Christian Marques

Christian Marques
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernandes Marques
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Uster, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Yverdon-Sport
Number 25
Youth career
0000–2018 Grasshoppers
2019–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2021–2022Belenenses SAD (loan) 0 (0)
2022Forest Green Rovers (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Yverdon-Sport 15 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Switzerland U15 8 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U16 8 (0)
2019 Switzerland U17 5 (0)
2021 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2022– Portugal U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Christian Fernandes Marques (born 15 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Yverdon-Sport. Born in Switzerland, he is a Portugal youth international.[1][2]

Career

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Before the second half of 2018–19, Marques joined the youth academy of English Premier League side Wolves.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2021, he was sent on loan to B-SAD in Portugal.[8] However due to a lack of game time at the Portuguese club, Marques was recalled by Wolves and given more game time in their U23's setup for the remaining season.

On 1 September 2022, Wolves loaned out Marques to newly promoted League One side, Forest Green Rovers for the 2022–23 season.[9] On 6 September 2022, Marques made his English Football League debut playing 90 minutes for Forest Green in a 2–1 victory over Accrington Stanley.[10] Having suffered a "long-term injury", Marques returned to his parent club on 12 December 2022.[11]

On 7 September 2023, Marques signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.[12]

Career statistics

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As of 12 December 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 2 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 3 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0
Belenenses SAD (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23 League One 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

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  1. ^ "Les "Wolves", décimés, ont convoqué un jeune suisse". lematin.ch.
  2. ^ "Marques makes Wolves exit". wolves.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Christian Marques: 'Conor Coady is perfect example, he does everything I need to do'". theathletic.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "Wird er der nächste Schweizer Premier-League-Star?". blick.ch.
  5. ^ "Marques is the real deal – even at 17 years old". theathletic.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Christian Marques out to make his mark for Wolves". expressandstar.com.
  7. ^ "Wolves are very excited about this wonderkid - and fans should be too". birminghammail.co.uk.
  8. ^ "Wolves youngster Christian Marques keen for another temporary move after tough loan spell". expressandstar.com.
  9. ^ "Marques heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Marques returns to Wolves". www.fgr.co.uk. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ^ "AVEC CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS BOUCLE SON MERCATO !" [WITH CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS COMPLETES ITS MERCATO!] (in French). Yverdon-Sport. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ^ Christian Marques at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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