Marcelino Bernal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelino Bernal Pérez | ||
Date of birth | May 7, 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1979–1983 | Cruz Azul | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1987 | Cruz Azul | 79 | (6) |
1987–1991 | Puebla | 148 | (24) |
1991–1997 | Toluca | 150 | (33) |
1997–1998 | Monterrey | 42 | (12) |
1999–2000 | Pachuca | 52 | (7) |
2001 | UNAM | 25 | (1) |
Total | 496 | (84) | |
National team | |||
1988–1998 | Mexico | 64 | (5) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Marcelino Bernal Pérez (born May 27, 1962 in Tepic) is a retired Mexican football midfielder.
A talented all-around midfielder, able to win possession effectively as well as score goals, Bernal spent most of his club career with Puebla and Toluca. He won two championships: Puebla in 1990 and Pachuca in 1999. He ended his top-flight career with UNAM in 2001.
He got 65 caps and 5 goals for the Mexico national team between 1988 and 1998,[1] and he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998. Bernal's career developed at a relatively late stage, and he earned 58 of his 65 caps at the age of 30 or older. At the 1994 World Cup he scored a goal in the game against Italy, but he was best known for the Mexico-Bulgaria second-round game in which he cleared a shot from Krassimir Balakov, but in doing so, he fell on the net and snapped the post, causing the goal to cave in. An eight-minute delay was needed to install a new net and play resumed. Mexico would eventually lose in a penalty shootout, in which Bulgaria goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov saved Bernal's attempt.
Titles
Season | Team | Title |
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1989–90 | Puebla | Mexican Primera |
1999 | Pachuca | Mexican Primera |
International goals
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1. | March 8, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | CIS | 4–0 | Win | Friendly | |
2. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
3. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
4. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
5. | June 28, 1994 | Washington, D.C., United States | Italy | 1–1 | Draw | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
External links
- Marcelino Bernal at National-Football-Teams.com