Fernando Tocornal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tocornal and the second or maternal family name is Linares.
Fernando Tocornal
Personal information
Full name Fernando Tocornal Linares
Date of birth (1961-06-26) 26 June 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Laredo, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back/Midfielder
Youth career
–1979 Sporting de Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1983 Sporting de Gijón Atlético 67 (9)
1981–1986 Sporting de Gijón 32 (1)
1983–1984 → Palencia (loan) 31 (2)
1985–1986 → Real Murcia (loan) 25 (5)
1987–1989 Real Oviedo 36 (3)
1989–1992 Real Burgos 77 (1)
1992–1996 Compostela 131 (4)
1996–1998 Badajoz 47 (1)
1998–1999 Lealtad 25 (1)
Total 471 (27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Tocornal Linares (born 26 June 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre back,[1] or occasionally a midfielder.

Career

Tocornal was born in Laredo in the autonomous community of Cantabria, but began his career in the youth teams of Asturian club Sporting de Gijón. He began to feature for the B team, Sporting de Gijón Atlético, during 1979–80, suffering relegation from Segunda División B in his first season. The following season, he was part of the team that won their Tercera División group and earned promotion at the first attempt. He made his La Liga debut for the first team in 1980–81,[2] which came on 29 November in a 2–1 away loss to Athletic Bilbao at San Mamés.[3] He played the first 64 minutes before being replaced by Pedro González.[4]

The following season, Tocornal returned to Atlético, where he added some more silverware as they won the Copa de la Liga Segunda División B. He spent 1983–84 on loan with Palencia, who were relegated from the Segunda División that year. He returned to play in the top flight again with Sporting the following year, making 23 appearances. He left the club on another season-long in the summer of 1985, joining Real Murcia, and helped them win the Segunda División title and earn promotion to the top flight.[2] He left Sporting for good in January 1987, joining Real Oviedo in the second tier.[1] In his first full season with Oviedo, they won promotion to La Liga, although Tocornal played only twice in the ensuing campaign.[2]

Tocornal joined Real Burgos in 1989, and in his first season he won the second Segunda División title of his career, and was promoted to the top flight for the third time. He played 50 matches for Burgos over the next two seasons in the top division, before signing from Compostela ahead of the 1992–93 Segunda División season. A fourth La Liga promotion followed in 1993–94, and he continued to be a regular starter during the next two seasons. He was a key part of the side that recorded Compostela's best ever league result, finishing 10th in 1995–96. Tocornal joined Badajoz in the summer of 1996, coming under the management of his former Gijón teammate Antonio Maceda. After two seasons with Badajoz, Tocornal saw out his career by spending the 1998–99 season at Lealtad, before retiring that summer as he reached his 38th birthday. Between his spells with Gijón, Oviedo, Burgos and Compostela, he amassed 146 La Liga appearances, scoring three goals.[2]

Honours

Sporting de Gijón Atlético

Real Murcia

Real Burgos

Career statistics

As of 11 March 2021[2]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sporting de Gijón Atlético 1979–80 Segunda División B 17 5 0 0 – 17 5
1980–81 Tercera División 4 0 – – 4 0
1981–82 Segunda División B 23 3 2 0 – 25 3
1982–83 23 1 – 8[1] 4 31 5
Total 67 9 2 0 8 4 77 13
Sporting de Gijón 1981–82 La Liga 9 0 0 0 – 9 0
1984–85 23 1 5 1 3[2] 1 31 3
1986–87 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Total 32 1 5 1 3 1 40 3
Palencia 1983–84 Segunda División 31 2 3 0 2[3] 0 36 2
Real Murcia 1985–86 25 5 0 0 0 0 25 5
Real Oviedo 1986–87 7 0 0 0 – 7 0
1987–88 27 3 3 1 1[4] 0 31 4
1988–89 La Liga 2 0 0 0 – 2 0
Total 36 3 3 1 1 0 40 4
Real Burgos 1989–90 Segunda División 27 0 0 0 – 27 0
1990–91 La Liga 20 0 3 0 – 23 0
1991–92 30 1 5 0 – 35 1
Total 77 1 8 0 0 0 85 1
Compostela 1992–93 Segunda División 36 1 5 1 – 41 2
1993–94 33 2 4 0 1[5] 0 38 2
1994–95 La Liga 31 1 3 0 – 34 1
1995–96 31 0 4 1 – 35 1
Total 131 4 16 2 1 0 148 6
Badajoz 1996–97 Segunda División 31 0 1 0 – 32 0
1997–98 16 1 4 0 – 20 1
Total 47 1 5 0 0 0 52 1
Lealtad 1998–99 Segunda División B 25 1 2 0 – 27 1
Career total 471 27 44 4 15 5 530 36
1.^ Appearances in the 1983 Copa de la Liga Segunda División B
2.^ Appearances in the 1985 Copa de la Liga
3.^ Appearances in the 1984 Copa de la Liga Segunda División
4.^ Appearance in the 1987–88 Segunda División promotion playoff
5.^ Appearance in the 1993–94 Segunda División promotion playoff

References

  1. ^ a b "Tocornal". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Tocornal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Matches Tocornal". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Athletic Club - Sporting de Gijón (2 - 1) 29/11/1981". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 March 2021.