Cláudio Marques

{{short description|Brazilian footballer, manager, and television commentator}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Cláudio Marques

| fullname = Edemir Cláudio Marques

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|2|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1969–1975 | clubs1 = Coritiba

| years2 = 1975–1977 | clubs2 = Corinthians

| years3 = 1978–1979 | clubs3 = Coritiba

| years4 = 1979–1980 | clubs4 = Potosino | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1998–2005 | managerclubs1 = Sinop

| manageryears2 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs2 = Coritiba (interim)

| manageryears3 = 2009 | managerclubs3 = Sinop

| manageryears4 = 2009 | managerclubs4 = Rio Branco-PR

| manageryears5 = 2012 | managerclubs5 = Fast Clube

}}

Edemir Cláudio Marques, commonly known as Cláudio or Cláudio Marques (born 18 February 1950), is a retired football midfielder who won the Campeonato Paranaense seven times as a player with Coritiba Foot Ball Club. He is now a football manager and television commentator.

Career

Born in Santos, São Paulo, Cláudio Marques playing professional football with Coritiba Foot Ball Club in 1969. He won the Campeonato Paranaense five consecutive times with Coritiba before joining Sport Club Corinthians Paulista for two seasons. He won the Campeonato Paulista with Corinthians and then returned to Coritiba where he won the Campeonato Paranense twice more.{{cite web|publisher=Terceiro Tempo|author=Milton Neves|title=Que Fim Levou? Cláudio Marques: Ex-lateral do Coxa e Corinthians|trans-title=Where are they now? Cláudio Marques: Former "Thigh" and Corinthians midfielder|url=http://terceirotempo.bol.uol.com.br/quefimlevou_interna.php?id=1885&sessao=f|language=Portuguese|accessdate=14 August 2012}} He also won the 1973 Torneio do Povo with Coritiba.{{cite web|publisher=Historia do Coritiba|title=Torneio do Povo 1973 » Elenco e Comissão técnica|trans-title=1973 People's Tournament » Squad and management|url=http://www.historiadocoritiba.com.br/torneio-do-povo-1973/3-elenco-e-comissao-tecnica.html|language=Portuguese|accessdate=14 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704144119/http://www.historiadocoritiba.com.br/torneio-do-povo-1973/3-elenco-e-comissao-tecnica.html|archive-date=4 July 2012|url-status=dead}}

In 1979, Cláudio Marques moved to Mexico to play for Atlético Potosino.{{cite web|publisher=El Sol de San Luis|title=Julio Morales "El Pestañas" un ex futbolista triunfador|trans-title=Julio Morales "The Tabs" is former champion footballer|url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1044019.htm|language=Spanish|date=12 February 2009|access-date=15 August 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113853/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n1044019.htm|url-status=dead}}

After he retired from playing, Cláudio Marques became a football coach. He led Sinop Futebol Clube to two Campeonato Mato-Grossense titles in 1998 and 1999. He managed Rio Branco Sport Club in 2009, and was appointed manager of Fast Clube in June 2012.