Marcos García Barreno (born 21 March 1987), known as Marquitos, is a Spanish professional

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who plays for CD Ibiza Islas Pitiusas as a

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Club career

Born in Sant Antoni de Portmany,

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, Marquitos was a product of

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

's youth system, and he made his first-team debut on 24 September 2006 in a 3–2 home win against

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. During the season he was an important attacking weapon for the fifth-placed side in

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and, in two starts, scored goals in home victories over

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(1–0) and

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(2–0), playing 90 minutes on both occasions. However, Marquitos would be loaned for 2007–08 to Recreativo de Huelva also in the top division, where he only appeared in half of the campaign's matches, with a goal against Real Murcia (4–2 home win). He returned to Villarreal only to be immediately loaned again, to

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; he featured heavily during this spell, but the Basque team failed to achieve a top-flight return. In late July 2009, Villarreal released Marquitos, whom immediately signed a four-year contract with top-tier

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as well as former teammate

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. On 17 October he netted again against Real Madrid, albeit in a 4–2 away defeat, but appeared sparingly throughout the season as the

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side was eventually relegated. Marquitos returned to Villarreal in the summer of 2010, on loan, but was assigned to the reserve squad in division two. He continued competing at that level the following years, with Xerez CD, SD Ponferradina and CE Sabadell FC. In 2015 off-season, aged 28, Marquitos moved abroad for the first time, joining Polish club Miedź Legnica. The following January, he moved to the country's Ekstraklasa with

GKS Górnik Łęczna Górniczy Klub Sportowy Górnik Łęczna, commonly referred to as Górnik Łęczna, is a sports club based in Łęczna, Poland. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which competes in I liga, the second division in the Polis ...

. In September 2016, Marquitos moved to the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) with

PFC Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Verey ...

. He was released in December, and returned to Miedź.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquitos 1987 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from Ibiza Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF players Recreativo de Huelva players Real Sociedad footballers Real Valladolid players Xerez CD footballers SD Ponferradina players CE Sabadell FC footballers UD Melilla footballers Ekstraklasa players I liga players Miedź Legnica players Górnik Łęczna players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria