Marcelo Espina

Marcelo Espina

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Fabian Espina
Date of birth	April 28, 1967 (1967-04-28) (age 44)
Place of birth	Capital Federal, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1989	Platense	109	(25)
1990–1991	Irapuato	33	(5)
1991–1992	Atlante F.C.	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)
National team
1994–1996	Argentina	15	(1)
Teams managed
2005	Colo-Colo
2006	Everton
2007–2008	Unión Española
2010-	Platense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Fabian Espina (born April 28, 1967 in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In 2010 he became manager of Argentine club Club Atlético Platense.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Titles 2 International career 3 Managerial career 4 References 5 External links

Club career

Espina bagan his career at Platense in the Primera Division Argentina in 1986. In 1989 he moved to Mexico where he played for Irapuato and then Atlante F.C.. In 1992 he returned to Argentina to play for Lanús, but after only one season he returned to Platense.

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 Racing Santander of La Liga in Spain. After 2 seasons with Racing, Espina returned to Colo-Colo where he retired in 2004.

Titles

• Platense
  • Primera Division Argentina: Topscorer 1994 Clausura
• Colo-Colo
  • Primera División de Chile: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
  • Copa Chile: 1996

International career

Espina represented the Argentina national football team on 15 occasions between 1994 and 1996 scoring 1 goal.^[1]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player he had spells as manager of Colo-Colo and Everton in Chile. In 2010 he joined Platense of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.

References

External links

• Argentine Primera Statistics at FutbolXXI.com (Spanish)
• Marcelo Espina stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• La Liga Statistics at LFP.es (Spanish)

Argentina squad – 1995 King Fahd Cup Runners-up 1 Bossio 2 Ayala (c) 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Fabbri 7 Ortega 8 Escudero 9 Batistuta 10 Espina 11 Rambert 12 Burgos 13 Rotchen 14 Arruabarrena 15 Vivas 16 Jiménez 17 Gallardo 18 López 19 Crespo 20 Bassedas Coach: Passarella

Argentina squad – 1995 Copa América 1 Cristante 2 Ayala 3 Chamot 4 Zanetti 5 Pérez 6 Cáceres 7 Balbo 8 Simeone (c) 9 Batistuta 10 Gallardo 11 Berti 12 Bossio 13 Altamirano 14 Schürrer 15 Fabbri 16 Astrada 17 Escudero 18 Espina 19 Ortega 20 Acosta 21 Borrelli 22 Burgos Coach: Passarella

