Christian Marques
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Fernandes Marques | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Uster, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tondela | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 2019–2020 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Belenenses SAD (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Yverdon-Sport | 52 | (1) |
| 2025– | Tondela | 31 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Switzerland U15 | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Switzerland U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Switzerland U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Portugal U21 | 4 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025 | |||
Christian Fernandes Marques (born 15 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Tondela. Born in Switzerland, he is a Portugal youth international.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Before the second half of 2018–19, Marques joined the youth academy of English Premier League side Wolves.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2021, he was sent on loan to B-SAD in Portugal.[8] However due to a lack of game time at the Portuguese club, Marques was recalled by Wolves and given more game time in their U23 setup for the remaining season.
On 1 September 2022, Wolves loaned out Marques to newly promoted League One side, Forest Green Rovers for the 2022–23 season.[9] On 6 September 2022, Marques made his English Football League debut playing 90 minutes for Forest Green in a 2–1 victory over Accrington Stanley.[10] Having suffered a "long-term injury", Marques returned to his parent club on 12 December 2022.[11]
On 7 September 2023, Marques signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.[12]
On 21 July 2025, Marques joined Primeira Liga team Tondela.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 12 December 2022[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 2019–20[15] | — | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21[16] | — | — | — | 3[c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2021–22[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[18] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| B-SAD (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Forest Green Rovers (loan) | 2022–23[18] | League One | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Yverdon-Sport | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| Total | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 54 | 1 | ||||
| Tondela | 2025–26 | Primeira Liga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | |
| Career total | 84 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 1 | ||
- ↑ Includes FA Cup, Taça de Portugal and Swiss Cup
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup and Taça da Liga
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
References
[edit]- ↑ "Les "Wolves", décimés, ont convoqué un jeune suisse". lematin.ch.
- ↑ "Marques makes Wolves exit". wolves.co.uk.
- ↑ "Christian Marques: 'Conor Coady is perfect example, he does everything I need to do'". theathletic.com (Archived). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Wird er der nächste Schweizer Premier-League-Star?". blick.ch.
- ↑ "Marques is the real deal – even at 17 years old". theathletic.com (Archived). Retrieved 12 September 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Christian Marques out to make his mark for Wolves". expressandstar.com.
- ↑ "Wolves are very excited about this wonderkid - and fans should be too". birminghammail.co.uk.
- ↑ "Wolves youngster Christian Marques keen for another temporary move after tough loan spell". expressandstar.com.
- ↑ "Marques heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Marques returns to Wolves". www.fgr.co.uk. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ↑ "AVEC CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS BOUCLE SON MERCATO !" [WITH CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS COMPLETES ITS MERCATO!] (in French). Yverdon-Sport. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "CHRISTIAN MARQUES É AURIVERDE" (in Portuguese). C.D. Tondela. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ↑ Christian Marques at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- 1 2 "Games played by Christian Marques in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
External links
[edit]- Christian Marques at Soccerway
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