Marcelino Bernal

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

Club career[]

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.

International career[]

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 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 Mikhailov saved Bernal's attempt.

Honours[]

Puebla

• Mexican Primera División: 1989–90
• Copa México: 1987–88, 1989–90
• Campeón de Campeones: 1990

Pachuca

• Mexican Primera División: 1999

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

External links[]

• Marcelino Bernal at National-Football-Teams.com

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