Pedro Alexandre Mendes Marques (born 31 March 1988), commonly known as Pedrito, is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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Football career

Born in

Figueira da Foz Figueira da Foz (), also known as Figueira for short, is a city and a municipality in the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Practically at the midpoint of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast, it is located at the mouth of the Mondego River, west ...

, Coimbra District, Marques played youth football with three clubs, including

Sporting Clube de Portugal 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 fo ...

from ages 11–15. He moved abroad in 2006, going on to spend his last as a junior with

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

. In Spain, Marques never competed in higher than

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

, representing

Real Madrid C Real Madrid Club de Fútbol C, commonly known as Real Madrid C, was a Spanish association football team that played in the Tercera División – Group 7. It was Real Madrid's second reserve team. They played their home games at La Ciudad del ...

and

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, SAD is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a ...

. In the 2011–12 season, he did not feature for any team. Marques returned to his country in the 2012 summer, signing with

S.C. Farense Sporting Clube Farense, simply known as Farense, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Faro in the district of the same name and the region of Algarve. Founded in 1910, the club will play the 2021–22 season in the Liga Portugal ...

in the third level. He changed sides and countries again in the following

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, going on to make his professional debut in the Angolan

Girabola Girabola, or ''Campeonato Nacional de Futebol em Séniores Masculinos'', is the top division of Angolan football. It is organized by the Angolan Football Federation. The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League. Gira ...

with

C.R.D. Libolo Clube Recreativo Desportivo do Libolo, usually known simply as Recreativo do Libolo, is an Angolan multisport club based in Libolo, Cuanza Sul Province. History has it that C.R.D. Libolo resulted as a merger of three different clubs in the vill ...

and later playing with G.D. Interclube also in that nation. On 31 March 2016, Marques agreed to a contract with Bulgarian club

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 ...

after a successful trial period. He was released in December. In January 2017, Marques joined Gil Vicente.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marques, Pedro 1988 births Living people People from Figueira da Foz Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Segunda Divisão players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players S.C. Farense players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers CD San Roque de Lepe footballers C.R.D. Libolo players G.D. Interclube players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players Gil Vicente F.C. players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Footballers from Coimbra District