He performed for Atlético de Madrid and FC Barcelona and was capped 22 instances. The causes of his dying haven’t been disclosed
The former soccer participant and former coach, Marcos Alonso has died this Thursday on the age of 63. The reason behind his dying has not been made public. Alonso, father of the Barça participant, Marcos Alonso and son of the Cantabrian footballer “Marquitos” additionally performed for 13 seasons within the First Division sporting the shirt of FC Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid.
Thirteen seasons in Primera
Shortly earlier than his eighteenth birthday, Marcos made his debut within the First Division with Racing Santander on September 25, 1977. Thus started two seasons with the Cantabrian workforce, wherein he stood out as a winger with nice pace and dribbling, being transferred in August from 1979 to Atlético de Madrid.
He was a member of the Madrid workforce for 3 seasons, after which, after standing out and starting his stage as a world participant, he was signed by FC Barcelona, a membership the place he would keep for 5 seasons, wherein he would win all of the titles he obtained as a participant : a League, a Copa del Rey, a Spanish Super Cup and two League Cups.
On March 25, 1981, throughout his first spell at Atlético de Madrid, he made his debut with the Spanish National Team within the match wherein it received its first victory towards England on English soil. Over the course of 4 years, he performed a complete of twenty-two matches with the nationwide workforce, scoring one objective and being referred to as up by two coaches, José Emilio Santamaría and Miguel Muñoz. He was a part of the workforce that on December 21, 1983 achieved the historic 12-1 towards Malta. His solely objective was scored towards Iceland, in his penultimate match as a world, on June 12, 1985 in Reykjavik.
After 5 seasons in Barcelona, he returned to Madrid, starting a second stage at Atlético, which might be marked by a major knee damage. After that, the 89/90 performed its final season within the First Division, enjoying for CD Logroñés. However, the next yr, he accepted the supply of his first membership, Racing de Santander, which was in Segunda B and dressed once more in brief, contributing to the promotion of the Cantabrian workforce and placing an finish to the profession of him as a participant
His stage on the benches
After hanging up his boots, Marcos Alonso determined to proceed his involvement with soccer as a coach. His first steps happen as assistant coach of Atlético de Madrid in 1994, as assistant to Jorge D’Alessandro.
In 1995 he signed for Rayo Vallecano, thus starting a stage that led him to direct Racing de Santander, Sevilla FC and Real Zaragoza within the First Division; and Sevilla FC, Atlético de Madrid, Real Valladolid, Málaga CF and Granada 74 in Second Division.