Marques (footballer, born 1973)

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{Portuguese name|Batista|de Abreu}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marques

| image =

| fullname = Marques Batista de Abreu

| height = 1.74 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|2|12}}

| birth_place = Guarulhos, Brazil

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 = 1992–1993

| youthclubs1 = Corinthians

| years1 = 1993–1995

| years2 = 1996

| years3 = 1997

| years4 = 1997–2002

| years5 = 2003

| years6 = 2003–2005

| years7 = 2005

| years8 = 2006–2007

| years9 = 2008–2010

| clubs1 = Corinthians

| clubs2 = Flamengo

| clubs3 = São Paulo

| clubs4 = Atlético Mineiro

| clubs5 = Vasco da Gama

| clubs6 = Nagoya Grampus Eight

| clubs7 = Atlético Mineiro

| clubs8 = Yokohama F. Marinos

| clubs9 = Atlético Mineiro

| caps1 = 37

| caps2 = 19

| caps3 = 0

| caps4 = 139

| caps5 = 11

| caps6 = 59

| caps7 = 30

| caps8 = 31

| caps9 = 23

| goals1 = 9

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 49

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 25

| goals7 = 10

| goals8 = 2

| goals9 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1994–2002

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 4

}}

Marques Batista de Abreu (born February 12, 1973), or simply Marques, is a former Brazilian striker. In 2003, when Marques was playing for Nagoya Grampus Eight he was ranked 2nd highest assists in J1 League as he had 10 assists and was beaten by Yukihiko Sato who had 12 assists during that season. Marques also had a great partnership with fellow Brazilian, Ueslei who topped the goal scoring in 2003 J1 League season.

It has been reported that Marques plans to retire from football in 2010 and run for political office for the Brazilian Labour Party.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/17/brazil-elections-romario-footballer-candidate |title=Brazil football legend Romário shoots for political power |first=Tom |last=Phillips|date=17 May 2010|work=guardian.co.uk|accessdate=3 October 2010}}