Christian Marques

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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
–2018 Grasshoppers
2019–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Belenenses SAD (loan) 0 (0)
2022 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 13 (0)
2023– Yverdon-Sport 42 (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 29 December 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]

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Career

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

As of 12 December 2022 [13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2019–20 Premier League 0000002 [a] 020
2020–21 0000003 [a] 030
2021–22 0000000000
2022–23 0000000000
Total0000005050
Belenenses SAD (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 0000–0000
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23 League One 130000000130
Career total130000050180
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

  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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