Miguel Alberto Marques

Miguel Alberto Marques
Miguel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alberto Fernandes Marques
Date of birth 7 June 1963 (1963-06-07) (age 48)
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
19781982 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19821984 Vizela
19841988 Vitória Guimarães 121 (3)
19881991 Sporting CP 41 (0)
19911997 Gil Vicente 163 (9)
19972005 Trofense
20052006 Torcatense 18 (0)
National team
19871989 Portugal 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Appearances (Goals).

Miguel Alberto Fernandes Marques (born 7 June 1963 in Guimarães), simply Miguel, is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

From 19841997, Miguel competed in 13 first division seasons, with Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Gil Vicente FC, amassing totals of 325 games and 12 goals, being relegated in the last campaign.

He retired in June 2006 at the age of 43, after not being able to help Grupo Desportivo União Torcatense avoid relegation from the third level. He gained five caps for Portugal in the late 80's, the vast majority of those coming after the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which caused most of the squad to defect from international play.

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