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''This is a Mexican footballer. For the Mexican Boxer see [[Rafael Márquez (boxer)]]''
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{{Football player infobox| playername= Rafael Marquez
| image = [[Image:Rafael Marquez 15abr2007.jpg|250px]]
| fullname = Rafael Márquez Álvarez
| nickname = ''Rafa'', " El Kaizer de Michoacan" , "El Principe De Cataluna"
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1979|2|13}}
| cityofbirth = [[Zamora, Michoacán|Zamora]]
| countryofbirth = [[Mexico]]
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| currentclub = [[FC Barcelona]]
| clubnumber = 4
| position = [[Defender (football)#Centre back|Centre Back]],</br>[[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive Midfielder]]
| years = 1996–1999</br>1999–2003</br>2003–
| clubs = [[CF Atlas|Atlas]]</br> [[AS Monaco]] </br> [[FC Barcelona]]
| caps(goals) = 77 (6)</br> 87 (5)</br> 114 (6)
| nationalyears = 1999 </br> 1997–
| nationalteam = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico U-20]]</br>[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 4 (2)<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178119/index.html Fifa.com]</ref> </br> 79 (9)
| pcupdate = [[September 26]], [[2007]]
| ntupdate = [[July 12]], [[2007]]
}}
'''Rafael Márquez Álvarez''', better known as '''Rafa Márquez''' (born on [[February 13]], [[1979]] in [[Zamora, Michoacán|Zamora]], [[Michoacán]]) is an international [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[football (soccer)|football]] player, specializing as both a [[defender (football)|centre back]] and [[defensive midfielder]], who is currently playing for [[FC Barcelona]] in the Spanish [[La Liga]] and for the [[Mexican national football team|Mexican national team]] as their team [[captain (sport)|captain]].

== Career ==
Rafael Márquez began his career at [[Mexican]] club [[Atlas de Guadalajara]], for whom he debuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Márquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against [[Club Toluca]] in penalties. He debuted for the [[Mexico national football team|Mexican national team]], before moving on in 1999. In that year, [[France|French]] club [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] purchased Márquez for €6 million. Márquez was an immediate success with Monaco, helping lead the team to the French title in his first season with the club. Despite pressures from larger clubs, Márquez would remain with the club until 2003, when [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] purchased him for €25 million.

In his first season with Barcelona, Márquez appeared 21 times, helping the team to a second place finish in [[La Liga]]. During his second season he was moved from his typical position as a central defender to the defensive mid-field, due to injuries to players [[Thiago Motta|Motta]], [[Edmilson]] and [[Gerard López|Gerard]]. He completed a great season, being one of the main players that helped Barcelona win its 17th Spanish League on [[May 14]] [[2005]] after a 1-1 tie with [[Levante UD|Levante]]. After an injury in his left knee, he returned after a month to play against Milan in the first leg of the [[UEFA Champions League 2005-06|2006 UEFA Champions League]] Semifinal. Barcelona, the away team, won 1-0. On [[May 17]] [[2006]], he won the [[UEFA Champions League]] with Barcelona, making him the first ever Mexican football player to do so. After the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Rafael Marquez renovated his contract to 38.5 million dollars for 4 years in [[FC Barcelona]], ending his contract in June 2010. Despite having many injuries, Rafa was rumored to be up for sale at the end of the 2006\2007 season. His future at Barcelona was up in the air until the [[2007 Copa America]], where Rafa regained his best form and was one of the best players of the competition, helping Mexico to an acceptable 3rd place. After the [[2007 Copa America]], Marquez was taken off the market and went back to training with his teammates.

==International career==
Since making his international debut on [[February 5]], [[1997]] against [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], Márquez has been one of the Mexican national football team's most important players and captain. Marquez has played various tournament's with the Mexican team, in which he became champion in the [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup]] beating Brazil in the [[Estadio Azteca|Aztec Stadium]] in Mexico City. Also Rafa was part of the 2003 Squad of the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]], where Mexico also became Champion. As a [[captain]] of his country, he started all four of the team's games in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] (though he was ejected during his country's 2-0 loss to the United States for a deliberate headbutt on [[Cobi Jones]]), and has been an integral part of two World Cup Qualifying campaigns.

