Carlos Marques

Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques (born 6 February 1983) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a right back or a central defender.

Carlos Marques
Marques playing for Sporting
Personal information
Full name Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques
Date of birth (1983-02-06) 6 February 1983
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1992–2002 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Sporting B 72 (1)
2004–2005Ovarense (loan) 25 (0)
2005–2006União Madeira (loan) 22 (0)
2006 Ethnikos 6 (0)
2007 Olivais Moscavide 11 (2)
2007–2011 APOP 65 (0)
2011 AEL Limassol 9 (0)
2011 Alki Larnaca 3 (0)
2012 Olympiakos Nicosia 11 (0)
2012–2015 Doxa 57 (0)
2015–2016 Pafos 14 (0)
2016–2017 Doxa 1 (0)
2017–2018 Digenis Akritas 23 (1)
Total 319 (4)
International career
2000 Portugal U16 11 (1)
2001 Portugal U17 7 (0)
2001–2002 Portugal U19 14 (0)
2003–2004 Portugal U20 4 (0)
2004 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent most of his career in Cyprus, arriving in the country in 2007.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Marques joined local Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 9. He could never appear for his hometown club's first team, only competing with the reserve side in the third division and being loaned twice.[1]

In 2006, released by the Lions, Marques signed with Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. of the Greek second level. Unsettled, he returned to his country in the following transfer window, joining C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the second tier,[2] being regularly used during his four-month spell but suffering relegation.

Marques moved to APOP Kinyras FC during the summer of 2007.[1] In November of the following year, he tested positive in a doping test alongside compatriot Lionel Medeiros, following a match against Anorthosis Famagusta FC played on 31 October.[3] The Cyprus Football Association's judiciary committee imposed a one-year ban on the former starting from the day he sampled, but eventually took into consideration his cooperation as he showed coach Eduard Eranosyan to be solely responsible for the result;[4] the club decided to keep him and, in May, he helped it win the season's Cypriot Cup.

In early February 2011, Marques changed teams but stayed in the Cypriot First Division, signing for AEL Limassol.

International career

All youth levels comprised, Marques won 43 caps for Portugal and scored once.[5] His only appearance for the under-21s occurred on 17 August 2004, when he played the second half of the 0–0 friendly draw to Malta held in Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia.[6]

Club statistics

As of 24 September 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2001–02[7] Portuguese Second Division 6060
2002–03[7] Portuguese Second Division 300300
2003–04[7] Portuguese Second Division 361361
Total 721721
Ovarense (loan) 2004–05[7] Segunda Liga 25010260
União Madeira (loan) 2005–06[7] Portuguese Second Division 22000220
Olivais Moscavide 2006–07[7] Segunda Liga 11200112
Ethnikos 2006–07[7] Football League 6060
APOP 2007–08[7] Cypriot First Division 250250
2008–09[7] Cypriot First Division 9090
2009–10[7] Cypriot First Division 170170
2010–11[7] Cypriot First Division 140140
Total 650650
AEL Limassol 2010–11[8] Cypriot First Division 900090
Alki Larnaca 2011–12[8] Cypriot First Division 300030
Olympiakos Nicosia 2011–12[8] Cypriot First Division 11020130
Doxa 2012–13[8] Cypriot First Division 15000150
2013–14[8] Cypriot First Division 21050260
2014–15[8] Cypriot First Division 21020230
Total 57070640
Pafos 2015–16[8] Cypriot First Division 200020
Career total 2833100002933

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