Roberto Marina

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simón and the second or maternal family name is Marina.
Roberto Marina
Personal information
Full name Roberto Simón Marina
Date of birth (1961-08-28) 28 August 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Villanueva de la Serena, Spain
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Shahaniya (assistant)
Youth career
CD Las Islas
1976–1980 Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1982 Atlético Madrileño 55 (19)
1980–1990 Atlético Madrid 235 (43)
1990–1992 Mallorca 30 (2)
1992–1995 Toledo 66 (9)
Total 386 (73)
International career
1981 Spain U19 5 (1)
1981 Spain U20 2 (0)
1982–1986 Spain U21 12 (1)
1986–1987 Spain U23 5 (0)
1984 Spain amateur 1 (0)
1985 Spain 1 (0)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Toledo (assistant)
1998 Ourense (assistant)
?–? Atlético Madrid C
2001–2003 Atlético Madrid (assistant)
2003–2006 Atlético Madrid B (assistant)
2006 Atlético Madrid (assistant)
2006–2007 Xerez (assistant)
2007–2008 Castellón (assistant)
2008–2009 Celta (assistant)
2009 Albacete (assistant)
2011 Salamanca (assistant)
2011 Braşov (assistant)
2014 Levski Sofia (assistant)
2014 Atlético Madrid B
2016–2017 Legirus Inter (assistant)
2017– Al Shahaniya (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Mallorca

References

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