Bartolomé "Tintín" Márquez López (born 7 January 1962) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...
, currently the
manager
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Management includes the activities o ...
of Qatari club
Al-Wakrah SC
Al-Wakrah Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوكرة الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club based in Al Wakrah. Their professional football team competes in the Qatar Stars League and play their home games at the Al-Haribo Stadi ...
.
His career was closely associated to
Espanyol
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...
, as both a player and coach.
Playing career
Born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, Márquez was nicknamed after the comic book character
Tintin
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''The Adventures of Tintin''
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
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for his similar hairstyle. He signed for
RCD Español
Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...
in early 1980, and played exclusively in his native region during his 15-year professional career. After two loans, at
UE Sant Andreu
Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu () is a Spanish football team based in the city of Barcelona in the district of Sant Andreu, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1909, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 5, holding home mat ...
and
CE Sabadell FC
Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdi ...
, he was definitely promoted to the first team in the
1982–83 season, making his
La Liga
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debut on 4 September 1982 by coming on as a late
substitute in a 1–0 home win against
Racing de Santander
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.
Márquez played six full campaigns with the ''Pericos'', always in the top flight. His best year was
1985–86, when he scored ten goals in 32 matches to help his team to the 11th position, including a
hat-trick
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Origin
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on 20 April 1986 in a 5–3 home victory over
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
; he was also part of the squad that
reached the final of the
1987–88 UEFA Cup
The 1987–88 UEFA Cup was won by Bayer Leverkusen on penalty kicks over Español.
It was the third season of English clubs being barred from this and indeed all European competitions as the sequel of the Heysel disaster of May 1985. The English ...
, but took no part in
the competition after falling out of favour with manager
Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente Lázaro (; born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Forced to retire from playing in his early 20s through injury, he embarked on a coaching career with his first managerial ...
.
Márquez signed with
UE Figueres
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in the 1988 off-season, going on to spend five of his six years in the
Segunda División
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and appear in the promotion playoffs in
1992
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. He retired at the age of 33, after a spell in the
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 ...
with
CE Europa
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.
Coaching career
Márquez began working as a manager in 1997, his first stop being with his last club in the
Tercera División
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. He won the
Copa Catalunya
The Copa Catalunya (''Catalonia Cup'') is a knockout competition organised by the Catalan Football Federation for football clubs in the Catalonia autonomous community of Spain.
History
Between 1903 and 1940, it was known as the '' Championship ...
in that year, defeating Barcelona in the final.
On 26 May 1998, Márquez returned to Espanyol – the organisation changed its denomination three years later– going on to be in charge of its youth and
reserve team
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s the following six years. He subsequently served as an assistant to the main squad, first under
Miguel Ángel Lotina
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Playing career
Born in Meñaka, Biscay, Lotina started playing football with local Gernika Club, represe ...
then
Ernesto Valverde
Ernesto Valverde Tejedor (born 9 February 1964) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao.
Over ten seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 264 games and 68 ...
.
In the summer of 2008, Márquez was appointed at the first team after Valverde left for
Olympiacos FC
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. However, on 30 November, after four consecutive losses, he was relieved of his duties.
In 2012, after roughly six months with Spanish second-tier side
CD Castellón
Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a professional Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 20 July 1922, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''No ...
, and a spell at the
Aspire Academy
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in Qatar, Márquez signed for
K.A.S. Eupen
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in the
Belgian Second Division
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. On 31 March 2015, he was fired for undisclosed reasons, when the team were in third place.
Márquez was appointed coach of
Sint-Truidense V.V.
Koninklijke Sint-Truidense Voetbalvereniging (), commonly known as Sint-Truiden or STVV () or by their nickname De Kanaries (, is a Belgian professional football club located in the city of Sint-Truiden in Limburg. Sint-Truiden plays in the Belg ...
in June 2017 following
Ivan Leko
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Club career
Leko started his career with his hometown club Hajduk Split and played t ...
's departure for
Club Brugge KV
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. , but was dismissed after 53 days – just two games into
the new season – over irreconcilable differences.
In early 2018, Márquez returned to Qatar to manage
Second Division
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side
Al-Wakrah SC
Al-Wakrah Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوكرة الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club based in Al Wakrah. Their professional football team competes in the Qatar Stars League and play their home games at the Al-Haribo Stadi ...
, being beaten to promotion by compatriot
José Murcia
José 'Pepe' Murcia González (born 3 December 1964) is a Spanish association football, football manager (association football), manager who manages Qatari Second Division side Muaither SC.
Career
Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Murcia never playe ...
's
Al-Shahania SC
Al Shahaniya Sports Club ( ar, نادي الشحانية الرياضي), is a Qatari sports club based in Al-Shahaniya, a town 20 km from the capital Doha. Founded in 1998, the most prominent team of the club is the football team which play ...
in his first season. A year later, his team won the division.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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Espanyol archives
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1962 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
RCD Espanyol footballers
UE Sant Andreu footballers
CE Sabadell FC footballers
UE Figueres footballers
CE Europa footballers
Spain under-21 international footballers
Catalonia international footballers
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
CE Europa managers
RCD Espanyol B managers
RCD Espanyol managers
CD Castellón managers
Belgian Pro League managers
K.A.S. Eupen managers
Sint-Truidense V.V. managers
Qatar Stars League managers
Al-Wakrah SC managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar