Antonio García Márquez (born 1 July 1989) is a Spanish

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who plays for

Vélez CF Vélez Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Vélez-Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 22 September 1922 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at '' Estadio Vivar Téllez' ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, García Márquez started playing as a senior with Real Murcia's B-team, also being loaned to amateur clubs during his stint. After one full season with the club he returned to his native

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

and signed with UD Almería, playing initially for the reserves in the

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; on 30 September 2011 he was selected for the match against Recreativo de Huelva and, the following day, played his first and only game as a professional, which consisted of one minute in a 1–0 away win in the second level championship after he came on as a substitute for

Rafita Rafael Ramos Lozano (born 18 September 1982), known as Rafita, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CF UD Calpe. On the right side of the pitch, he can appear as both a defender or a midfielder. Club career Born in Palma de Mallo ...

. In the 2012 summer, García was released by Almería and returned to Murcia B, being released a year later. On 17 June 2014 he moved to

also in the fourth level.El mediocentro García Márquez ya es jugador del Vélez CF (Central midfielder García Márquez already is a Vélez CF player)
Info Axarquía, 17 June 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Marquez, Antonio 1989 births Living people Footballers from Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Murcia CF players UD Almería B players UD Almería players