Marcelo Fabián Espina Barrano (born April 28, 1967, in Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football midfielder.

In 1995, he joined Colo-Colo in Chile, in his first spell at the club he was part of 3 title winning teams.

Espina represented the Argentina national football team on 15 occasions between 1994 and 1996 scoring 1 goal.

He is best remembered for being the first player after Diego Maradona's retirement from the National Team to wear the #10 shirt, during the tenure of coach Daniel Passarella, although ostensibly with less skill or success.

[2] His son, Santiago,[3] was born in Chile and played football at professional level for Platense, San Lorenzo and Deportes Copiapó.