After four years Rafael Márquez was selected by Argentinian coach [[Ricardo Lavolpe]] in the 23 Mexican squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany. During the World Cup Germany tournament, Rafael " Rafa " Márquez played in all of the four matches, and scored the lone Mexican goal in a 2-1 loss to [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in the Round of 16. Since Mexico's second round exit, he has spoken out about the need to encourage future Mexican football players to play in [[Europe]] to increase the competitiveness of the team.

After the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], Rafael Marquez renovated his contract to 38.5 million dollars for 4 years in [[FC Barcelona]], ending his contract in June 2010. Rafa Márquez scored his ninth goal for ''El Tri'' on [[March 28]] [[2007]] and [[FIFA]] highly ranked Rafa Marquez as the third most famous soccer star player in the world and earning a paycheck of 10 to 15 million dollars a year. Recently, Mexican coach and famous player Hugo Sanchez asked Rafa Marquez for his services to be in the [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]], and the [[2007 Copa America]]. Rafa joined Mexico in the Final stage of the Gold Cup against the United States after the conclusion of La Liga and played a full game. Mexico lost 2-1.

== Italian Team Offers ==
Around February, 2007 rumours from Spanish and Italian press had Rafael Marquez leaving to [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] after the 2006/2007 [[La Liga|Liga]] , although he currently has a 38.5 million dollar contract with [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] until 2010. Recently, [[Juventus]] also wants his services

==Trivia==
{{trivia|date=October 2007}}
*FIFA nominated him for the [[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year]], in a list of thirty players
* At The 2004 Athens Olimpic Games, He Scored The First goal of the 3 in the Only victory of the Tournament the game ended [[Greek national football team|Argentina]], 2 - 3 [[Mexico national football team|México]]
* At the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], in the round of 16, against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], he scored, and as his celebration he put his thumb in his mouth, dedicating his goal to his son.
*Marquez made his 100th appearance with Barcelona, playing the Classic derby, against archrival [[Real Madrid]].
* At the early age of 22 he married Mexican Actress [[Adriana Lavat]], who was 27 years old; But after 5 years of marriage and two children, Rafa filed for divorce in early February 2007; this was Rafa's first marriage/divorce and Adriana's second.
* He has two children: Santiago and Rafaela, who he had with Adriana Lavat.
* Brazilian [[Ronaldinho]] once stated that Marquez was one if not his best friend at [[FC Barcelona]].

==Honours==
'''International:'''

{{flagicon|Mexico}} '''[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]'''
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: (1999)
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: (2003)

'''Club:'''

{{flagicon|France}} '''[[AS Monaco FC]]'''
*[[Ligue 1]] (2000)
*[[Trophée des champions|Super Cup]] (2000)
*[[Coupe de la Ligue]] (2003)

{{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[FC Barcelona]]'''
*Sub-Campeon FIFA World Club Championship in 2006
*[[La Liga]] ([[La Liga - 2004/2005|2005]], [[La Liga - 2005/2006|2006]])
*[[Spanish Super Cup|Super Cup]] (2005, 2006)
*[[UEFA Champions League]] (2006)

'''Individual:'''

*Best [[defender (football)|defender]] in the [[Ligue 1|French league]] in the 1999-2000 season.
*Best [[North America]]n soccer player in 2005.
*3rd Most Popular Player in the World in 2006 ([[IFFHS]]).
*nominated for the [[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year]], in a list of thirty players.

