Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1959)
Spanish football player and manager (1959–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For his father, see Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1933). For his son, see Marcos Alonso (footballer, born 1990).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Marcos Alonso Peña (1 October 1959 – 9 February 2023) was a Spanish football player and manager.
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Full name | Marcos Alonso Peña[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1959-10-01)1 October 1959[1] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santander, Spain | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 February 2023(2023-02-09) (aged 63) | |||||||||||||
Place of death | Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
San Agustín | ||||||||||||||
Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1977–1979 | Racing Santander | 51 | (5) | |||||||||||
1979–1982 | Atlético Madrid | 90 | (10) | |||||||||||
1982–1987 | Barcelona | 124 | (28) | |||||||||||
1987–1989 | Atlético Madrid | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||
1990 | Logroñés | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
1991 | Racing Santander | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
Total | 309 | (49) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1979 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
1979 | Spain U20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1978 | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1980–1982 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 9 | (1) | |||||||||||
1980 | Spain B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
1981–1985 | Spain | 22 | (1) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1995–1996 | Rayo Vallecano | |||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Racing Santander | |||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Sevilla | |||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Atlético Madrid | |||||||||||||
2002 | Zaragoza | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Valladolid | |||||||||||||
2006 | Málaga | |||||||||||||
2008 | Granada 74 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Known simply as Marcos in his playing days, he played mainly as a right winger but also as a forward. He amassed La Liga totals of 302 games and 46 goals over 13 seasons, with five being spent at Atlético Madrid and five at Barcelona.[2]
A Spain international during the 1980s, Marcos represented the nation at Euro 1984, helping it to finish second. He later worked as a coach.