Roberto Marina Explained

Roberto Marina
Fullname:Roberto Simón Marina
Birth Date:28 August 1961
Birth Place:Villanueva de la Serena, Spain
Currentclub:Al Shahaniya (assistant)
Youthyears2:1976–1980
Youthclubs1:CD Las Islas
Years1:1980–1982
Years2:1980–1990
Years3:1990–1992
Years4:1992–1995
Caps1:55
Caps2:235
Caps3:30
Caps4:66
Totalcaps:386
Goals1:19
Goals2:43
Goals3:2
Goals4:9
Totalgoals:73
Nationalyears1:1981
Nationalyears2:1981
Nationalyears3:1982–1986
Nationalyears4:1986–1987
Nationalyears5:1984
Nationalyears6:1985
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalcaps3:12
Nationalcaps4:5
Nationalcaps5:1
Nationalcaps6:1
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalgoals3:1
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalgoals5:0
Nationalgoals6:0
Manageryears1:1996–1997
Manageryears2:1998
Manageryears3:?–?
Manageryears4:2001–2003
Manageryears5:2003–2006
Manageryears6:2006
Manageryears7:2006–2007
Manageryears8:2007–2008
Manageryears9:2008–2009
Manageryears10:2009
Manageryears11:2011
Manageryears12:2011
Manageryears13:2014
Manageryears14:2014
Manageryears15:2016–2017
Manageryears16:2017–
Managerclubs1:Toledo (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Ourense (assistant)
Managerclubs4:Atlético Madrid (assistant)
Managerclubs5:Atlético Madrid B (assistant)
Managerclubs6:Atlético Madrid (assistant)
Managerclubs7:Xerez (assistant)
Managerclubs8:Castellón (assistant)
Managerclubs9:Celta (assistant)
Managerclubs10:Albacete (assistant)
Managerclubs11:Salamanca (assistant)
Managerclubs12:Braşov (assistant)
Managerclubs13:Levski Sofia (assistant)
Managerclubs15:Legirus Inter (assistant)
Managerclubs16:Al Shahaniya (assistant)

Roberto Simón Marina (born 28 August 1961) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Over 11 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 265 games and 45 goals, with Atlético Madrid and Mallorca.

Club career

Born in Villanueva de la Serena, Province of Badajoz, Marina started his professional career with Atlético Madrid, being definitely promoted to the first team for the 1982–83 season[1] and scoring five goals in 25 games as they finished in third position in La Liga. With the Colchoneros, he won the Copa del Rey in 1985 and was a starter in the 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup final, lost 3–0 to FC Dynamo Kyiv.[2]

Having made 315 competitive appearances for the Madrid side, with the honour of scoring their 3,000th league goal on 14 January 1990,[1] Marina finished his 15-year career following spells with RCD Mallorca[3] and CD Toledo (the latter in the Segunda División), retiring at the age of 33.[4] He began a manager career shortly after, starting with his last team then moving to CD Ourense, always as an assistant; he subsequently returned to Atlético, being charged with the youth sides and the C team in the Tercera División.

Marina returned to assistant manager duties under his mentor as a player at Atlético Luis Aragonés, who brought him to the staff in 2001.[5] Two seasons later, he aided José Murcia at Atlético B, continuing to work with the latter in the following years.[6]

International career

After regular performances for Atlético, Marina earned his only cap for Spain: on 26 May 1985, he played six minutes in a friendly against the Republic of Ireland, in Cork.[7]

Honours

Atlético Madrid

1984–85; runner-up: 1986–87[1]

1985[1]

Mallorca

Notes and References

  1. News: La calidad al servicio del club. Skill at the service of the club. Mundo Deportivo. Miguel Ángel. Guijarro. Spanish. 16 December 2004. 13 September 2024.
  2. Web site: European Competitions 1985–86. RSSSF. James. M. Ross. 13 September 2024.
  3. News: Ezaki y Serra, las estrellas. Ezaki and Serra, the stars. Mundo Deportivo. Rafael. Ramos. Spanish. 9 August 1990. 19 May 2017.
  4. News: Qué fue de... Roberto Simón Marina: mito atlético y 'premetrosexual'. What happened to... Roberto Simón Marina: Atlético myth and 'premetrosexual'. 20 minutos. Edu. Casado. Spanish. 14 December 2018. 13 September 2024.
  5. News: Aragonés, el inventor de La Roja. Aragonés, the inventor of La Roja. El País. Spanish. 5 December 2013. 19 May 2017.
  6. News: Pepe Murcia y Marina se van a entrenar a Finlandia. Pepe Murcia and Marina go to Finland to coach. Mundo Deportivo. Javier. G. Gómara. Spanish. 24 June 2016. 19 May 2017.
  7. News: 0–0: Más que ensayo una "pachanga". 0–0: More than a rehearsal a pick-up game. Mundo Deportivo. Juan Antonio. Calvo. Spanish. 27 May 1985. 19 May 2017.
  8. News: El Mallorca, finalista elemplar. Mallorca, the perfect finalists. Mundo Deportivo. Carlos E.. Carbajosa. Spanish. 30 June 1991. 19 May 2017.