Marcelino Bernal

Marcelino Bernal Pérez ( born May 27, 1962 in Tepic, Nayarit ) is a former Mexican football player who acted in midfield and since the end of his active career has been working as a football coach.

Life

Association

Bernal made ​​his debut as a professional footballer in 1983 in rows his home club Deportivo Tepic in the second Mexican soccer league. Before the season 1983/84 he moved to the capital club Cruz Azul, in which he gave his Erstligadebüt in a game against the Tigres de la UANL (0:2) on 25 February 1984. After four years at Cruz Azul he moved to Puebla FC in 1987 and 1991 from there to Deportivo Toluca, its longest with a duration of six years professional station. Then he stood still for a short time at CF Monterrey and then the CF Pachuca under contract before he trailed off at the Pumas de la UNAM his active career in the 2001/ 02 season.

National

His debut in the dress of the Mexican national team celebrated Bernal April 12, 1988 in a game against Canada, which was lost with 0:1.

His first international goal he scored against the Soviet Union instead of ( 4-0) and almost exactly nine months later took place on 6 December 1992 in the National Soccer Team of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( 11:0 ) his most successful international match on March 8, 1992 in which he scored six goals.

Highlight of his international career was the participation in the soccer world championships in 1994 and 1998.

In 1994, he came in all four games of Mexico to use and had with his equalizing goal in the last group match against Italy (1-1) decisive role in ensuring that Mexico had not already heading home after the group stage. Less successful was he in the second round against Bulgaria. After the game ended 1-1 after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was required, in which Bernal with his shot on the Bulgarian keeper Borislav Mikhailov failed and Mexico lost with 1:3.

In 1998, he was a 20 - minute appearance in the first group match against South Korea ( 3-1 ) and worked in the first half of the second round game against Germany (1:2) with. The discharged on 29 June 1998 game was also his last assignment for " El Tri ".

Coach

After the end of his active career Bernal works as a trainer. After working in the junior area of ​​the CF Pachuca and as an assistant to Benjamín Galindo at Santos Laguna, he received early in 2010 a contract as head coach of the second division Guerreros FC. After the withdrawal of the club from the second division in late 2010, he signed at third division Tampico - Madero FC.

Achievements

• Mexican masters: 1989/90 ( with Puebla), Invierno 1999 ( Pachuca)