Marc Baró Ortiz (born 23 August 1999) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a

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for Real Murcia.

Club career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

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, Baró joined FC Barcelona's La Masia in June 2015, from lowly locals SD La Salle. In 2017, after a one-year loan at CF Damm, he joined Valencia CF and was assigned to the ''Juvenil A'' squad. Baró made his senior debut with Valencia's reserves on 11 November 2017, starting in a 1–2

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home loss against

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. On 31 January 2019, after failing to make the breakthrough, he moved to another reserve team, CF Peralada-Girona B also in the third division. On 10 July 2019, Baró joined

SD Leioa Sociedad Deportiva Leioa is a Spanish football team based in Leioa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1925 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at '' Estadio Sarriena'', which has a capacity ...

, still in the third division. The following 29 January, after being a regular starter, he agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract with

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, being initially assigned to the B-team in the same category. In June 2020, Baró was called up to the main squad by manager Álvaro Cervera after the injury of

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, and made his professional debut on 17 July, starting in a 0–1 loss at

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as his side was already promoted. Baró made his La Liga debut on 23 January 2021, starting in a 0–3 loss at Sevilla FC. On 22 July, he moved to Real Betis'

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in Primera División RFEF.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baro, Marc 1999 births Living people Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks La Liga players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players CF Damm players Valencia CF Mestalla footballers CF Peralada players SD Leioa players Cádiz CF Mirandilla players Cádiz CF players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers