Marcos Vales

Marcos Vales

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Vales Illanes
Date of birth	5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) (age 36)
Place of birth	A Coruña, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Deportivo La Coruña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1993	Fabril Deportivo
1993–1994	Deportivo La Coruña	19	(1)
1994–1997	Sporting Gijón	60	(3)
1997–2002	Zaragoza	103	(11)
2002–2004	Sevilla	40	(3)
2004–2005	Mallorca	6	(0)
Total		228	(18)
National team
1993	Spain U18	4	(2)
1993–1998	Spain U21	15	(1)
1998	Spain	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Vales and the second or maternal family name is Illanes.

Marcos Vales Illanes (born 5 April 1975 in A Coruña, Galicia) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Vales made his professional debuts with local Deportivo de La Coruña. As Super Depor came to fruition, he was sparingly used during his two-year spell with the Galicians, leaving at the age of 19. Only linked to the club with an amateur contract, he moved to Asturias and signed with local Sporting de Gijón, with Deportivo president August César Lendoiro proceeding to engage in a lengthy court battle, which was eventually resolved in the footballer's favour.^[1]

After three seasons with Sporting, only starting in the latter, with the club finishing 15th in La Liga, Vales signed with fellow first-divisioner Real Zaragoza, for 200 million pesetas. He started regularly in his first seasons, but was already a fringe-player in 2000–01, when the Aragonese won the Copa del Rey.

In the 2002 summer, following Zaragoza's relegation, Vales moved to Sevilla FC, also in the top flight. In his first season he was first-choice, notably scoring the game's only goal in a local derby against Real Betis, on 2 March 2003.^[2]

Vales missed the vast majority of the 2003–04 campaign due to a foot injury.^[3] He then signed with RCD Mallorca, but suffered a relapse in his condition and eventually decided to retired, aged 30, with Spanish top flight totals of 228 games and 18 goals.

International career

On 14 October 1998, Vales gained his first - and only - cap for Spain. It consisted of one minute in a 2–1 win in Israel for the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifiers, replacing Real Madrid's Raúl González.

Previously, he helped the under-21 win the 1998 European Championship, in Romania.

Honours

Club

Zaragoza

• Spanish Cup: 2000–01

Country

Spain U21

• UEFA U-21 Championship: 1998

References

1. ^ El Deportivo no sale del juzgado (Deportivo can't leave the courtroom); La Voz de Galicia, 6 October 2009 (Spanish)
2. ^ El Sevilla reflota en el coto del Betis (Sevilla stays afloat in Betis territory); El Mundo, 2 March 2003 (Spanish)
3. ^ El sevillista Marcos Vales estará dos meses de baja tras ser operado en Barcelona de su lesión en un pie (Sevilla's Marcos Vales to miss two months after undergoing foot surgery in Barcelona); Sport Lider, 4 March 2004 (Spanish)

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Marcos Vales at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Vales, Marcos
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	5 April 1975
Place of birth	A Coruña, Spain
Date of death
Place of death