Marcelo Espina

Marcelo Espina

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Fabian Espina Barrano
Date of birth	(1967-04-28) 28 April 1967
Place of birth	Capital Federal, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	Platense	109	(25)
1990–1991	Irapuato	33	(5)
1991–1992	Atlante	35	(5)
1992–1993	Lanús	16	(1)
1993–1994	Correcaminos	23	(2)
1994–1995	Platense	55	(20)
1995–1998	Colo-Colo	84	(22)
1999–2001	Racing Santander	71	(4)
2001–2004	Colo-Colo	75	(18)
International career
1994–1996	Argentina	15	(1)
Managerial career
2005	Colo-Colo
2006	Everton Viña
2007–2008	Unión Española
2010	Platense
2011	Acassuso
2012	Platense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Fabian Espina Barrano (born April 28, 1967 in Buenos Aires) is a retired is an Argentine-born football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In the present, he is anchorman of sports channel ESPN Latin America.

Club career

Espina began his career at Platense in the Primera Division Argentina in 1986. In 1989, he moved to Mexico where he played for Irapuato and then Atlante F.C.. In 1992, he returned to Argentina to play for Lanús, but after only one season he returned to Platense.

In 1995, he joined Colo-Colo in Chile, in his first spell at the club he was part of 3 title winning teams. In 1999, he left Colo-Colo to play for Racing Santander of La Liga in Spain. After 2 seasons with Racing, Espina returned to Colo-Colo where he retired in 2004.

Titles

• Platense
  • Primera Division Argentina: Topscorer 1994 Clausura
• Colo-Colo
  • Primera División de Chile: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002
  • Copa Chile: 1996

International career

Espina represented the Argentina national football team on 15 occasions between 1994 and 1996 scoring 1 goal. He also captained national team in 1995.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player he had spells as manager of Colo-Colo and Everton in Chile. In 2010, he joined Platense of the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football.

External links

• Argentine Primera Statistics at FutbolXXI.com Template:Es icon
• Marcelo Espina – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• La Liga Statistics at LFP.es Template:Es icon