Marcelino Bernal

Marcelino Bernal
Personal information
Full name	Marcelino Bernal Pérez
Date of birth	27 May 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1983	Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1987	Cruz Azul
1987–1991	Puebla
1991–1997	Toluca
1997–1998	Monterrey
1999–2000	Pachuca
2001	UNAM
Total
International career
1988–1998	Mexico
Managerial career
2006	Santos Laguna (assistant)
2010	Guerreros de Hermosillo
2011	Tampico Madero
2011–2013	Coras reserves
2014	Coras reserves
2015–2016	Indios UACJ
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelino Bernal Pérez (born 27 May 1962) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

A talented all-around midfielder who was able to win possession effectively as well as score goals, Bernal spent most of his club career with Puebla and Toluca. He won two championships: Puebla in 1990 and Pachuca in 1999. He ended his top-flight career with UNAM in 2001.

International career

Bernal got 65 caps and 5 goals for the Mexico national team between 1988 and 1998,^[1] and he participated at the World Cups in 1994 and 1998. Bernal's career developed at a relatively late stage, and he earned 58 of his 65 caps at the age of 30 or older. At the 1994 World Cup he scored a goal in the game against Italy, but he was best known for the Mexico-Bulgaria second-round game in which he cleared a shot from Krasimir Balakov, but in doing so, he fell on the net and snapped the post, causing the goal to cave in. An eight-minute delay was needed to install a new net and play resumed. Mexico would eventually lose in a penalty shootout, in which Bulgaria goalkeeper Borislav Mihaylov saved Bernal's attempt.

Managerial career

Bernal managed the Guerreros de Hermosillo in 2010.^[2]^[3]

Honours

Puebla

Pachuca

Mexican Primera División: 1999

Career statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 March 1992	Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico	CIS	4–0	4–0	Friendly
2	6 December 1992	Estadio Azulgrana, Mexico City, Mexico	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4–0	11–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
3				7–0
4				8–0
5	28 June 1994	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	Italy	1–1	1–1	1994 FIFA World Cup