Pedro Marques (football manager)
{{Short description|Portuguese football manager (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pedro Marques
| image =
| full_name = Pedro Miguel Dias Marques
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 = Sporting CP (youth)
| manageryears2 =
| managerclubs2 = Manchester City (analyst)
| manageryears3 = 2018–2024
| managerclubs3 = Benfica (youth technical director)
| manageryears4 = 2024–
| managerclubs4 = Liverpool (director of football development)
}}
Pedro Miguel Dias Marques (born 21 July 1982) is a Portuguese football manager who is the director of football development of Liverpool.
Early life
Marques was born on 21 July 1982 in Lisbon, Portugal. Growing up, he played tennis and studied in Brazil and Portugal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5397530/2024/05/10/pedro-marques-fsg-director-football-development/|title=Who is Pedro Marques, the new director of football development for Liverpool owners FSG?|trans-title=|work=The New York Times|date=10 May 2024|access-date=28 January 2025}}
Career
In 2004, Marques was appointed as a youth manager for Portuguese side Sporting. Following his stint there, he was appointed as an analyst for Premier League side Manchester City and also worked for the City Football Group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/who-pedro-marques-benfica-technical-28832203|title=Who is Pedro Marques? Benfica technical director who is set to join new look FSG Liverpool project|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=Liverpool Echo|date=2 April 2024|access-date=28 January 2025}} Subsequently, he was appointed youth technical director of Portuguese side Benfica, where he helped the club sign Argentina international Enzo Fernández.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/sport/football/liverpool/pedro-marques-who-is-the-liverpool-target-who-sold-darwin-nunez-and-signed-enzo-fernandez-4576047|title=Pedro Marques: Who is the Liverpool target who sold Darwin Nunez and signed Enzo Fernandez?|trans-title=|language=en|publisher=LiverpoolWorld|date=2 April 2024|access-date=27 January 2025}} Six years later, he was appointed director of football development of Premier League side Liverpool.