Alejandro Samuel Márquez Pérez (born 31 October 1991) is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an professional

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er who plays as a defensive midfielder for

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the second level of the Chilean football system. Their home games are played at the Fiscal stadium, which ha ...

Club career

On 12 September 2010, Márquez made his

Unión Temuco Club Deportivo Unión Temuco was a Chilean professional football club based in Temuco, La Araucanía Region. The club played at the Primera B, the second tier of the Chilean football, until 2013 when it was folded. The club was established in Jan ...

debut against

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. He with the pass of time was a frequently in Temuco's squad, consecrating him at the team. On 20 November 2011 he officially debuted with Universidad de Chile in a match against Universidad Católica for the 2011 Torneo Clausura. For the 2012 season he returned to

, after being on loan 6 months at Universidad de Chile.

O'Higgins

On 11 July 2015, he joined in O'Higgins in a loan for 1 year, starting for the 2015–16 season.

Rangers

For the 2024 season, he signed with

International career

In January 2011, it was revelated that the coach César Vaccia selected Márquez for the South American Championship squad that was going to travel to Peru. He debuted against host team Peru and played 90 minutes. On 24 January, he scored his first international goal against

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in a 3–1 defeat. In a decisive game against

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, he scored his second goal for Chile in the last match of the group stage, now in a 3–1 victory, thus establishing as the goalscorer of his team in the group stage.

Honours

;Universidad de Chile * Primera División de Chile (1): 2011 Clausura *

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References

External links

Alejandro Márquez at Football Lineups
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marquez, Alejandro 1991 births Living people People from Loncoche Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Unión Temuco footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Deportes Temuco footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Paraná Clube players Rangers de Talca footballers Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Copa Sudamericana-winning players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Men's association football midfielders