==Career Stats==
As of [[December 17]], [[2007]]<ref>[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=11771&cc=5901 Soccernet player statistics]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ '''All-Time Club Performance'''
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|World Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]<ref>Includes [[UEFA Supercup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals

|-
|rowspan="4" align=center valign=center|[[Atlas de Guadalajara|'''Atlas''']]
|!colspan="2"|1996-97
|24||2|| || || || ||-||-||24||2
|-
|!colspan="2"|1997-98
|20||1|| || || || ||-||-||20||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|1998-99
|33||3|| || || || ||-||-||33||3
|-
|!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
! 77 !! 6 !! !! !! !! !!-!!-!! 77 !! 6
|-
|rowspan="5" align=center valign=center|[[AS Monaco FC|'''Monaco''']]
|!colspan="2"|1999-00
|23||3|| || || || || || ||23||3
|-
|!colspan="2"|2000-01
|15||1|| || || || || || ||15||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|2001-02
|19||0|| || || || || || ||19||0
|-
|!colspan="2"|2002-03
|30||1|| || || || || || ||30||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
! '''87''' !! '''5''' !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 87 !! 5
|-
|rowspan="6" align=center valign=center|[[FC Barcelona|'''Barcelona''']]
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2003/2004|2003-04]]
|23||1|| || || || ||3||0||26||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2004/2005|2004-05]]
|34||3|| || || || ||6||0||40||3
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2005/2006|2005-06]]
|25||0|| || || || ||8||0||33||0
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2006/2007|2006-07]]
|21||1||5||0||2||1||6||0||34||2
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga 2007-08|2007-08]]
|10||1||1||0|| || ||4||0||14||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
!114 !! 6 !! 6 !! 0 !! 2 !! 1 !! 27 !! 0 !! 147 !!7
|-
! colspan="2" | Career totals
!278 !! 17 !! 5 !! 0 !! 2 !! 1 !! 27 !! 0!! 310 !! 18
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rafaelmarquez.com.mx Rafael Márquez Official Site] (In Spanish)
*[http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/ FCBarcelona.cat - Official website] {{ca icon}} / {{es icon}} / {{en icon}} / {{jp icon}} / {{zh icon}}
*[http://www.esmas.com/deportes/biografias/336376.html Rafael Márquez Article] (In Spanish)
*[http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=834 Football Database profile and stats]
*[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=11771&cc=5901 ESPN Soccernet profile and stats]
*[http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=991856 Tribute to Rafael Marquez] {{es icon}}

{{Mexico Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{Mexico Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{FC Barcelona Squad}}

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Revision as of 03:15, 24 December 2007

This is a Mexican footballer. For the Mexican Boxer see Rafael Márquez (boxer)

Rafael Márquez
File:Rafael Marquez 15abr2007.jpg
Personal information
Full name Rafael Márquez Álvarez
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre Back,
Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Barcelona
Number 4
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 12, 2007

Rafael Márquez Álvarez, better known as Rafa Márquez (born on February 13, 1979 in Zamora, Michoacán) is an international Mexican football player, specializing as both a centre back and defensive midfielder, who is currently playing for FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga and for the Mexican national team as their team captain.

Career

Rafael Márquez began his career at Mexican club Atlas de Guadalajara, for whom he debuted in 1996 at only 17 years old. Márquez rose to prominence while with Atlas, making 77 appearances for the team and being runner-up in the league losing the final against Club Toluca in penalties. He debuted for the Mexican national team, before moving on in 1999. In that year, French club Monaco purchased Márquez for €6 million. Márquez was an immediate success with Monaco, helping lead the team to the French title in his first season with the club. Despite pressures from larger clubs, Márquez would remain with the club until 2003, when Barcelona purchased him for €25 million.

In his first season with Barcelona, Márquez appeared 21 times, helping the team to a second place finish in La Liga. During his second season he was moved from his typical position as a central defender to the defensive mid-field, due to injuries to players Motta, Edmilson and Gerard. He completed a great season, being one of the main players that helped Barcelona win its 17th Spanish League on May 14 2005 after a 1-1 tie with Levante. After an injury in his left knee, he returned after a month to play against Milan in the first leg of the 2006 UEFA Champions League Semifinal. Barcelona, the away team, won 1-0. On May 17 2006, he won the UEFA Champions League with Barcelona, making him the first ever Mexican football player to do so. After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Rafael Marquez renovated his contract to 38.5 million dollars for 4 years in FC Barcelona, ending his contract in June 2010. Despite having many injuries, Rafa was rumored to be up for sale at the end of the 2006\2007 season. His future at Barcelona was up in the air until the 2007 Copa America, where Rafa regained his best form and was one of the best players of the competition, helping Mexico to an acceptable 3rd place. After the 2007 Copa America, Marquez was taken off the market and went back to training with his teammates.

