Sergio Corino Ramón (born 10 October 1974) is a Spanish retired

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who played mainly as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Corino was a product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system at

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. He played nearly three seasons with the reserve side in the

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. On 18 October 1994, one week after his 20th birthday, he made his debut with the main squad, playing six minutes in a 2–3 loss against Newcastle United at

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in the

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( 3–3 aggregate win). In the 1996 January

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, Corino was loaned to

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also in

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, appearing regularly with the

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ns during the campaign and still managing to score three goals, but with his team being relegated. He then returned to the Basque Country for his first and only full

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with the club, featuring sparingly (15 games, 18 overall) as it qualified for European competition after finishing sixth. Still owned by Athletic, Corino signed for another team in the first division,

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and blac ...

, being an undisputed starter and suffering relegation in his second year. Subsequently, he played a few months with

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after his release, then one and a half seasons with Athletic neighbours Real Sociedad. Corino joined

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Li ...

in summer 2001, experiencing his best year in his first season with five goals in 28 games as the

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outskirts side finished comfortably in 11th position. In his final two campaigns, however, they were consecutively relegated into the

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, and the player retired from the game before completing his 30th birthday, having appeared in 283 matches as a professional over the course of 11 seasons.

International career

Corino was part of the

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squad at the

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, appearing in two group stage matches plus the 0–4 quarter-final loss against eventual finalists

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Honours

Club

;Espanyol *

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: 1999–2000

International

;Spain U21 *

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: Runner-up 1996Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996)
; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corino, Sergio 1974 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Bilbao Association football defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Bilbao Athletic footballers Athletic Bilbao footballers CP Mérida footballers UD Salamanca players RCD Espanyol footballers Real Sociedad footballers Rayo Vallecano players Spain youth international footballers Spain under-21 international footballers Spain under-23 international footballers Olympic footballers of Spain Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics