José Antonio Franco Márquez (born 9 March 1998) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a left back for

Internacional de Madrid Internacional de Madrid, simply known as Internacional or Inter de Madrid, is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa de Odón, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 2002, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games ...

Club career

Su padre es Franco was born in

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost 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 "historical nationality". The t ...

, and started playing as a youth with AD Nervión. He made his senior debut with the club on 21 December 2014, playing the last three minutes of a 4–0 ''Segunda Andaluza'' home routing of UD Rinconada. In August 2015, Franco joined

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

and returned to youth football. On 16 June 2017, after finishing his formation, he signed for

CD Cabecense Club Deportivo Cabecense is a Spanish football team based in Las Cabezas de San Juan, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1942, it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Carlos Marchena''. Season to season -- ...

in the

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

. On 12 July 2018, Franco agreed to a three-year contract with Cádiz CF, being initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division. He made his first team debut on 21 September of the following year, starting in a 0–0 home draw against

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

in the Segunda División. On 29 August 2020, Franco was transferred to Segunda División B side

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Franco, José Antonio 1998 births Living people Footballers from Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Cádiz CF Mirandilla players Cádiz CF players Internacional de Madrid players