International career

Since making his international debut on February 5, 1997 against Ecuador, Márquez has been one of the Mexican national football team's most important players and captain. Marquez has played various tournament's with the Mexican team, in which he became champion in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup beating Brazil in the Aztec Stadium in Mexico City. Also Rafa was part of the 2003 Squad of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, where Mexico also became Champion. As a captain of his country, he started all four of the team's games in the 2002 FIFA World Cup (though he was ejected during his country's 2-0 loss to the United States for a deliberate headbutt on Cobi Jones), and has been an integral part of two World Cup Qualifying campaigns.

After four years Rafael Márquez was selected by Argentinian coach Ricardo Lavolpe in the 23 Mexican squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. During the World Cup Germany tournament, Rafael " Rafa " Márquez played in all of the four matches, and scored the lone Mexican goal in a 2-1 loss to Argentina in the Round of 16. Since Mexico's second round exit, he has spoken out about the need to encourage future Mexican football players to play in Europe to increase the competitiveness of the team.

After the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Rafael Marquez renovated his contract to 38.5 million dollars for 4 years in FC Barcelona, ending his contract in June 2010. Rafa Márquez scored his ninth goal for El Tri on March 28 2007 and FIFA highly ranked Rafa Marquez as the third most famous soccer star player in the world and earning a paycheck of 10 to 15 million dollars a year. Recently, Mexican coach and famous player Hugo Sanchez asked Rafa Marquez for his services to be in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the 2007 Copa America. Rafa joined Mexico in the Final stage of the Gold Cup against the United States after the conclusion of La Liga and played a full game. Mexico lost 2-1.

Italian Team Offers

Around February, 2007 rumours from Spanish and Italian press had Rafael Marquez leaving to Milan after the 2006/2007 Liga , although he currently has a 38.5 million dollar contract with Barcelona until 2010. Recently, Juventus also wants his services

Trivia

  • FIFA nominated him for the 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year, in a list of thirty players
  • At The 2004 Athens Olimpic Games, He Scored The First goal of the 3 in the Only victory of the Tournament the game ended Argentina, 2 - 3 México
  • At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, in the round of 16, against Argentina, he scored, and as his celebration he put his thumb in his mouth, dedicating his goal to his son.
  • Marquez made his 100th appearance with Barcelona, playing the Classic derby, against archrival Real Madrid.
  • At the early age of 22 he married Mexican Actress Adriana Lavat, who was 27 years old; But after 5 years of marriage and two children, Rafa filed for divorce in early February 2007; this was Rafa's first marriage/divorce and Adriana's second.
  • He has two children: Santiago and Rafaela, who he had with Adriana Lavat.
  • Brazilian Ronaldinho once stated that Marquez was one if not his best friend at FC Barcelona.

Honours

International:

Mexico Mexico

Club:

France AS Monaco FC

Spain FC Barcelona

Individual:

Career Stats

As of December 17, 2007[2]

All-Time Club Performance
Club Season League Cup World Cup Europe[3] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Atlas 1996-97 24 2 - - 24 2
1997-98 20 1 - - 20 1
1998-99 33 3 - - 33 3
Total 77 6 - - 77 6
Monaco 1999-00 23 3 23 3
2000-01 15 1 15 1
2001-02 19 0 19 0
2002-03 30 1 30 1
Total 87 5 87 5
Barcelona 2003-04 23 1 3 0 26 1
2004-05 34 3 6 0 40 3
2005-06 25 0 8 0 33 0
2006-07 21 1 5 0 2 1 6 0 34 2
2007-08 10 1 1 0 4 0 14 1
Total 114 6 6 0 2 1 27 0 147 7
Career totals 278 17 5 0 2 1 27 0 310 18

References

  1. ^ Fifa.com
  2. ^ Soccernet player statistics
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Supercup
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