Marino Magrin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 13, 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Borso del Grappa, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | Bassano Virtus | 7 | (3) |
| 1978–1980 | Montebelluna | 57 | (14) |
| 1980–1981 | Mantova | 27 | (1) |
| 1981–1987 | Atalanta | 192 | (38) |
| 1987–1989 | Juventus | 44 | (7) |
| 1989–1992 | Verona | 74 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | Bassano Virtus | 14 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Marino Magrin (born September 13, 1959 in Borso del Grappa) is a retired Italian professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Career
Magrin began his career with Serie D Bassano Virtus in 1975. He moved to Montebelluna in 1978, where he remained for two seasons. In 1980 he moved to Serie C1 side Mantova, where he remained for one season before moving to newly relegated side Atalanta in 1981. His performances soon helped the club to achieve Serie A promotion, winning the Serie C title in 1982, and the Serie B title in 1984, making his Serie A debut during the 1984–85 season, and helping the club to the Coppa Italia Final in 1987, where they were defeated by domestic double winners Napoli.[1][2][3]
Magrin was acquired by Juventus F.C. in 1987, as a replacement for Michel Platini in the midfield playmaker role, following the Frenchman's retirement, but decided not to take Platini's number 10 shirt, as the club president Giampiero Boniperti advised him to take his own number 8 shirt instead, as a sign of respect and humility. Magrin himself was rather modest about his new role and brushed off comparisons with the Juventus legend.[4][5] The two seasons he spent with the club were not successful for Juventus, however, due to the club's post-Trapattoni crisis under new manager Rino Marchesi, and he subsequently left for Hellas Verona F.C. in 1989. He spent three seasons with the club, before moving back to Bassano Virtus, the club with which he began his career, in 1992, retiring in 1993, after one season.[1][4]
Although he never represented Italy at senior level, Magrin made 3 appearances for the Olympic squad in 1987.[6]
Style of play
A creative, hard-working, right-footed, advanced midfield playmaker, Magrin was usually deployed as an attacking midfielder, or as a winger, and was capable of both scoring and creating goals.[4] Despite his talent in his youth, which even led Platini to say "he's better than me", his career was marked by inconsistency and he failed to live up to his initial potential.[2][4] Magrin was known in particular for being a penalty-kick specialist and for his incredible accuracy on set-pieces, as well as his use of the bending "knuckleball" technique on free kicks.[2][4]
Honours
References
- 1 2 Simone Sacco (21 April 2015). "Marino Magrin, ho difeso il mio amore (per il 10)" (in Italian). Calcio News 24. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 Fabio Santini (22 July 2012). "Il ritorno di Magrin: "Atalanta riprendimi"" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- 1 2 Simone Fornoni (13 September 2011). "52 candeline per Magrin. L'anima della Dea anni '80" (in Italian). Tutto Atalanta. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Stefano Bedeschi (19 September 2013). "Gli eroi in bianconero: Marino MAGRIN" (in Italian). Tutto Juve. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ↑ Simone Bianco (28 June 2013). "La chimera di Magrin" [Magrin's Chimera] (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- 1 2 Giuseppe Opromolla (23 April 2015). "Gli Eroi della Dea: Marino MAGRIN" (in Italian). Tutto Atalanta. Retrieved 10 September 2015.