Place of birth Barcelona, Spain Name Tintin Marquez Role Footballer | Current team Eupen (coach) Height 1.76 m Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Bartolome Marquez Lopez Date of birth (1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 53) | ||
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Bartolomé "Tintín" Márquez López (born 7 January 1962) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and a current manager.
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His career was closely associated to Espanyol, as both a player and coach.
Playing career
Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Márquez signed for RCD Español in early 1980, and played exclusively in his native region during his 15-year professional career. After two loans, at UE Sant Andreu and CE Sabadell FC, he was definitely promoted to the first team in the 1982–83 season, making his La Liga debut on 4 September 1982 by coming on as a late substitute in a 1–0 home win against Racing de Santander.
Márquez played six full campaigns with the Pericos, always in the top flight. His best year was 1985–86, when he scored ten goals in 32 games to help his team to the 11th position, including a hat-trick on 20 April 1986 in a 5–3 home success over FC Barcelona; he was also part of the squad that reached the final of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, but took no part in the competition after falling out of favour with manager Javier Clemente.
Márquez signed with UE Figueres in the 1988 summer, going on to spend five of his six years in Segunda División and appear in the promotion playoffs in 1992. He retired at the age of 33, after a spell in Segunda División B with CE Europa.
Coaching career
Márquez began working as a manager in 1997, his first stop being with his last club in Tercera División. He won the Copa Catalunya in that year, defeating Barcelona in the final.
On 26 May 1998, Márquez returned to Espanyol – the organization changed its denomination three years later– going on to be in charge of its youth and reserve teams in the following six years. He subsequently served as an assistant to the main squad, first under Miguel Ángel Lotina then Ernesto Valverde.
In the 2008 summer, Márquez was appointed at the first team after Valverde left for Olympiacos FC. However, on 30 November, after four consecutive losses, he was relieved of his duties.
In 2012, after roughly six months with Spanish second level side CD Castellón, Márquez signed for K.A.S. Eupen in the Belgian Second Division.