Carlos Manuel Oliveira Marques (born 6 February 1983) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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or a

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. He spent most of his career in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

, arriving in the country in 2007.

Club career

Born in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Marques joined local

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

's youth academy at the age of 9. He could never appear for his hometown club's first team, only competing with the reserve side in the third division and being loaned twice.As estrelas do futebol que nunca chegaram a ser um Figo, um Simão ou um Ronaldo (The football stars who never got to be Figo, Simão or Ronaldo)
Público, 10 October 2010 (in Portuguese) In 2006, released by the ''Lions'', Marques signed with

Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. Ethnikos Piraeus 1923 Football Club ( el, Εθνικός Πειραιώς 1923) is a Greek football club based in Piraeus and its parent sports club is Ethnikos OFPF. The club was officially formed in 1923 as ''Keravnos'' ( en, Lightning), but ...

of the Greek second level. Unsettled, he returned to his country in the following

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, joining

C.D. Olivais e Moscavide Clube Desportivo dos Olivais e Moscavide is a centenary club located in the eastern area of Lisbon that distinguishes itself in practice in different levels of football, basketball, American Football and Table Football, in addition to developing ...

in the second tier, being regularly used during his four-month spell but suffering relegation. Marques moved to

APOP Kinyras FC APOP Kinyras FC ( el, ΑΠΟΠ, Αθλητικός Ποδοσφαιρικός Ομιλος Πέγειας Κινύρας, ''Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Pegeias Kinyras'', "Athletic Football Club Peyia Kinyras") was a Cypriot football club fro ...

during the summer of 2007. In November of the following year, he tested positive in a

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alongside compatriot

Lionel Medeiros Lionel Jesus Gonçalves Medeiros (born 14 April 1977 in Orléans, France) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to st ...

, following a match against

Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

played on 31 October. The

Cyprus Football Association The Cyprus Football Association (CFA; el, Κυπριακή Ομοσπονδία Ποδοσφαίρου (ΚΟΠ), Kypriakí Omospondía Podosfaírou (KOP)) is the governing body of football in Cyprus and is based in Nicosia. It organizes the footb ...

's judiciary committee imposed a one-year ban on the former starting from the day he sampled, but eventually took into consideration his cooperation as he showed coach

Eduard Eranosyan Eduard Antranik Eranosyan ( bg, Едуард Антраник Ераносян; born 8 February 1961), nicknamed ''"Edo"'' ''( bg, Едо)'', is a Bulgarian football manager and a former player who played as a striker. Eranosyan played for Lok ...

to be solely responsible for the result; the club decided to keep him and, in May, he helped it win the season's

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. In early February 2011, Marques changed teams but stayed in the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

, signing for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

International career

All youth levels comprised, Marques won 43

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for

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

and scored once. His only appearance for the under-21s occurred on 17 August 2004, when he played the second half of the 0–0 friendly draw to

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

held in Pedroso,

Vila Nova de Gaia Vila Nova de Gaia (; cel-x-proto, Cale), or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The city proper had a population of ...

.Sub-21: Portugal frente a Malta (Under-21: Portugal against Malta)
Record, 18 August 2004 (in Portuguese)

Club statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Carlos 1983 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players A.D. Ovarense players C.F. União players C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players Football League (Greece) players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players APOP Kinyras FC players AEL Limassol players Alki Larnaca FC players Olympiakos Nicosia players Doxa Katokopias FC players Pafos FC players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Nottingham Forest F.C. non-playing staff