Marcelino Elena
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelino Elena Sierra | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Sporting B | 115 | (5) |
| 1994–1995 | Sporting Gijón | 14 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Mallorca | 122 | (13) |
| 1999–2003 | Newcastle | 17 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Poli Ejido | 46 | (0) |
| Total | 314 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–1999 | Spain | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcelino Elena Sierra (born 26 September 1971), known simply as Marcelino, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Marcelino was born in Gijón, Asturias, and began his career at local Sporting de Gijón, where he appeared sporadically with the first team in three seasons before earning a move to RCD Mallorca in January 1996. There, he was instrumental in a promotion to La Liga, forming a formidable partnership with Iván Campo in 1997–98 as the team ranked in fifth position.
In the following season the Balearic Islands club finished third in the league and lost the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final to S.S. Lazio, with the player appearing in the full 90 minutes in the 1–2 defeat.
In 1999 Marcelino transferred to Newcastle United 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.
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