Marc Vales González (born 4 April 1990) is an Andorran

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who plays for Malaysian club

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. Mainly a

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, he can also play as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Vales never competed in higher than Segunda División B during his lengthy spell in Spain, having started playing football with local Sant Julià. Subsequently, he represented

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(two spells), Sabadell B, Eivissa-Ibiza B,

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and

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. In the summer of 2011, Vales signed for Atlético Baleares. His first match in the third tier took place on 30 October, and he scored the game's only goal at home against Olímpic de Xàtiva. Vales spent the vast majority of the following years in the same league – with the exception of a few months in

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with FC Andorra – with Real Madrid C (who acquired him on a free transfer), Zaragoza B and Hospitalet. On 5 August 2016 he signed with Finnish side SJK until the end of the season, with the option of an additional campaign. On 9 November 2016, SJK announced that they had agreed a new two-year contract with Vales. On 25 July 2018, he moved to the Norwegian

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with

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on a two-and-a-half-year deal. In January 2022, Vales signed for Malaysian club

International career

After representing

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at youth level, Vales won his first

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with the full side on 26 March 2008 (one month shy of his 18th birthday), playing one minute in a 0–3 friendly home loss to Latvia. He went on to appear in more than 80 internationals. Vales scored his first goal on 11 October 2019, as the hosts defeated ten-man

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1–0 in the

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qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club

International

(Andorra score listed first, score column indicates score after each Vales goal)

References

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National team data
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