Marcelino García Toral
Marcelino whilst with Racing
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcelino García Toral | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Villaviciosa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Barcelona | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1989 | Sporting Gijón | 74 | (2) |
| 1989–1990 | Racing Santander | 32 | (4) |
| 1990–1992 | Levante | 48 | (1) |
| 1992–1994 | Elche | 49 | (1) |
| Total | 203 | (8) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1984 | Spain U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1985 | Spain U20 | 6 | (1) |
| 1985–1987 | Spain U21 | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Lealtad | ||
| 1998–2003 | Sporting B | ||
| 2003–2005 | Sporting Gijón | ||
| 2005–2007 | Recreativo | ||
| 2007–2008 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2008–2009 | Zaragoza | ||
| 2011 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sevilla | ||
| 2013–2016 | Villarreal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marcelino García Toral (born 14 August 1965), known simply as Marcelino in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current manager.
Born in Villaviciosa, Asturias, Marcelino was irregularly used in his first four professional seasons, at Sporting de Gijón. He did appear in a career-best 33 matches in the 1986–87 campaign, as the club finished fourth in La Liga; his top flight debut was on 22 December 1985, in a 1–1 away draw against Celta de Vigo.
Marcelino retired in 1994 at only 28, due to injury: after two Segunda División spells, with Racing de Santander and Levante UD, both ended in relegation, he moved to the lower leagues with Elche CF.
García Toral started coaching at 33 with lowly CD Lealtad, also in Asturias. For four of the next five years he worked in Segunda División B, with Sporting's reserves.
From 2003 to 2005 Toral was in charge of the first team, finishing fifth and tenth in the second level, then signed with fellow league team Recreativo de Huelva, which he led to promotion in his first season and a comfortable mid-table position in the top flight in the following, which made him the recipient of his first Miguel Muñoz Trophy.
García Toral resigned at the end of the season and took over at former club Santander, leading the Cantabrians to a best-ever sixth-place finish, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup. However, on 29 May 2008, he again moved teams, returning to division two and joining Real Zaragoza with the objective of a promotion, which was finally achieved; in the process of signing, he had rejected Valencia CF, and became the country's best paid manager at €2.4 million per year following the departure of Real Madrid's Bernd Schuster.
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