Sergio Corino

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Corino and the second or maternal family name is Ramón.

Sergio Corino
Personal information
Full name Sergio Corino Ramón
Date of birth (1974-10-10) 10 October 1974
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
1991–1993 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Bilbao Athletic 77 (4)
1996–1999 Athletic Bilbao 15 (0)
1996 → Mérida (loan) 16 (3)
1997–1999 → Salamanca (loan) 67 (3)
1999 Espanyol 4 (0)
1999–2001 Real Sociedad 28 (0)
2001–2004 Rayo Vallecano 76 (6)
Total 283 (16)
International career
1992 Spain U18 2 (0)
1992 Spain U19 7 (1)
1994–1996 Spain U21 4 (0)
1996 Spain U23 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 1996 Spain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Corino was a product of Athletic Bilbao's prolific youth system at Lezama, spending nearly three seasons with the reserve side in the Segunda División to kickstart his senior career.[1] On 18 October 1994, one week after his 20th birthday, he made his debut with the main squad, playing six minutes in a 3–2 loss against Newcastle United at St James' Park in the UEFA Cup (3–3 aggregate win).[2][3]

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 San Mamés Stadium for his only full season with the club, featuring sparingly (15 games, 18 in all competitions) as it qualified for European competition after finishing sixth.[1]

Still owned by Athletic, Corino signed for another team in the top division, UD Salamanca,[4] being an undisputed starter and suffering relegation in his second year.[5] Subsequently, he represented RCD Espanyol until January 2000 before joining Athletic neighbours Real Sociedad, where he had several run-ins with Welsh manager John Toshack.[6][1]

Corino joined Rayo Vallecano in summer 2001,[7] experiencing his best year in his first season with five goals in 28 matches as the Madrid outskirts side finished in 11th position in the main tier after a spectacular effort in the final months.[8][9] In his final two campaigns, however, they were consecutively relegated to Segunda División B,[10] and the player retired from the game aged 29 due to recurrent injury problems, having made 297 appearances as a professional.[1]

International career

Corino was part of the Spanish squad at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, appearing in two group-stage matches plus the 4–0 quarter-final loss against eventual finalists Argentina.[11][12][13]

Honours

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ a b c d Artetxe, José Luis (19 May 2012). ""Me duele por mis padres no haber jugado aquí"" ["It hurts for my parents that I didn't play here"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ^ Nesbitt, David (19 October 1994). "El Athletic clava una pica en la cima de la Liga Premier" [Athletic drive a spike on top of the Premier League]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. ^ Castañeda, Eduardo (2 November 1994). "El Athletic pasa por coraje" [Athletic go through due to guts]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ^ Martín, Carlos (26 October 1998). "Edu Alonso y Corino hacen méritos para volver a casa" [Edu Alonso and Corino doing all they can to return home] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Dely Valdés concreta con tres goles el descenso del Salamanca" [Dely Valdés seals Salamanca relegation with three goals]. El País (in Spanish). 14 June 1999. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  6. ^ Aramendia, Arkaitz (16 March 2021). "Sergio Corino: "Quiero que gane el Athletic sí o sí"" [Sergio Corino: "I want Athletic to win no matter what"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  7. ^ Río, Endika (16 August 2020). "Un once que conecta al Athletic con el Rayo" [Eleven connecting Athletic to Rayo]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Fiesta de despedida en Vallecas" [Farewell party at Vallecas]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Memoria de La Liga de Fútbol Profesional | Temporada 2001/2002" [Memory of the Professional Football League | 2001/2002 season] (PDF) (in Spanish). La Liga. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  10. ^ Martín, Maite (15 June 2018). "Se cumplen diez años del último ascenso a Segunda División" [Tenth anniversary of the last promotion to Segunda División]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  11. ^ Cubero, Cristina (21 July 1996). "Mágico gol de Óscar" [Óscar wonder goal]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  12. ^ Cubero, Cristina (23 July 1996). "Óscar, otra vez vital" [Óscar, crucial again]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  13. ^ Cubero, Cristina (29 July 1996). "Cuartos gafes" [Jinxed last-eight]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996" [Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996] (in Spanish). Orgullo Bianconero. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
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