Marcelino García Toral

Marcelino

Marcelino whilst with Racing
Personal information
Full name	Marcelino García Toral
Date of birth	(1965-08-14) 14 August 1965
Place of birth	Villaviciosa, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Villarreal (coach)
Youth career
	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1989	Sporting Gijón	74	(2)
1989–1990	Racing Santander	32	(4)
1990–1992	Levante	48	(1)
1992–1994	Elche	49	(1)
Total		203	(8)
International career
1983–1984	Spain U18	6	(0)
1985	Spain U19	1	(0)
1985	Spain U20	6	(1)
1985–1987	Spain U21	7	(0)
Managerial career
1997–1998	Lealtad
1998–2003	Sporting B
2003–2005	Sporting Gijón
2005–2007	Recreativo
2007–2008	Racing Santander
2008–2009	Zaragoza
2011	Racing Santander
2011–2012	Sevilla
2013–	Villarreal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Toral.

Marcelino García Toral (born 14 August 1965), known simply as Marcelino in his playing days, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current manager of Villarreal CF.

Playing career

Born in Villaviciosa, Asturias, Marcelino was irregularly used in his first four professional seasons, at Sporting de Gijón. He did appear in a career-best 33 matches in the 1986–87 campaign, as the club finished fourth in La Liga; his top flight debut was on 22 December 1985, in a 1–1 away draw against Celta de Vigo.

Marcelino retired in 1994 at only 28, due to injury: after two Segunda División spells, with Racing de Santander and Levante UD, both ended in relegation, he moved to the lower leagues with Elche CF.

Manager career

García Toral started coaching at 33 with lowly CD Lealtad, also in Asturias. For four of the next five years he worked in Segunda División B, with Sporting's reserves.

From 2003 to 2005 Toral was in charge of the first team, finishing fifth and tenth in the second level, then signed with fellow league team Recreativo de Huelva, which he led to promotion in his first season and a comfortable mid-table position in the top flight in the following, which made him the recipient of his first Miguel Muñoz Trophy.

García Toral resigned at the end of the season and took over at former club Santander, leading the Cantabrians to a best-ever sixth-place finish, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup. However, on 29 May 2008, he again moved teams, returning to division two and joining Real Zaragoza with the objective of a promotion, which was finally achieved; in the process of signing, he had rejected Valencia CF, and became the country's best paid manager at €2.4 million per year following the departure of Real Madrid's Bernd Schuster.

On 13 December 2009, following a string of poor results (the last a 1–2 home defeat to Athletic Bilbao), Toral was fired by Zaragoza, with the Aragonese nonetheless still above the relegation zone. In early February 2011 he returned to Racing Santander, replacing fired Miguel Ángel Portugal.

García Toral was appointed at Sevilla FC for 2011–12. On 6 February 2012, following seven games without a win – the last being a 1–2 home loss against Villarreal CF – and with the Andalusia club ranking 11th, he was relieved of his duties.

Honours

Player

Spain U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: Runner-up 1985

Manager

Recreativo

• Segunda División: 2005–06

Individual

• Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2006–07
• Miguel Muñoz Trophy (Segunda División): 2008–09
• La Liga Manager of the Month: September 2013, September 2015

External links

• Marcelino García Toral profile at BDFutbol
• Marcelino García Toral manager profile at BDFutbol
• Marcelino García Toral – FIFA competition record