Manuel Rui Marques
Manuel Rui Marques was born on the 3 rd September 1977. He is a retired international footballer from Angola. He played the role of a cen...
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Manuel Rui Marques was born on
the 3rd September 1977. He is a retired international footballer
from Angola. He played the role of a centre back for the national team and for
the club he played. Though he was born in Angola, Rui Marques moved to Portugal
at a tender age.
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Club Career
Rui Marques came through the
junior team of Benfica, but he left the club to join the Swiss club, Baden.
With the good time he had with Baden, Rui Marques started his professional
football at the German club, SSV Ulm 1846 in the 1999/2000 season. He after
that joined Hertha BSC in Berlin, the capital of Germany, but he never played
any game for the first team of the club.
After just six months with the
club, he made a move to VfB Stuttgart and he spent three and a half seasons
with the club and won the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup with the club after they beat
the French club, Lille. Rui Marques moved to CS Maritimo of Madeir,
Portugal, and it was there that he played in the Portuguese Premier Division.
After he struggled to make the first team of the club, he was released by the
club after a season with the club. He was released as a free agent and that
made him to start looking for a club.
Before the 2005/06 season, Rui Marques
went on a trial to Ipswich Town where he impressed the manager of the club, Joe
Royle to want to sign him as a permanent player of the club, but rather he
decided to join Leeds United on a Bosman transfer. He was signed by the manager
of the club, Kevin Blackwell, but the player made only one appearance for the
club in the match that was played against Oldham, he never played any game
again for the club in that season with Paul Butler, Sean Gregan, Mathew,
Kilgallon, Clarke Carlisle and MichealDuberry all playing better than he was in
that season. Towards the end of the season, Rui Marques went on a loan deal to
Hull City for a short term that was cut because of injury problems. He played
for the country for the 2006 World Cup and was one of the two players of the
club that played for their in the world cup, with Eddie Lewis playing for USA.
The 2006/07 season saw the
player neglected by the coach of the club, Kevin Blackwell and initially by the
new manager of the club, Dennis Wise, who said that the player would never play
under his administration along with other fringe players in the club. Rui
Marques never complained about the isolation from the first team of the club as
he worked hard to make the first team of the club. His hard work was rewarded
when he got the chance to play for the club in the match that was won 2-1
against Coventry City on the 1st Januar7 2007, and he played in the
centre back position for the club. He immediately became one of the best
players in the club. Leeds United was relegated that season, but to show his
commitment to the club, Rui Marques signed a new deal with the club on the 7th
August 2007. He was a regular starter with the club and he scored his first
goal for the club on the 18th August 2007 in the match that was
played against Southend United, and the game finished 4-1 in favor of his club.
Before leaving the club, the
manager of the club, Dennis Wise opined that he would offer Rui Marques a new
deal and he also said that the player should wait a bit longer before signing a
new deal with the club to help increase his wages. Upon the arrival of the new
manager of the club, Gary McAllister, he was handed a new deal but talks
stalled with the length of the new deal. Talks were held till the summer of
that year. In the summer of that year, he was linked with a move to Sunderland
that plays in the Premier League. Meanwhile, on the 20th May 2008,
Rui Marques signed a new deal with Leeds United.
On the 14th May 2010,
Rui Marques was announced to be free to get himself a new club and he would not
be handed a new deal by the club. When he left the club, he was the longest
serving player in the club.
International Career
Despite being eligible to
represent the national team of Portugal, Rui Marques pledged his allegiance to
the Angolan national team, which was his country of birth. He was among the
national team players that represented Angola in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and
he played against Mexico in the group stage, he also played against Iran as
well as against Portugal with his country finishing third in the group. Rui
Marques was among the national team of the country that played in the 2008
African Cup of Nations and he played all the games that were played by the
country.
Rui Marques was called to play
for the country in the 2010 African Cup of Nations where his country was the
host nation of the tournament. He played in all games for the country in the
tournament that finished for them in the game that was lost 1-0 to Ghana in the
quarter finals for the tournament with GyanAsamoah scoring the winning goal of
the game for Ghana.
Honours
Leed United
Ø Coca-Cola
League one runners up(Promoted in the 2009/10 season).
VfB Stuttgart
Ø Winner of
the Intertoto Cup of the year 2002.
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