Peter Marinello

Peter Marinello

Peter Marinello, April 1970
Personal information
Full name	Peter Marinello
Date of birth	(1950-02-20) 20 February 1950 (age 67)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position	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
National team
1969–1970	Scotland U23	2	(0)
1978	Scottish League XI	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Peter Marinello (born 20 February 1950) is a former Scottish football player.

Marinello started his career at Hibernian, and could play either as a centre forward or right winger. He was regarded as being talented enough there that he was dubbed "the next George Best" by the British press.

In January 1970 a month before his 20th birthday he joined Arsenal for £100,000, a club record fee at the time. The accquiring of Marinello also marked the first time that Arsenal had paid a six-figure sum for a player. He went on to score on his debut, against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 January 1970. However a combination of a newly adopted celebrity party lifestyle and a knee injury led to a dip in his footballing form and meant that he was not a regular in the Arsenal team. Marinello was not part of the squad for Arsenal's Inter-Cities Fairs Cup triumph of 1970 and he only played three matches in their 1970-71 Double-winning campaign. He subsequently played eight league matches in 1971-72 and thirteen in 1972-73. In total he played 51 matches for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals. Marinello left Arsenal in July 1973 after failing to agree a new contract.

He next played for Portsmouth followed by Motherwell, Fulham, Phoenix Inferno, Heart of Midlothian and Partick Thistle.