Over the course of 16 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 379 games and 79 goals in representation of four teams, mainly Barcelona, with which he won three major titles.
Born in Bárzana de Quirós, Asturias, Marcial made his professional debuts with Elche CF at the age of 18, finishing his first season in La Liga – he only competed in that level during his career – with 24 games and three goals.
[1] In his first season with the Pericos, Marcial scored 11 goals in 29 contests to help the club to a best-ever third place in the league, but suffered team relegation in his third year, which did not prevent, however, his signing for neighbouring Barcelona,[2] where he went on to appear in 357 official matches during his eight-year spell, netting 84 goals; in 1973–74, as the Catalans won the national championship, he was the competition's second-best scorer at 17, only trailing Sporting de Gijón's Quini.
In 1977, Marcial left the Blaugrana after having been suspended by the club during the previous campaign due to a breach of regulations alongside teammate Carles Rexach, who remained at the Camp Nou, however.
[1] In 1986, he returned to first club Elche to work in directorial capacities, then had two coaching spells with the latter in the following decades, including ten games in the second division in the 2000–01 season, with the Valencians retaining their status in dramatic fashion in the last round with a 2–2 home draw against SD Compostela, which would drop down a level instead.