Manuel "Manolo" Márquez Roca (born 7 September 1968) is a Spanish professional

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Playing career

Born in

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, Márquez represented CE Cerdanyola, Santfeliuenc FC,

CF Montañesa Club de Futbol Montañesa is a Spanish football team based in Barcelona in the district of Nou Barris, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1927, it plays in the , holding home games at ''Camp Municipal de Nou Barris'', with a cap ...

, CD Granollers,

FC Martinenc Fútbol Club Martinenc is a Spanish football team based in Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in ''Primera Catalana – Group 1'', holding home games at ''Camp Municipal del Guinardó''. Season to season ...

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CF Badalona Club de Fútbol Badalona () is a Spanish football team based in Badalona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, temporarily holding home games at Estadi Municipal de Badalona, with ...

and Penya Barcelonista Anguera as a player, retiring professionally at the age of 28.

Manager career

Márquez was started his career with his last club PB Anguera in 2002, as manager. After two spells at

AE Prat Associació Esportiva Prat is a Spanish football team based in El Prat de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at ''Estadi Sagnier'', with a 500-s ...

and one season at

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 Di ...

side

CE Europa Club Esportiu Europa is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Gràcia, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1907, it plays in the Segunda División RFEF, Segunda ...

, he was appointed manager of

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club Badalona on 5 June 2010. Márquez took Badalona to the play-offs during his two seasons in charge, missing out promotion in both, however. On 31 January 2013, he was appointed in charge of

RCD Espanyol B Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona "B" is the reserve team of the RCD Espanyol, club based in Barcelona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. The team was founded in 1991 and plays in the Segunda Federación, Segunda Federación – ...

. Márquez was sacked by the ''Pericos'' on 21 January 2014, being replaced by his assistant Sergio. On 4 November he returned to Prat for a third stint, but was relieved from his duties at the end of the season after failing to achieve promotion. On 29 June 2015, Márquez was named at the helm of

UE Sant Andreu Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Sant Andreu, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home mat ...

, also in the fourth division. He was dismissed on 26 October, and only returned to coaching duties the following 16 June, after being named

UD Las Palmas Atlético Las Palmas Atlético is the reserve team of UD Las Palmas, club based in Las Palmas, in the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. They play in Tercera Federación – Group 12, holding home games at ''Anexo del Estadio Gran Canaria'', which ...

manager. Márquez achieved promotion to the third tier as champions with the B-team, and on 3 July 2017 he was appointed manager of the main squad in

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, after agreeing to a one-year contract. His first match in charge occurred on 18 August 2017, a 0–1 away loss against

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. On 26 September 2017, after just six league matches in charge, Márquez resigned as manager after overseeing a 0–2 home defeat against

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

just two days earlier. In June 2018, Márquez signed with Croatian side

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for one campaign. However, he was sacked on 18 September after winning only one of the first seven games. At the end of 2018, Márquez agreed to manage Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C. in the

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. He left a month later for personal reasons, before taking charge of a single game. In March 2020 Márquez tested positive for

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. He recovered 12 days later. In August 2020, Márquez was appointed as

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head coach. On 10 February 2021, Márquez penned down a two-year contract extension, that tied him with the club till 2023. The announcement came after he had led the team in ISL 2020–21 Season to achieve 23 points from first 16 fixtures and 4th place on the league table.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Hyderabad *

: 2021–22 Individual *

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