Sergio Corino Explained

Sergio Corino
Fullname:Sergio Corino Ramón
Birth Date:10 October 1974
Birth Place:Bilbao, Spain
Height:1.82m
Position:Centre-back
Youthyears1:1991–1993
Youthclubs1:Athletic Bilbao
Years1:1993–1996
Caps1:77
Goals1:4
Years2:1996–1999
Caps2:15
Goals2:0
Years3:1996
Clubs3:Mérida (loan)
Caps3:16
Goals3:3
Years4:1997–1999
Clubs4:Salamanca (loan)
Caps4:67
Goals4:3
Years5:1999
Caps5:4
Goals5:0
Years6:1999–2001
Caps6:28
Goals6:0
Years7:2001–2004
Caps7:76
Goals7:6
Totalcaps:283
Totalgoals:16
Nationalyears1:1992
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1992
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalyears3:1994–1996
Nationalcaps3:4
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:1996
Nationalcaps4:3
Nationalgoals4:0

Sergio Corino Ramón (born 10 October 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Corino was a product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system at Lezama. He played nearly three seasons with the reserve side in the second division. 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 St James' Park in the UEFA Cup (3–3 aggregate win).

In the 1996 January transfer window, Corino was loaned to CP Mérida also in La Liga, appearing regularly with the Extremadurans 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 season 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,[1] being an undisputed starter and suffering relegation in his second year. Subsequently, he played a few months with RCD Espanyol after his release, then one and a half seasons with Athletic neighbours Real Sociedad.

Corino joined Rayo Vallecano in summer 2001, experiencing his best year in his first season with five goals in 28 games as the Madrid outskirts side finished comfortably in 11th position. In his final two campaigns, however, they were consecutively relegated into the third level, 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 Spanish squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, appearing in two group stage matches plus the 0–4 quarter-final loss against eventual finalists Argentina.[2]

Honours

Club

Espanyol

1999–2000

International

Spain U21

Runner-up 1996[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/HEM/1998/10/26/MD19981026-024.pdf Edu Alonso y Corino hacen méritos para volver a casa (Edu Alonso and Corino making all they can to return home)
  2. Web site: Sergio Corino. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/sergio-corino-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. Sports-Reference. 9 December 2010.
  3. http://www.orgullobianconero.vavel.com/2013/06/18/italia-ya-gano-un-europeo-a-espana-en-el-1996/ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996)