Eduardo José Magnín (born February 17, 1969Confirming date of birth and clubs: Eufo.de website.) is an Argentine former football defensive player, mostly remembered for being dismissed by the English referee Gary Willard only after the showing of three yellow cards during a European club match.
Career Magnín started his professional playing career in 1990 with Unión de Santa Fe,Team lineup, Unión de Santa Fe , including Magnín, September 2, 1990: Informexeneize.com website. spent the 1994–95 season with San Martín de Tucumán before returning to Unión for two more years, and in 1997 he joined Club Atlético Huracán.Mentioned as a Huracán player , April 17, 1998: PDF file at Diariohoy.net website. After only one season with Huracán he joined CD Badajoz in Spain, and then spent one season (1999–2000) at FC Lausanne-Sports of Switzerland.
During this period he was involved in his most notable incident, coming in a UEFA Cup first round tie at the club's ground, the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, in September 1999. The player received cautions in the 41st and 66th minutes of the game against Celta Vigo of Spain, the second of which should have resulted in an additional red card and the removal of the player from the pitch. However, the referee, Gary Willard of England, failed to realise that Magnín had been shown the first yellow card, and allowed play to continue with the player still present. When Magnín then earned a third yellow card four minutes later, he was finally shown red and dismissed. The match result (at 3–2 to Lausanne) was allowed to stand by UEFA, due to the club not having suffered a disadvantage by the incorrect application of the Laws of the game by Willard.Three yellow cards equal one red, Lausanne Sports v. Celta Vigo, 1999: The Daily Telegraph website.
In 2000 Magnín returned to Argentina where he played once again for Unión and then for Nueva Chicago.Nueva Chicago squad, 2001 , including Magnín: ArgentineSoccer.com website. In his later playing days he turned out for Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica,Transfer to Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica: FutbolPasion.com website. Olimpia of Paraguay,Mentioned as a Club Olimpia (Paraguay) player: cached PDF file from Diariohoy.net website. and finally Patronato de Paraná of the Regionalised Argentine 4th division. He is now officially retired.Eduardo Magnin on Playerhistory.com
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Pictures from Unión de Santa Fe