Rui Marques
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| Full name | Manuel Rui Marques | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
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Current team | Unattached | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 21 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
Manuel Rui Marques (born 3 September 1977, also known as Rui Manuel Marques) is an Angolan footballer player from Luanda, Angola but he moved to Portugal as a child.
Marques currently plays for Leeds United as a defender. He is known for his fast paced sprints and tough tackling. Marques began professionly in Germany's SSV Ulm 1846 in the 1999-2000 season but then moved to Herta Berlin in Berlin, Germany's capital and one of their top clubs.
Marques then moved to VfB Stuttgart where he played four seasons at the German club. In the 2004-05 season he moved to CS Marítimo of Madeira, Portugal. After struggling to break into the first team, Marques was subsequently released by Marítimo after just one season and in the 2005-06 season Marques moved to Leeds United in England on a Bosman transfer. Marques made one appearance for Leeds in the 2005-06 season in the Carling Cup against Oldham, in which he was clearly very nervous and uncomfortable playing at right-back, Marques did not feature again for Leeds that season and at the end of 2005-06 he went to Hull City on a short-term loan, which was cut short due to injury.
The 2006-07 campaign again saw Marques over-looked by manager Kevin Blackwell, and again by the new Leeds manager Dennis Wise, who made it clear Marques would not feature under his leadership and was told he was free to leave the club, along with a number of other squad and fringe players. However, Marques has never once complained about his isolation from the first team and has worked hard to try and prove himself, being included in a number of different match-day squad listings and on a couple of occasions making the substitutes bench.
Marques' hard-work and persistance was rewarded when he was called up to the first team squad for Leeds United's 2-1 victory against Coventry City on 1 January 2007, where he turned in a very solid performance at centre back.. And he recenty addmited he wants to ensure Leeds United stay up before thinking about his personal situation.
External links
Rui Marques at Soccerbase
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