Marcial Pina

Marcial

Personal information
Full name	Marcial Manuel Pina Morales
Date of birth	23 August 1946 (1946-08-23) (age 65)
Place of birth	Bárzana de Quirós, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1964–1966	Elche	48	(5)
1966–1969	Espanyol	59	(15)
1969–1977	Barcelona	210	(47)
1977–1980	Atlético Madrid	63	(12)
National team
1967–1970	Spain U23	4	(0)
1966–1975	Spain	15	(0)
Teams managed
2001	Elche
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcial Pina (born 23 August 1946) is a Spanish former footballer, born in the Province of Asturias. He played as a midfielder and had his first team debut at Elche, although he is most famous for his achievements with Barcelona.

Career

Pina had his Primera Liga debut at Elche CF at the age of 18. In 1966 he joined RCD Espanyol after rejecting offers from Internazionale, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. That same year he debuted with the Spanish national team.^[1]

In 1969, following Espanyols relegation to Second Division, he joined their local rivals FC Barcelona where he played 357 official games in 8 seasons and scored 84 goals in all competitions.^[2] In the 1973–74 season he was the second top scorer the league with 17 goals, surpassed by Quini, with 20. In 1977 he left the Catalan club along with Carles Rexach. He joined Atlético Madrid, where he retired in 1980.

He has the curious record of being the only player to have scored against Real Madrid with four different teams.^[3]

National team

He played with the Spain national football team in 15 games. His international debut was on 23 October 1966 against Ireland, which ended in a scoreless draw.

Honours

FC Barcelona

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1971
• Spanish League: 1973–74
• Spanish Cup: 1970–71

References

1. ^ "Fútbol en la Red". Futbol.sportec.es. 1966-10-23. http://futbol.sportec.es/seleccion/ficha_jugador.asp?j=402&n=marcial. Retrieved 2010-03-11. 
2. ^ "Marcial Pina". Fcbarcelonaonline.com. http://www.fcbarcelonaonline.com/marcial.html. Retrieved 2010-03-11. 
3. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}

External links

• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Marcial Pina at National-Football-Teams.com
• FC Barcelona archives (Spanish)
• FC Barcelona profile
• Marcial Pina – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Pina, Marcial
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Date of birth	1946-08-23
Place of birth	Bárzana, Spain
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