Carlos Marques

Carlos Marques

Marques playing for Sporting
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques
Date of birth	6 February 1983
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current team	Pafos
Number	13
Youth career
1994–2002	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2006	Sporting B	72	(1)
2004–2005	→ Ovarense (loan)	25	(0)
2005–2006	→ União 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–	Pafos	4	(0)
National team
2000	Portugal U16	11	(1)
2001–2002	Portugal U19	14	(0)
2003–2004	Portugal U20	4	(0)
2004	Portugal U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:17, 15 December 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques (born 6 February 1983) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Cypriot club Pafos FC as a defender.

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

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Marques joined local Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth ranks at the age of 11, but could never appear for his hometown's first team, only appearing with the reserves in the third division and being loaned twice.

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

Marques signed for APOP Kinyras FC during the summer of 2007. In November of the following year he tested positive in a doping test following a match against Anorthosis Famagusta FC played on 31 October, alongside compatriot Lionel Medeiros.^[1]

CFA's Judiciary Committee imposed a one-year ban on the player, starting from day he sampled, but eventually took into consideration his cooperation, with Marques showing coach Eduard Eranosyan to be solely responsible for his positive test.^[2] APOP decided to keep him and, in May, he helped the team win the season's Cypriot Cup.

In early February 2011 Marques changed teams but stayed in Cyprus, signing for AEL Limassol.

International career

Between the under-17 and the under-21s, Marques represented Portugal in 26 games.

Club statistics

As of 24 September 2015

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting B	2001–02[3]	Segunda Divisão	6	0	—				6	0
	2002–03[3]	Segunda Divisão	30	0	—				30	0
	2003–04[3]	Segunda Divisão	36	1	—				36	1
	Total		72	1	—				72	1
Ovarense (loan)	2004–05[3]	Segunda Liga	25	0	1	0	—		26	0
União Madeira (loan)	2005–06[3]	Segunda Divisão	22	0	0	0	—		22	0
Olivais Moscavide	2006–07[3]	Segunda Liga	11	2	0	0	—		11	2
Ethnikos	2006–07[3]	Beta Ethniki	6	0			—		6	0
APOP	2007–08[3]	Cypriot First Division	25	0			—		25	0
	2008–09[3]	Cypriot First Division	9	0			—		9	0
	2009–10[3]	Cypriot First Division	17	0			—		17	0
	2010–11[3]	Cypriot First Division	14	0			—		14	0
	Total		65	0			—		65	0
AEL Limassol	2010–11[4]	Cypriot First Division	9	0	0	0	—		9	0
Alki Larnaca	2011–12[4]	Cypriot First Division	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
Olympiakos Nicosia	2011–12[4]	Cypriot First Division	11	0	2	0	—		13	0
Doxa	2012–13[4]	Cypriot First Division	15	0	0	0	—		15	0
	2013–14[4]	Cypriot First Division	21	0	5	0	—		26	0
	2014–15[4]	Cypriot First Division	21	0	2	0	—		23	0
	Total		57	0	7	0	—		64	0
Pafos	2015–16[4]	Cypriot First Division	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
Career total			283	3	10	0	0	0	293	3

References

1. Βρέθηκε θετικός ο Κ. Μάρκες; Shoot and Goal, 23 November 2008 (Greek)
2. ΚΟΠ: Ποινή 1 έτους σε Μάρκες, Μεδέϊρος Shoot and Goal, 24 February 2009 (Greek)
3. "Carlos Marques". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
4. "Carlos Marques". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

External links

• Carlos Marques at footballzz.co.uk
• Carlos Marques profile at ForaDeJogo