Peter Marinello
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Peter Marinello, April 1970
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Peter Marinello | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Salvesen's Boys Club | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Hibernian | 45 | (5) |
| 1970–1973 | Arsenal | 38 | (3) |
| 1973–1975 | Portsmouth | 95 | (7) |
| 1975–1978 | Motherwell | 89 | (12) |
| 1978 | Canberra City | 11 | (1) |
| 1978–1980 | Fulham | 27 | (1) |
| 1980–1981 | Phoenix Inferno | 25 | (17) |
| 1981–1983 | Heart of Midlothian | 21 | (3) |
| 1983–1984 | Partick Thistle | 6 | (0) |
| Broxburn Athletic | |||
| International career | |||
| 1969–1970 | Scotland U23[1] | 2 | (0) |
| 1978 | Scottish League XI[2] | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a Scottish former football player.[3]
Marinello started his career at Hibernian, and could play either as a center forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.[4] In January 1970 he joined Arsenal for £100,000 (a club record fee and the first time Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player) and he scored on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970.
However after that his career quickly took a downturn, a combination of homesickness,[5] his celebrity lifestyle and heavy drinking[6] and a knee injury[6] led to a dip in form which meant he was left out of Arsenal's first team; he did not take part in Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign.[5] Unable to break into the first team consistently in his Arsenal career, he only played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73; he eventually left Arsenal in July 1973 for Portsmouth after failing to agree a new contract.[6] In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring five goals.
He later played for Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle. Though he retired a wealthy man,[5] a failed business venture left him bankrupt in 1994.[6] He now lives in Bournemouth, Dorset.
References
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External links
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Scottish people of Italian descent
- Association football wingers
- Scottish footballers
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Motherwell F.C. players
- Canberra City FC players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Phoenix Inferno players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Broxburn Athletic F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- The Football League players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Scottish Football League representative players
- Scotland under-23 international footballers
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Australia
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
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