Martim Alexandre Costa Marques (born 11 February 2004) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a

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for

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club

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...

Career

Marques began playing football with AD Oiã before moving to

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

's youth academy in 2011. He worked his way up their youth academy, and on 4 August 2020 signed his first professional contract with them. He played for Sporting's

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once, in 2022. On 7 June 2023, Marques announced his departure from the club after 13 years with the ''Lions''. On 13 June 2023, Marques signed a four-year contract with

club

FC Lugano FC Lugano is a Swiss football club based in Lugano. The club was refounded as AC Lugano in 2004 as a result of relegation and the financial situation of FC Lugano, which was founded in 1908. In 2008, the club reverted to its original name, FC Lu ...

, for a fee of €300.000. He made his debut for Lugano in a 3–0

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win over Grand-Lancy FC on 16 September 2023.

International career

Marques is a youth international for Portugal. He was part of the Portugal U19s that came in second for the

2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2023 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2023) was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (70th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth footb ...

References

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FPF Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Martim 2004 births Living people Footballers from Vila Nova de Gaia Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers Sporting CP B players FC Lugano players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Swiss Super League players Men's association football fullbacks Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland