Alberto Marcos

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| name = Alberto Marcos

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| fullname = Alberto Marcos Rey

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Camarma de Esteruelas, Spain

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Left-back

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| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid

| years1 = 1993 | clubs1 = Real Madrid C | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1993–1995 | clubs2 = Real Madrid B | caps2 = 58 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1994–1995 | clubs3 = Real Madrid | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1995–2010 | clubs4 = Valladolid | caps4 = 438 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2010–2011 | clubs5 = Huesca | caps5 = 33 | goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 540 | totalgoals = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1994–1995 | nationalteam1 = Spain U21 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Alberto Marcos Rey (born 15 February 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left-back.

After not being able to establish himself at Real Madrid, he went on to spend 15 professional seasons with Valladolid, experiencing two relegations and one promotion and appearing in nearly 500 competitive matches.

Club career

Marcos was born in Camarma de Esteruelas, Community of Madrid. After emerging through the ranks of Real Madrid,[https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-madridistas-valladolid-poco-blanco-y-mucho-violeta-200202060300-76490_noticia.html Los ex madridistas del Valladolid: un poco de blanco y mucho de violeta (Valladolid's former Madrid men: a little white and a lot of violet)]; ABC, 6 February 2002 (in Spanish) he played three La Liga matches for the 1995 national champions, his debut coming on 17 April 1994 in a 1–0 away win over Sevilla FC. In a subsequent game against FC Barcelona, he effectively marked Bulgarian international Hristo Stoichkov,[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1994/05/08/pagina-4/1285743/pdf.html Romario no desentona y Stoichkov, otra vez letal (Romario in tune and Stoichkov, lethal again)]; Mundo Deportivo, 8 May 1994 (in Spanish) but could never break into the first team.

In the 1995–96 season, Marcos signed for Real Valladolid, going on to be a defensive mainstay for over a decade and eventually gaining team captaincy. From 1997 to 2002 he only missed a total of eight league fixtures, and became, late in 2008–09, the player with most overall matches for the club. Two seasons earlier, as the Castile and León side returned to the top tier after a two-year absence, he had contributed 29 matches, scoring once.

Marcos suffered various injuries the following campaign,[https://www.lainformacion.com/deporte/marcos-y-rubio-regresan-al-trabajo-colectivo-en-el-real-valladolid_bNoQuEBtBqMs5cvqsKJ9J5/ Marcos y Rubio regresan al trabajo colectivo en el Real Valladolid (Marcos and Rubio return to teamwork at Real Valladolid)]; La Información, 15 February 2010 (in Spanish) and appeared in only 21 league games whilst completing just 12, his third worst input in 15 years with Valladolid. In July 2010, at 36 – and following the team's relegation – he decided to leave the club, holding the records of more league games played (438), more official matches (471) and more games (361) and minutes (31.610) in the top flight.[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/valladolid/es/desarrollo/1093418.html Alberto Marcos hace historia con el Valladolid (Alberto Marcos makes history with Valladolid)]; Marca, 24 February 2008 (in Spanish)

Later that month, Marcos joined SD Huesca of the Segunda División, reuniting with former Valladolid coach Onésimo Sánchez.[https://as.com/futbol/2010/07/30/mas_futbol/1280440832_850215.html Marcos: "Vengo a Huesca perdiendo dinero pero quiero disfrutar del fútbol" (Marcos: "I come to Huesca losing money but I want to enjoy football")]; Diario AS, 30 July 2010 (in Spanish) He was the undisputed starter in his position during the season as the Aragonese retained their league status, and retired from football in June 2011 to become Valladolid's director of football.[http://www.marca.com/2013/09/04/futbol/equipos/valladolid/1378293223.html Alberto Marcos: "Por supuesto que tengo la plantilla que quería" (Alberto Marcos: "Of course I have the squad I wanted")]; Marca, 4 September 2013 (in Spanish)