José Alberto Márquez Àrdan (born 6 August 1988) is a

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

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who plays as a

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Personal life

Marquez suffered the loss of his mother, Tere Ardón, who passed away in August 2021.

Career

Marquez courted controversy in 2018 when

Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala Fútbol Club is a Guatemalan professional football team based in Antigua Guatemala. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. They play their home games at the Estadio Pensativo. They are nickname ...

announced his signing on their website when his current team

Guastatoya Guastatoya is a city in Guatemala. It is the capital and largest city of the department of El Progreso. The Guastatoya Water Park is located in the city. It is situated 73 km from the city of Guatemala. The city was leveled in 1976 from a ...

said he was still under contract. Ultimately, Marquez stayed with Guastatoya and signed a new 2 year contract with the club. He was a member of the Guastatoya side that won the Guatemalan title in 2018.

International career

He made his debut for the full Guatemalan team against

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on the 16 August 2018. He scored the opening goal of the game on his debut in a match Guatemala won 3-0. He was in the Guatemalan squad that competed at the

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Honours

Guastatoya *

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: Clausura 2018, Apertura 2018, Apertura 2020

References

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* * 1988 births Living people Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders C.D. Guastatoya players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players {{guatemala-footy-bio-stub