Marcelino Bernal
Marcelino Bernal| Personal information |
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| Full name |
Marcelino Bernal Pérez |
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| Date of birth |
(1962-05-07) May 7, 1962 |
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| Place of birth |
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico |
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| Height |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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| Playing position |
Midfielder |
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| Youth career |
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| 1979–1983 |
Cruz Azul |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps† |
(Gls)† |
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| 1983–1987 |
Cruz Azul |
79 |
(6) |
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| 1987–1991 |
Puebla |
148 |
(24) |
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| 1991–1997 |
Toluca |
150 |
(33) |
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| 1997–1998 |
Monterrey |
42 |
(12) |
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| 1999–2000 |
Pachuca |
52 |
(7) |
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| 2001 |
UNAM |
25 |
(1) |
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| Total |
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496 |
(84) |
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| National team |
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| 1988–1998 |
Mexico |
64 |
(5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (goals)
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Marcelino Bernal Pérez (born May 27, 1962 in Tepic) is a retired Mexican football midfielder.
A talented all-around midfielder, 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.
He 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 Krassimir 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 Mikhailov saved Bernal's attempt.
Titles
International goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
| 1. | March 8, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico |  CIS | 4–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 2. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | December 6, 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11–0 | Win | 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5. | June 28, 1994 | Washington, D.C., United States |  Italy | 1–1 | Draw | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
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