Primera División top scorers 1931: Zozaya 1932: Ferreyra 1933: Varallo 1934: Barrera 1935: Cosso 1936: Barrera 1937: Erico 1938: Erico 1939: Erico 1940: Benítez Cáceres / Lángara 1941: Canteli 1942: Martino 1943: Arrieta / Labruna / Frutos 1944: Mellone 1945: Labruna 1946: Boyé 1947: Di Stéfano 1948: Santos 1949: Simes / Pizzuti 1950: Papa 1951: Vernazza 1952: Ricagni 1953: Pizzuti / Benavídez 1954: Berni / Conde / Borello 1955: Massei 1956: Castro / Grillo 1957: Zárate 1958: Sanfilippo 1959: Sanfilippo 1960: Sanfilippo 1961: Sanfilippo 1962: Artime 1963: Artime 1964: Veira 1965: Carone 1966: Artime Met 1967: Acosta Nac 1967: Artime Met 1968: Obberti Nac 1968: Wehbe Met 1969: Machado Nac 1969: Fischer / Bulla Met 1970: Más Nac 1970: Bianchi Met 1971: Bianchi Nac 1971: Obberti / Luniz Met 1972: Brindisi Nac 1972: Morete Met 1973: Más / Curioni / Peña Nac 1973: Gómez Voglino Met 1974: Morete Nac 1974: Kempes Met 1975: Scotta Nac 1975: Scotta Met 1976: Kempes Nac 1976: Eresuma / Ludueña / Marchetti Met 1977: Álvarez Nac 1977: Letanú Met 1978: Maradona / Andreucci Nac 1978: Reinaldi Met 1979: Maradona / Fortunato Nac 1979: Maradona Met 1980: Maradona Nac 1980: Maradona Met 1981: Chaparro Nac 1981: Bianchi Nac 1982: Juárez Met 1982: Morete Nac 1983: Husillos Met 1983: Ramos Nac 1984: Pasculli Met 1984: Francescoli Nac 1985: Comas 1985–86: Francescoli 1986–87: Palma 1987–88: Rodríguez 1988–89: Dertycia / Gorosito 1989–90: Cozzoni 1990–91: González Ap 1991: Díaz Cl 1992: Scotto / Latorre Ap 1992: Acosta Cl 1993: da Silva Ap 1993: Martínez Cl 1994: Espina / Crespo Ap 1994: Francescoli Cl 1995: Flores Ap 1995: Calderón Cl 1996: López Ap 1996: Reggi Cl 1997: Martínez Ap 1997: da Silva Cl 1998: Sosa Ap 1998: Palermo Cl 1999: Calderón Ap 1999: Saviola Cl 2000: Fuertes Ap 2000: Ángel Cl 2001: Romeo Ap 2001: Cardetti Cl 2002: Cavenaghi Ap 2002: Silvera Cl 2003: Figueroa Ap 2003: Farías Cl 2004: Zárate Ap 2004: López Cl 2005: Pavone Ap 2005: Cámpora Cl 2006: Vargas Ap 2006: Zárate / Palacio Cl 2007: Palermo Ap 2007: Denis Cl 2008: Cvitanich Ap 2008: Sand Cl 2009: Sand Ap 2009: Silva Cl 2010: Boselli Ap 2010: Stracqualursi / Silva Cl 2011: Cámpora / Gutiérrez

Colo-Colo – managers Rosetti (1925) Orth (1930–31) Torres (1937) Garay (1938) Lombardo (1939) Platko (1939–43) Torres (1944) Tirado (1944–45) Sorrel (1947–48) Tirado (1951) Boffi (1952) Platko (1953) Fernández (1955–56) Costa (1959–60) Carrasco (1960) Moreno (1962) Tassara (1963) Peña (1964) Tassara (1965) Rodríguez (1966) A.Prieto (1966–67) Morales (1967) A.Prieto (1968) Molina (1969) F.Ormazábal (1969–70) E.Hormazabal (1970–71) Álamos (1972–73) Aravena (1974) Álamos (1976) Aravena (1976) Puskás (1977) Navarro (1977–78) Fouilloux (1978) Morales (1979–80) García (1981–85) Salah (1986–90) Jozić (1990–93) Cantatore (1994) Inostroza (1994) I.Prieto (1994) Benítez (1995–98) Nelsinho (1999) Durán (1999) Morena (1999–2000) Hernández (2001) Pizarro (2002–03) Dabrowski (2004) Espina (2005) Dabrowski (2005) Borghi (2006–08) Astengo (2008) Barticciotto (2008–09) Jara (2009) Tocalli (2009–10) Cagna (2010–11) Gallego (2011–)

Unión Española – managers Lángara (1950–51) Santibañez (1973–77) García (1978) Pinto (1987) Santibañez (1988) Rodríguez (1989–91) Acosta (1992) Yávar (1992) García (1992) Acosta (1993–96) Comesaña (1996) Spedaletti (1996) Páez (1996) Delgado and Paredes (1997) Yávar (1998) Olmos (1999–2001) Véliz (2001–02) Hernández (2002–2003) F.Carvallo (2003–2004) Díaz (2005) F.Carvallo (2006) Pinto (2007) Espina (2007–2008) Garcés (2008) L.H.Carvallo (2007–08) Israel (2009–)

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Name	Espina, Marcelo
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Date of birth	April 28, 1967
Place of birth	Capital Federal, Argentina
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