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Ricardo Serna

Spanish footballer and manager

Ricardo Serna
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jesús Serna Orozco
Date of birth	(1964-01-21) 21 January 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1988	Sevilla	179	(4)
1988–1992	Barcelona	101	(2)
1992–1994	Deportivo La Coruña	1	(0)
1994–1995	Mallorca	16	(1)
1995–1996	Granada	17	(0)
1996–1997	Ceuta
Total		314	(7)
International career
1982	Spain U18	2	(0)
1982–1986	Spain U21	8	(0)
1987–1988	Spain U23	4	(0)
1983	Spain amateur	2	(0)
1988–1990	Spain	6	(0)
Managerial career
2010	Toledo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Jesús Serna Orozco (born 21 January 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a central defender.

In 12 La Liga seasons, he appeared in 281 matches for three clubs, scoring six goals and winning six major titles, including the 1992 European Cup with Barcelona.

Football career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Serna started his professional career at Sevilla FC in 1982 at the age of 18, immediately breaking into the starting line up. After six years with his local club he was signed by La Liga giants FC Barcelona, receiving his first Spain national team callup the same year and appearing as a substitute in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland in Seville (4–0 win);^[1]^[2]^[3] he earned a further five international caps, in a two-year span.

Serna played nearly 150 competitive games for Barcelona, winning two national championships, two Spanish Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and one European Cup. He appeared sparingly in his final season, where he already played alongside former Sevilla defensive teammate Nando.^[4]

A part of Deportivo de La Coruña's Super Depor emergent sides, Serna could only appear once in the league in two years, retiring in 1997 after one year with RCD Mallorca in the second division and a further two in the lower leagues.

Honours

Barcelona

References

^ "Serna, Julio Salinas y Chendo, novedades de España ante Irlanda del Norte" [Serna, Julio Salinas and Chendo, news for Spain against Northern Ireland]. El País (in Spanish). 15 December 1988. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "España se divirtió ante Irlanda del Norte" [Spain had fun against Northern Ireland]. El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1988. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "La selección barre y toma el liderato" [National team sweep it and take first place]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 22 December 1988. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "El Sevilla, una fuente de jugadores para el Barcelona" [Sevilla, source of players for Barcelona] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.