorca.

Club career

Born in

Villanueva de la Serena Villanueva de la Serena is a city in the Province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. It has a population of 26,111 (2010) and forms part of a larger urban area with the neighbouring town of Don Benito. History Founded in the thirteenth century as ...

Province of Badajoz The province of Badajoz () is a province of western Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres in the north, Toledo, Ciudad Real in the east, Córdoba in the s ...

, Marina started his professional career with Atlético Madrid, being definitely promoted to the first team for the 1982–83 season and scoring five goals in 25 games as they finished in third position in

. With the ''Colchoneros'', he won the

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in 1985 and was subsequently a starter in the

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, lost 0–3 to FC Dynamo Kyiv.European Competitions 1985–86
at

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After amassing 315 official appearances with the

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side, with the honour of scoring their 3,000th league goal on 14 January 1990, Marina finished his 15-year career with spells with RCD Mallorca and

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 18, holding home games at ''Estadio Salto del Caballo'', w ...

(the latter in the

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), retiring at the age of nearly 34. He began a manager career soon after, starting with his last team then moving to

CD Ourense Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at ' ...

, always as an assistant; he subsequently returned to Atlético, being charged with the youth sides and the C-team in the fourth level. Marina returned to assistant manager duties under his mentor as a player at Atlético

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, which brought him to the staff in 2001. After two seasons he aided another coach,

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, at Atlético B, continuing to work with the latter in the following years.

International career

After regular performances for Atlético, Marina earned his first (and only)

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for

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: on 26 May 1985 he played six minutes in a friendly with the

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, in Cork.

Honours

Atlético Madrid *

: 1984–85; Runner-up 1986–87 * Supercopa de España:

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: Runner-up 1985–86 Mallorca *

: Runner-up

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marina, Roberto 1961 births Living people People from Villanueva de la Serena Footballers from the Province of Badajoz Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Atlético Madrid B players Atlético Madrid footballers RCD Mallorca players CD Toledo players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's under-23 international footballers Spain men's amateur international footballers Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Atlético Madrid B managers