Marc Bernaus

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marc Bernaus

| image = Marc Bernaus 2011.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Bernaus in action for Andorra in 2011

| fullname = Marc Bernaus Cano

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|2|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Andorra la Vella, Andorra

| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Left back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1994–1995 | youthclubs1 = Barcelona

| years1 = 1995–1999 | clubs1 = Barcelona B | caps1 = 68 | goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1995–1996 | clubs2 = Barcelona C | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1999 | clubs3 = Toledo | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2000 | clubs4 = Terrassa | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2000–2002 | clubs5 = Gimnàstic | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2002–2003 | clubs6 = Las Palmas | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2003–2004 | clubs7 = Getafe | caps7 = 33 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2004–2007 | clubs8 = Elche | caps8 = 92 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2007–2008 | clubs9 = Poli Ejido | caps9 = 24 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2008–2010 | clubs10 = Girona | caps10 = 21 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2013 | clubs11 = Llagostera B | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 2

| totalcaps = 352 | totalgoals = 5

| nationalyears1 = 1994 | nationalteam1 = Spain U18 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 1997 | nationalteam2 = Spain U20 | nationalcaps2 = 7 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2000–2013 | nationalteam3 = Andorra | nationalcaps3 = 32 | nationalgoals3 = 1

}}

Marc Bernaus Cano (born 2 February 1977) is an Andorran former footballer who played as a left back.

Club career

Born in Andorra la Vella, Bernaus was a FC Barcelona youth graduate. He could never appear for the first team in La Liga, playing four seasons in Segunda División and another in Segunda División B with the B side. During his spell with the Blaugrana, he suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee that hindered his professional career.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2004/10/15/deportes/1097791209_850215.html|title=Bernaus, el héroe andorrano|trans-title=Bernaus, Andorran hero|newspaper=El País|first1=Robert|last1=Álvarez|first2=Luis|last2=Martín|language=es|date=15 October 2004|access-date=18 April 2013}}

Bernaus made 286 overall appearances whilst competing in the second tier of Spanish football (275 in the league, 11 in the Copa del Rey), also representing CD Toledo, Terrassa FC, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, UD Las Palmas, Getafe CF, Elche CF, Polideportivo Ejido and Girona FC. His biggest achievement came in the 2003–04 season, when he helped Madrid's Getafe to its first top-flight promotion by playing 33 out of 42 matches;{{cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/20170624/423667932180/el-getafe-y-su-aficion-homenajean-al-equipo-del-ascenso-a-primera-de-2004.html|title=El Getafe y su afición homenajean al equipo del ascenso a Primera de 2004|trans-title=Getafe and their fans honour team that promoted to Primera in 2004|newspaper=La Vanguardia|language=es|date=24 June 2017|access-date=31 March 2021}} he also suffered, however, five relegations, two of those with Barcelona's reserves.{{cite news|url=http://www.as.com/futbol-internacional/articulo/figo-vuelve-territorio-comanche/20010829dasdasint_8/Tes|title=Figo vuelve a su territorio comanche|trans-title=Figo returns to personal comanche territory|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Tomás|last=Guasch|language=es|date=29 August 2001|access-date=18 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://4.diariodepracticasuc3m.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=54|title=Marc Bernaus y la gran alegría futbolística del Principado de Andorra|trans-title=Marc Bernaus and the biggest football joy for Andorra principality|publisher=Diario de Prácticas UC3M|language=es|date=22 November 2011|access-date=18 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130121161654/http://4.diariodepracticasuc3m.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=54|archivedate=21 January 2013}}

International career

After having appeared for Spain at youth level, Bernaus opted to represent Andorra, his homeland, as a senior. On 13 October 2004, he entered the minnow footballing nation's history books when he scored the game's only goal against Macedonia in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for their first ever competitive win.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0254-0d7b6b3324ac-3c7d49a4a18c-1000--bernaus-brings-andorra-victory/|title=Bernaus brings Andorra victory|publisher=UEFA|first=Lucy|last=Turner|date=13 October 2004|access-date=25 July 2014}}