Sergio Corino

Sergio Corino
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Corino Ramón
Date of birth	10 October 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1991–1993	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	Bilbao Athletic
1996–1999	Athletic Bilbao
1996	→ Mérida (loan)
1997–1999	→ Salamanca (loan)
1999	Espanyol
1999–2001	Real Sociedad
2001–2004	Rayo Vallecano
Total
International career
1992	Spain U18
1992	Spain U19
1994–1996	Spain U21
1996	Spain U23
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Corino Ramón (born 10 October 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender.

Club career[edit]

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Corino was a product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system at Lezama. He played nearly three seasons with the reserve side in the second division. On 18 October 1994, one week after his 20th birthday, he made his debut with the main squad, playing six minutes in a 2–3 loss against Newcastle United at St James' Park in the UEFA Cup (3–3 aggregate win).

In the 1996 January transfer window, Corino was loaned to CP Mérida also in La Liga, appearing regularly with the Extremadurans during the campaign and still managing to score three goals, but with his team being relegated. He then returned to the Basque Country for his first and only full season with the club, featuring sparingly (15 games, 18 overall) as it qualified for European competition after finishing sixth.

Still owned by Athletic, Corino signed for another team in the first division, UD Salamanca,^[1] being an undisputed starter and suffering relegation in his second year. Subsequently, he played a few months with RCD Espanyol after his release, then one and a half seasons with Athletic neighbours Real Sociedad.

Corino joined Rayo Vallecano in summer 2001, experiencing his best year in his first season with five goals in 28 games as the Madrid outskirts side finished comfortably in 11th position. In his final two campaigns, however, they were consecutively relegated into the third level, and the player retired from the game before completing his 30th birthday, having appeared in 283 matches as a professional over the course of 11 seasons.

International career[edit]

Corino was part of the Spanish squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, appearing in two group stage matches plus the 0–4 quarter-final loss against eventual finalists Argentina.^[2]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Espanyol

Copa del Rey: 1999–2000

International[edit]

Spain U21

UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 1996^[3]

References[edit]

^ Edu Alonso y Corino hacen méritos para volver a casa (Edu Alonso and Corino making all they can to return home); Mundo Deportivo, 26 October 1998 (in Spanish)
^ "Sergio Corino". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)

External links[edit]

Sergio Corino at BDFutbol
Sergio Corino at Athletic Bilbao
Sergio Corino – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] Edu Alonso y Corino hacen méritos para volver a casa (Edu Alonso and Corino making all they can to return home); Mundo Deportivo, 26 October 1998 (in Spanish)

[2] "Sergio Corino". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[3] Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy has already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)

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