Marc Pujol Pons (born 21 August 1982) is an

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

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who plays as a

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for AC Escaldes in

Primera Divisió The Primera Divisió (First Division), also known as Lliga Multisegur Assegurances for sponsorship reasons is the top level of men's football in Andorra. The league was launched in 1995 sponsored by the local federation ( Andorran Football Fede ...

and the

Andorra national football team The Andorra national football team () represents Andorra in men's international football and is controlled by the Andorran Football Federation, the governing body for football in Andorra. The team has enjoyed very little success due to the Pri ...

Career

He finished in third place at

Primera Catalana The Primera Catalana is the 7th tier of the Spanish football league system and the second highest league in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The league was formed in 1991 to replace Regional Preferent as the first level of Catalonia and was ...

2000–01, and promotion to Tercera division with

. He also finished in third place at Tercera division group 5 2002–03 with

Sant Andreu Sant Andreu () is one of the ten districts of Barcelona since its redistricting in 1984. It was named after the former municipality of Sant Andreu de Palomar, which was the largest in the area and now makes up the bulk of the neighbourhood beari ...

. He later signed with the Peña Deportiva. Later on, Pujol achieved second place at Primera Territorial Catalana 2010–11 and promoted to Segona Catalana with

. He also attained second place at Segona Catalana 2011–12 and promoted to

with

. He later won

2013–14 with

FC Santa Coloma FC Santa Coloma is an Andorran professional football club based in Santa Coloma, parish of Andorra la Vella, that competes in the Primera Divisió. It is the most successful team in both Primera Divisió and Copa Constitució, having won b ...

International

Pujol made his debut for

in a friendly game against

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on 6 February 2000, becoming at 17 years and 5 months his country’s youngest player, beating Ildefons Lima’s record. His record was eventually beaten by Iván Lorenzo in 2003 and then Sergi Moreno in 2004. Pujol played in a match against

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held on 2 September 2006 but had to withdraw shortly after the start of the second half due to a leg injury after a tangle with

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. On 12 October 2021, Pujol scored his fourth goal for Andorra during a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification game against

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, becoming at 39 years and 1 months their oldest-ever goalscorer as well as

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's oldest

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goalscorer, though the latter record was beaten on 7 June 2025 by Bosnian

Edin Džeko Edin Džeko (; born 17 March 1986) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a striker for and captains both Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is the all-time top goalscorer and most capped ...

. Three years later, on 13 October 2024, he scored his fifth goal for Andorra in a friendly, again against San Marino, and in doing so at the age of 42 years and 53 days, he became the oldest European international goalscorer, breaking a 68-year-old record set by

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in 1956, at 41 years and 248 days.

National team statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Andorra's goal tally first.''

References

External links

Pujol's profile on FIFA.com
1982 births Living people Andorran men's footballers Andorra men's international footballers FC Andorra players UE Sant Andreu footballers CF Balaguer footballers FC Santa Coloma players Men's association football midfielders FC Santboià players Andorran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Andorran expatriate sportspeople in Spain Tercera División players Primera Divisió players CE Manresa players FIFA Men's Century Club {{Andorra-footy-bio-stub