Agustín Federico Marchesín (; born 16 March 1988) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club RC Celta de Vigo and the Argentina national team. He began his career with

Lanús Lanús () is the capital of Lanús Partido, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. It lies just south of the capital city Buenos Aires, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The city has a population of 212,152 (), and the Partido de Lan� ...

, making 222 appearances and winning the

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. He then spent several years in Mexico's Liga MX, winning league titles with

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and Club América, before joining

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in 2019. He won the Primeira Liga and

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twice, and moved to Celta Vigo in 2022. Marchesín made his international debut for Argentina in 2011, and was part of their squads at three

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tournaments. They came runners-up in 2015, third in 2019 and won in 2021.

Club career

Lanús

In 2007, Marchesín was signed by

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from regional club

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(which he was already a first team member since 2005, but did not play). He was a non-playing member of the Lanús squad that won the 2007 Apertura tournament. On 1 March 2009, Marchesín made his competitive debut in a 2–0 win against

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. On 29 April, he made his first appearance in the

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, a 1–1 draw against

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. That year, he relegated

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to the bench and established himself as first-choice goalkeeper, playing in most of Lanús' games of the

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tournament. In 2013, Marchesín won the

with Lanús, starting in both matches of the

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against Ponte Preta of Brazil.

Santos Laguna

In December 2014, Marchesín, along with Lanús teammate Diego González, was sold to Mexican side

as a replacement for retiring goalkeeper

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. In his first year at the club, he won the 2015 Clausura and 2015 Campeón de Campeones cup.

América

On 2 December 2016, it was announced that Santos Laguna had sold Marchesín to Club América. Marchesín made his 100th league appearance in Mexico in América's 2–1 win against

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on 30 September 2017. On 16 December 2018, Marchesín won his first league title with América following a 2–0 aggregate victory over

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in the Apertura finals.

Porto

On 31 July 2019, Marchesín moved to Portugal's FC Porto on a four-year deal, for an undisclosed amount reported as €7.2 million. He joined as a replacement for Iker Casillas, who had suffered a heart attack in May. He made his debut on 7 August in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the

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away to

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in Russia, making a late save from Rémy Cabella. He was the Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Month in each of his first four months. Porto won the league and

double, and he was named Goalkeeper of the Year and made the Team of the Year. In November 2019, he missed the local derby with

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due to internal suspension for having partied until early in the morning with teammates Luis Díaz,

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and Renzo Saravia. Marchesín missed the start of the 2021–22 season through a

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injury to his right knee, and was replaced by youngster

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. In a title-winning campaign, he played only three minutes in a 2–0 win at F.C. Arouca on 6 February. Five days later, he was one of four players sent off in a melee at the end of a 2–2 draw with

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, and was handed a two-game suspension; on 7 December he was also dismissed without playing in a similar event against

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in the Champions League group stage. Marchesín was first-choice as Porto won the 2021–22 Taça de Portugal, including the 3–1 final win over

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on 22 May. On 30 July, days before leaving the club, he played in the 2022 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira win over the same opposition due to Costa's suspension.

Celta

On 2 August 2022,

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side RC Celta de Vigo signed Marchesín on a three-year deal with the option of one more. He made his debut 11 days later as the season began with a 2–2 home draw against

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, conceding the equaliser from

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's penalty in the seventh minute of added time.

International career

Marchesín was the starting goalkeeper for the Argentina national U21 team that finished third at the

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. On 20 August 2010, Marchesín received his first call for the senior national team for a friendly match against

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. Marchesín got his first cap in a friendly match against

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as a half-time substitute for

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on 16 March 2011, with Argentina winning the match 4–1 in San Juan. In September 2014, Marchesín received his first call-up in more than three years when Gerardo Martino called him up for the friendly matches against

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and

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, playing against the latter and earning his second cap. He was called up for the 2015 Copa América after Mariano Andújar suffered a hand injury midway through the tournament. On 15 September 2017, Marchesín received his first call-up under

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for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification matches against

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and

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on 2 and 5 October. On 14 November, he made his first start for the national team in a 4–2 friendly loss to

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, Russia. In May 2019, Marchesín was included in Argentina's 23-man squad for the 2019 Copa América. He was also named in the 28-man squad for the 2021 edition, which they won for the first time since 1993. On 8 June that year, he made his competitive debut when Emiliano Martínez was injured in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match away to

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, and made an added-time error that allowed Miguel Borja to make it 2–2.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Lanús *

Santos Laguna * Liga MX: Clausura 2015 *

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: 2015 América *Liga MX: Apertura 2018 *

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: Clausura 2019 *Campeón de Campeones: 2019 Porto * Primeira Liga: 2019–20, 2021–22 *

: 2019–20, 2021–22 *

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: 2020, 2022 Argentina *

: 2021 Individual *

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Best Goalkeeper: 2009 *

Ubaldo Fillol Award The Ubaldo Fillol Award (from the Spanish: ''Premio Ubaldo Fillol''), was a football award that went to the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio of each tournament of the Argentine Primera División. The award was created by Argentine ...

: Torneo Inicial 2012 * Liga MX Golden Glove: 2015–16, 2018–19 *Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2017, Clausura 2018, Apertura 2018 * Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Month: August 2019, September 2019, October/November 2019, December 2019 *Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2019–20 * Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2019–20

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchesin, Agustin 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Association football goalkeepers Argentine Primera División players Huracán de Tres Arroyos footballers Club Atlético Lanús footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate footballers in Mexico Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Santos Laguna footballers Club América footballers FC Porto players RC Celta de Vigo players Liga MX players Primeira Liga players La Liga players Argentina international footballers 2015 Copa América players 2019 Copa América players 2021 Copa América players Copa América-winning players