Marck Jesus Paguirigan Espejo (born March 1, 1997) is a Filipino volleyball athlete currently playing for Incheon Korean Air Jumbos, his first stint in

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. He is a member of the Philippines men's national volleyball team and played collegiate volleyball with

Ateneo de Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic ( Jesuits) , academic ...

Career

Youth

Espejo studied at the Santa Elena High School - Marikina. While playing for his secondary school, Espejo bagged the Best Attacker awards in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa, 2011 National Milo Little Olympics Championship, 2012 and 2013 NCR Volleyball Regional Meet.

Collegiate

As a multi-awarded high school volleyball player, he was recruited by

Ateneo De Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic ( Jesuits) , academic ...

to play for its men's varsity volleyball team. Espejo won the 2014 GUIDON-Moro Lorenzo Sportsman of The Year award.

UAAP

In the

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(UAAP) Volleyball Championship, Espejo led Ateneo's team to win three consecutive championships from UAAP Season 77 to

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. In

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where Ateneo finished as runner-ups, Espejo was hailed as the Rookie of the Year and Season's MVP while in UAAP Season 77 as Best Attacker and Season's MVP. In

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, he received three awards: Best Attacker, Best Server, and Season's MVP. Espejo also bagged the

Best Scorer, Best Attacker, and Season's MVP. He ended his UAAP stint with Ateneo in 2018 with a loss to the National University in the final of UAAP Season 80. And Espejo makes a historic 55-point game on UAAP Season 80 Semifinals against FEU.

Spikers' Turf and PVL

He also led Ateneo in bagging the championship title in Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference,

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, and Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference in addition to the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference championship. In the Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference 2nd Best Outside Spiker, Conference and Finals MVP,

1st Best Outside Spiker and Conference MVP, and 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference 1st Best Outside Spiker, Conference and Finals MVP. He was also awarded as the 1st Best Outside Spiker in the

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Club career

Philippines

Espejo helped the

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in snatching the bronze medal in the Cagayan Friendship Games and silver medal in the

in 2015. Following the end of his UAAP stint with Ateneo, Espejo was set to play for

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in the men's division of the

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Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

In May 2018, Espejo received an offer to play for a team in Japan. On May 27, it was announced that he has officially signed to play for the Japanese club,

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. He was recommended by Godfrey Owese Okumu, the coach of the University of the Philippines' women's team.

Visakha

In December 2019, Espejo joined

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of the Volleyball Thailand League. He debuted for the club in January 2020.

Bani Jamra

Espejo moved to Bahrain in November 2020 to play for Bani Jamra of the Isa bin Rashid Volleyball League. He moved back to the Philippines after his contract with Bani Jamra ended on January 30, 2021. He helped his team finish sixth in a league of six teams in the 2020–21 season.

FC Tokyo

Espejo returned to Japan, after he was signed in to play for FC Tokyo for the 2021–21 season of V.League.

Incheon Korean Air Jumbos

In April 27, Espejo joined to the 2023 KOVO Men's Asian Quota Draft held in Jeju Island, South Korea. Espejo got picked and assigned to play for Incheon Korean Air Jumbos in 2023-24 season of