Marcos Márquez

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Marcos Márquez
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Márquez in training with Las Palmas
Full name	Marcos Márquez Lebrero
Date of birth	(1977-07-23) 23 July 1977
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997–1999	Sevilla B	23	(9)
1999–2000	Atlético Madrid B	47	(12)
2001–2002	Córdoba	42	(6)
2003–2004	Ceuta	45	(13)
2004–2005	Leganés	27	(14)
2005–2010	Las Palmas	184	(71)
2010–2012	Salamanca	59	(15)
Total		427	(140)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Márquez and the second or maternal family name is Lebrero.

Marcos Márquez Lebrero (born 23 July 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer. A striker, he is of Gitano origin.^[1]

Over the course of nine seasons (his professional career lasted 15 years) he amassed Segunda División totals of 249 games and 78 goals, namely at the service of Las Palmas.

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 second division. In July 2000 he returned to his native region by signing with Córdoba CF, where he went pretty much unnoticed during a two 1/2-years stay.

After stints with AD Ceuta and CD Leganés, both from the third level, Márquez moved to UD Las Palmas on 15 June 2005. From then onwards his goals and strength on the pitch led to him being one of the most consistent players of the team, while also captaining it on various occasions; El Matador (nickname he received whilst at the Canary Islands) went down in the history of the club on 24 June 2006 as he scored the goal that finally promoted the club back to division two, the game's only at CD Linares, after a pass from Nauzet Alemán.

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 a total of 21 goals. After forming a terrific offensive duo with Adrián Colunga in 2007–08 (29 successful strikes combined) he was again the main striker in the following season, and added 21 more – good enough for third in the charts – although Las Palmas barely avoided a drop.

After a very poor 2009–10 season – 34 games, three goals – Márquez left Las Palmas and signed for another side in the second division, UD Salamanca, suffering relegation in his first year. In August 2012, aged 35, he announced his retirement from football.^[2]

References

↑ Futbolistas de origen gitano (Footballers of gypsy origin) (Spanish)
↑ Marcos Márquez anuncia su retirada del fútbol (Marcos Márquez announces retirement from football); Tribuna Salamanca, 26 August 2012 (Spanish)

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Preceded by Uche *for Recreativo de Huelva*	Segunda División Pichichi Trophy Winner 2006–07	Succeeded by Yordi *for Xerez CD*
Preceded by J.J. Luque & Soldado for Real Madrid Castilla & Ciudad de Murcia	Segunda División Zarra Trophy Winner 2006–07	Succeeded by Yordi *for Xerez CD*

Persondata
Name	Márquez, Marcos
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	23 July 1977
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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