Marcelo Espina
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Fabián Espina Barrano | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1967 | ||
| Place of birth |
Capital federal, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Platense | 109 | (25) |
| 1990–1991 |
Irapuato | 33 | (5) |
| 1991–1992 | Atlante | 35 | (5) |
| 1992–1993 | Lanús | 16 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Correcaminos | 23 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Platense | 55 | (20) |
| 1995–1998 | Colo-Colo | 84 | (22) |
| 1999–2001 |
Racing Santander | 71 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | Colo-Colo | 75 | (18) |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Argentina | 15 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 2006 | Everton | ||
| 2007–2008 | Unión Española | ||
| 2010 | Platense | ||
| 2011 | Acassuso | ||
| 2012 | Platense | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marcelo Fabián Espina Barrano (born April 28, 1967 in
Club career
Espina began his career at
In 1995, he joined Colo-Colo in Chile, in his first spell at the club he was part of 3 title winning teams. In 1999, he left Colo-Colo to play for
. After 2 seasons with Racing, Espina returned to Colo-Colo where he retired in 2004.International career
Espina represented the Argentina national football team on 15 occasions between 1994 and 1996 scoring 1 goal.[1] He also captained national team in 1995. He is best remembered for being the first player after Diego Maradona's retirement from the National Team to wear the #10 shirt, during the tenure of coach Daniel Passarella, although ostensibly with less skill or success.
Managerial career
After retiring as a player he had spells as manager of
of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.Personal life
Espina naturalized Chilean by residence.[2]
His son, Santiago,[3] was born in Chile and played football at professional level for Platense, San Lorenzo and Deportes Copiapó.[4]
He has worked as a football commentator and analyst for ESPN Chile.[5]
Honours
Club
- Platense
- 1994 Clausura
- Colo-Colo
- 1998, 2002–C
- Copa Chile (1): 1996
References
- ^ rsssf: Argentina international footballers
- ^ "Marcelo Fabián Espina Barrano". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Santiago Espina :: Santiago Espina ::". www.ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "El hijo chileno de Marcelo Espina que llegó a la Primera B y sueña con hacer dupla con Lionel Messi en la "Albiceleste" | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Marín Roldán, Pedro (11 June 2018). "Vuelve un ídolo a Colo Colo: Marcelo Espina es el nuevo director deportivo de Blanco y Negro". Publimetro Chile (in Spanish). Publimetro. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
External links
- Argentine Primera Statistics at FutbolXXI.com (in Spanish)
- Marcelo Espina – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- La Liga Statistics at LFP.es at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-11-18) (in Spanish)
- Marcelo Espina at HistoriadeColoColo (in Spanish)
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