Marcelino Bernal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelino Bernal Pérez | ||
| Date of birth | May 7, 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1983 | Cruz Azul | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1987 | Cruz Azul | 79 | (6) |
| 1987–1991 | Puebla | 148 | (24) |
| 1991–1997 | Toluca | 150 | (33) |
| 1997–1998 | Monterrey | 42 | (12) |
| 1999–2000 | Pachuca | 52 | (7) |
| 2001 | UNAM | 25 | (1) |
| Total | 496 | (84) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1998 | Mexico | 64 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcelino Bernal Pérez (born May 27, 1962 in Tepic) is a retired Mexican football midfielder.
A talented all-around midfielder, able to win possession effectively as well as score goals, Bernal spent most of his club career with Puebla and Toluca. He won two championships: Puebla in 1990 and Pachuca in 1999. He ended his top-flight career with UNAM in 2001.
He got 65 caps and 5 goals for the Mexico national team between 1988 and 1998, and he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998. Bernal's career developed at a relatively late stage, and he earned 58 of his 65 caps at the age of 30 or older. At the 1994 World Cup he scored a goal in the game against Italy, but he was best known for the Mexico-Bulgaria second-round game in which he cleared a shot from Krassimir Balakov, but in doing so, he fell on the net and snapped the post, causing the goal to cave in. An eight-minute delay was needed to install a new net and play resumed. Mexico would eventually lose in a penalty shootout, in which Bulgaria goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov saved Bernal's attempt.
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