Marcos Márquez

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcos Márquez

| image = Marquez wiki.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Márquez in training with Las Palmas

| fullname = Marcos Márquez Lebrero

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Seville, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.85}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Sevilla

| years1 = 1995–1997

| years2 = 1997–1999

| years3 = 1999–2000

| years4 = 2001–2002

| years5 = 2003–2004

| years6 = 2004–2005

| years7 = 2005–2010

| years8 = 2010–2012

| clubs1 = Utrera

| clubs2 = Sevilla B

| clubs3 = Atlético Madrid B

| clubs4 = Córdoba

| clubs5 = Ceuta

| clubs6 = Leganés

| clubs7 = Las Palmas

| clubs8 = Salamanca

| caps1 = 28

| caps2 = 43

| caps3 = 47

| caps4 = 42

| caps5 = 45

| caps6 = 27

| caps7 = 178

| caps8 = 59

| totalcaps = 469

| goals1 = 3

| goals2 = 15

| goals3 = 12

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 13

| goals6 = 14

| goals7 = 73

| goals8 = 15

| totalgoals = 151

| manageryears1 = 2012–2013

| manageryears2 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs1 = AD Nervión (youth)

| managerclubs2 = Soleá San Pablo

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Marcos Márquez Lebrero (born 23 July 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker.

Over nine seasons (his professional career lasted 15 years) he amassed Segunda División totals of 249 matches and 78 goals, mainly at the service of Las Palmas.{{cite web|url=http://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/liga-adelante/ud-las-palmas/416495-marcosmarquez-el-matador-amarillo.html|title=Marcos Márquez, el matador amarillo|trans-title=Marcos Márquez, the yellow killer|publisher=Vavel|first=Gonzalo|last=Trujillo|language=Spanish|date=4 December 2014|accessdate=20 December 2014}}

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, and raised in the youth academy of local Sevilla FC, Márquez left in 1999 and signed for Atlético Madrid B, playing one season with the club in the Segunda División. In July 2000 he returned to his native region by joining Córdoba CF, where he underperformed.

Following stints with AD Ceuta and CD Leganés, both from Segunda División B, Márquez moved to UD Las Palmas on 15 June 2005. From then onwards he became one of the most consistent players of the team, while also captaining them on various occasions; El Matador (nickname he received whilst in the Canary Islands){{cite news|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/deportes/2010/06/24/ud-palmas-rescinde-marcos-marquez/308490.html|title=La UD Las Palmas rescinde con Marcos Márquez|trans-title=UD Las Palmas cut ties with Marcos Márquez|newspaper=La Provincia|language=Spanish|date=24 June 2010|accessdate=7 August 2019}} went down in the history of the club on 24 June 2006 as he scored the goal that meant its return to the second division, the game's only at CD Linares after a pass from Nauzet Alemán.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2006/06/25/pagina-38/822825/pdf.html|title=Las Palmas festeja ante 30.000 'fieles' su regreso a 2ªA|trans-title=Las Palmas celebrate return to 2ªA in front of 30.000 'faithful'|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=P.|last=García|language=Spanish|date=25 June 2006|accessdate=4 July 2014}}

Márquez continued to feature heavily in the subsequent years: in the 2006–07 campaign, he won both the Pichichi Trophy and the Zarra Trophy after netting 21 times.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2006/12/03/pagina-25/1537264/pdf.html|title=Escarnio a un alma en pena|trans-title=Mocking the pitiful|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Pedro|last=Gómez|language=Spanish|date=3 December 2006|accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2007/06/11/pagina-22/884304/pdf.html|title=2ªA|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=11 June 2007|accessdate=4 July 2014}} Forming an efficient attacking partnership with Adrián Colunga in 2007–08 (29 goals between the pair){{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2008/01/13/pagina-25/918869/pdf.html|title=El presidente dimite al acabar|trans-title=The president resigns at the end|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|language=Spanish|date=13 January 2008|accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2009/05/14/futbol/equipos/las_palmas/1242315183.html|title=Márquez: "La próxima temporada lucharemos por el ascenso"|trans-title=Márquez: "Next season we will fight for promotion"|newspaper=Marca|first=Ramiro|last=Aldunate|language=Spanish|date=14 May 2009|accessdate=4 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.udlaspalmas.net/2010/11/18/la-ud-solo-ha-conseguido-cuatro-victoria-en-sus-21-desplazamientos-a-salamanca/|title=La UD sólo ha conseguido cuatro victorias en sus 21 desplazamientos a Salamanca|trans-title=UD have only won four times in 21 trips to Salamanca|publisher=UD Las Palmas Fansite|first=Javier|last=Marrero|language=Spanish|date=18 November 2010|accessdate=4 July 2014}} he was again the main striker the following season and added 21 more, good enough for third in the individual chart although his side barely avoided a drop.{{cite web|url=https://www.clubdeportivotenerife.es/noticia/nino-se-convierte-en-el-cuarto-pichichi-del-cd-tenerife|title=Nino se convierte en el cuarto 'Pichichi' del CD Tenerife|trans-title=Nino becomes CD Tenerife's fourth ‘Pichichi’|publisher=CD Tenerife|language=Spanish|date=30 June 2009|accessdate=7 August 2019}}

After a poor 2009–10 campaign – 34 matches, three goals – Márquez left Las Palmas and signed for another club in the second tier, UD Salamanca,{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2010/08/05/mas_futbol/1280959256_850215.html|title=Marcos Márquez, nuevo jugador del Salamanca para tres temporadas|trans-title=Marcos Márquez, new Salamanca player for three seasons|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|date=5 August 2010|accessdate=7 August 2019}} suffering relegation in his first year.{{cite news|url=https://www.lagacetadesalamanca.es/hemeroteca/marcos-marquez-daria-ficha-marcar-goles-valieran-salvacion-XNGS29770|title=Marcos Márquez: Daría toda mi ficha por marcar los goles que nos valieran la salvación|trans-title=Marcos Márquez: I would trade all my wages for scoring the goals that meant survival|newspaper=La Gaceta de Salamanca|language=Spanish|date=26 May 2011|accessdate=7 August 2019}} In August 2012, aged 35, he announced his retirement.{{cite news|url=http://www.tribunasalamanca.com/noticia/79908/Deportes/marcos-m%C3%A1rquez-anuncia-retirada-f%C3%BAtbol.html|title=Marcos Márquez anuncia su retirada del fútbol|trans-title=Marcos Márquez announces retirement from football|newspaper=Tribuna de Salamanca|language=Spanish|date=26 August 2012|accessdate=21 September 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}