Marcelino García Toral

Marcelino
Marcelino in 2020
Personal information
Full name Marcelino García Toral
Date of birth (1965-08-14) 14 August 1965
Place of birth Villaviciosa, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Villarreal (head coach)
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Sporting Gijón B 59 (9)
1985–1989 Sporting Gijón 74 (2)
1989–1990 Racing Santander 32 (4)
1990–1992 Levante 48 (1)
1992–1994 Elche 49 (1)
Total 262 (17)
International career
1983–1984 Spain U18 6 (0)
1985 Spain U19 1 (0)
1985 Spain U20 6 (1)
1985–1987 Spain U21 7 (0)
Managerial career
1997–1998 Lealtad
2001–2003 Sporting Gijón B
2003–2005 Sporting Gijón
2005–2007 Recreativo
2007–2008 Racing Santander
2008–2009 Zaragoza
2011 Racing Santander
2011–2012 Sevilla
2013–2016 Villarreal
2017–2019 Valencia
2021–2022 Athletic Bilbao
2023 Marseille
2023– Villarreal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelino García Toral (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾθeˈlino ɣaɾˈθi.a toˈɾal]; born 14 August 1965), known simply as Marcelino, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of La Liga club Villarreal.

In a ten-year senior career, he amassed La Liga totals of 74 matches and two goals, all at the service of Sporting de Gijón. He became a manager in 1997, working in the top division with Recreativo, Racing de Santander (two spells), Zaragoza, Sevilla, Villarreal, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, being named best coach in Spain for the 2006–07 and 2017–18 seasons and winning the 2018–19 Copa del Rey with Valencia and the 2020–21 Supercopa de España with Athletic. After a brief stint in charge of Marseille, he returned to Villarreal in November 2023.