Full name Marcos Marquez Lebrero 1997–1999 Sevilla B 1995–1997 Utrera Height 1.85 m | Years Team Role Footballer Place of birth Seville, Spain Name Marcos Marquez | |
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Date of birth (1977-07-23) 23 July 1977 (age 38) | ||
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Marcos Márquez Lebrero (born 23 July 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer. A striker, he is of Gitano origin.
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Over the course of nine seasons (his professional career lasted 15 years) he amassed Segunda División totals of 249 games and 78 goals, mainly at the service of Las Palmas.
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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 two his two-year 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 he became 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 it 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 an efficient 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 chart although his side barely avoided a drop.
After a very poor 2009–10 campaign – 34 matches, three goals – Márquez left Las Palmas and signed for another club in the second division, UD Salamanca, suffering relegation in his first year. In August 2012, aged 35, he announced his retirement from football.