Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques (born 6 February 1983) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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or a

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. He spent most of his career in

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, arriving in the country in 2007.

Club career

Born in

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

, Marques joined local

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth academy at the age of 9. He could never appear for his hometown club's first team, only competing with the reserve side in the third division and being loaned twice.As estrelas do futebol que nunca chegaram a ser um Figo, um Simão ou um Ronaldo (The football stars who never got to be Figo, Simão or Ronaldo)
Público, 10 October 2010 (in Portuguese) In 2006, released by the ''Lions'', Marques signed with

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. () or simply Ethnikos is a Greece, Greek association football, football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos Piraeus, Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed on 21 November 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ...

of the Greek second level. Unsettled, he returned to his country in the following

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, joining C.D. Olivais e Moscavide in the second tier, being regularly used during his four-month spell but suffering relegation. Marques moved to

APOP Kinyras FC APOP Kinyras FC (, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras'', "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a Cypriot football club from the village of Peyia of Paphos District. The club formed in 2003 following the merger of lower divisi ...

during the summer of 2007. In November of the following year, he tested positive in a

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alongside compatriot

Lionel Medeiros Lionel Jesus Gonçalves Medeiros (born 14 April 1977 in Orléans, France) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to st ...

, following a match against

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta (), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.

played on 31 October. The

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's judiciary committee imposed a one-year ban on the former starting from the day he sampled, but eventually took into consideration his cooperation as he showed coach

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to be solely responsible for the result; the club decided to keep him and, in May, he helped it win the season's

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. In early February 2011, Marques changed teams but stayed in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

, signing for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou () is a Cyprus, Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL Limassol also maintains a AEL Limassol B.C., men's and AEL Limassol B.C. (women), women's basketball teams, a wom ...

International career

All youth levels comprised, Marques won 43

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for

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and scored once. His only appearance for the under-21s occurred on 17 August 2004, when he played the second half of the 0–0 friendly draw to

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

held in Pedroso,

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; ), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal, Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a populati ...

.Sub-21: Portugal frente a Malta (Under-21: Portugal against Malta)
Record, 18 August 2004 (in Portuguese)

Club statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Carlos 1983 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players A.D. Ovarense players C.F. União players C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players Football League (Greece) players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players APOP Kinyras FC players AEL Limassol players Alki Larnaca FC players Olympiakos Nicosia players Doxa Katokopias FC players Pafos FC players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen