Ricardo Serna

Ricardo Serna
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Jesús Serna Orozco
Date of birth	21 January 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1988	Sevilla
1988–1992	Barcelona
1992–1994	Deportivo La Coruña
1994–1995	Mallorca
1995–1996	Granada
1996–1997	Ceuta
Total
International career
1982	Spain U18
1982–1986	Spain U21
1987–1988	Spain U23
1983	Spain amateur
1988–1990	Spain
Managerial career
2004–2005	IR Tanger
2006–2008	Manchego
2008	Don Benito
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.

Club 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 lineups. After six years with his local club, he was signed by La Liga giants FC Barcelona for 200 million pesetas.^[1]

Serna appeared in 143 competitive games during his spell at the Camp Nou, his only two goals coming on his debut on 2 October 1988 in a 4–0 home win over Sporting de Gijón.^[2] He won two national championships, two Copa del Rey, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1991–92 European Cup, featuring regularly in the latter tournament but missing the final against UC Sampdoria due to injury.^[3]^[4] He played sparingly in his final season, where he already had the company of his former Sevilla defensive teammate Nando.^[5]

A part of Deportivo de La Coruña's Super Depor emergent sides, Serna totalled just two minutes in two years, retiring in 1997 after one year with RCD Mallorca in the Segunda División another two in the lower leagues.^[6]^[4]

International career

Serna received his first Spain national team callup on 15 December 1988, for a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland.^[7] Six days later, he came on as a 65th-minute substitute for Txiki Begiristain in the 4–0 victory at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium;^[8]^[9] he earned a further five caps in a two-year span.^[4]

Honours

Barcelona

References

^ La Casa, Rafa (16 October 2022). "Ricardo Serna: "Cuando llegué, la Copa de Europa era la deuda pendiente del Barça"" [Ricardo Serna: "When I arrived, the European Cup was the thorn in Barça's side"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ ""Soy feliz porque cumplí el sueño que tenía cuando era un niño"" ["I am happy because I fulfilled the dream I had when I was a kid"] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "Uno de los nuestros: Ricardo Serna" [One of ours: Ricardo Serna] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Casado, Edu (17 January 2019). "Qué fue de… Ricardo Serna: sabor andaluz en el Barcelona" [What happened to… Ricardo Serna: Andalusian flavour at Barcelona]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ Venegas, J. (10 April 2015). "El Sevilla, una fuente de jugadores para el Barcelona" [Sevilla, source of players for Barcelona] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Giraldo, Javier (4 May 2017). "¿Qué fue de Ricardo Serna? El héroe que no salía en la foto" [What happened to Ricardo Serna? The hero left out of the frame]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ Martínez Roig, Alex (22 December 1988). "España se divirtió ante Irlanda del Norte" [Spain had fun against Northern Ireland]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ Astruells, Andrés (22 December 1988). "La selección barre y toma el liderato" [National team sweep it and take first place]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2017.

External links

Ricardo Serna at BDFutbol
Ricardo Serna at National-Football-Teams.com
Ricardo Serna at EU-Football.info

[1] La Casa, Rafa (16 October 2022). "Ricardo Serna: "Cuando llegué, la Copa de Europa era la deuda pendiente del Barça"" [Ricardo Serna: "When I arrived, the European Cup was the thorn in Barça's side"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[2] ""Soy feliz porque cumplí el sueño que tenía cuando era un niño"" ["I am happy because I fulfilled the dream I had when I was a kid"] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[3] "Uno de los nuestros: Ricardo Serna" [One of ours: Ricardo Serna] (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[20M-4] Casado, Edu (17 January 2019). "Qué fue de… Ricardo Serna: sabor andaluz en el Barcelona" [What happened to… Ricardo Serna: Andalusian flavour at Barcelona]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[5] Venegas, J. (10 April 2015). "El Sevilla, una fuente de jugadores para el Barcelona" [Sevilla, source of players for Barcelona] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[6] Giraldo, Javier (4 May 2017). "¿Qué fue de Ricardo Serna? El héroe que no salía en la foto" [What happened to Ricardo Serna? The hero left out of the frame]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2024.

[7] "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.

[8] Martínez Roig, Alex (22 December 1988). "España se divirtió ante Irlanda del Norte" [Spain had fun against Northern Ireland]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[9] Astruells, Andrés (22 December 1988). "La selección barre y toma el liderato" [National team sweep it and take first place]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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