José Martínez Marsà (born 4 March 2002) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...

club

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

Club career

Born in

Esplugues de Llobregat Esplugues de Llobregat () is a municipality of the Barcelona metropolitan area. Formerly in the ''Barcelonès'', since 1990 it has been part of the Comarques of Catalonia, comarca of Baix Llobregat. During recent decades Esplugues has evolved fro ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

, Marsà was a youth product of

La Masia La Masia de Can Planes, usually shortened to La Masia (; ), is FC Barcelona's youth academy. It includes more than 300 young players and has been an instrumental factor in Barcelona's European success, producing several world class players and ...

. He began his senior career with

Barcelona B Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within cit ...

in 2020. On 1 July 2021, he transferred to the Portuguese club

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

, initially heading to their reserves. Marsà made his professional debut with Sporting in a 4–0

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

win over Santa Clara on 14 May 2022, coming on as a sub in the 79th minute. On 31 January 2023, he returned to Spain after being loaned to

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

side

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting is a Spanish professional association football, football club from Gijón, Principality of Asturias. Founded on 1 July 1905, it plays in the ...

for the remainder of the season. On 3 August 2023, Marsà joined Segunda División club

FC Andorra Futbol Club Andorra is a professional football club based in Andorra la Vella, Andorra, that currently competes in , in the Spanish league system. The club was founded in 1942 and currently plays its home fixtures at Estadi Nacional. In spite ...

on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract; with Sporting CP keeping 50% of his economic rights. After one season in the Spanish second flight, Marsà moved to

club

in July 2024. He signed a three-year contract.

International career

Marsà is a youth international for Spain, having represented their Spain U17s and U18s. He represented the Spain U17s at the

2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the 18th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men's youth association football, football championship contested by the under-17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marsa, Jose 2002 births Living people People from Esplugues de Llobregat Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Barcelona Atlètic players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers Sporting de Gijón players FC Andorra players K.V. Mechelen players Primeira Liga players Primera Federación players Segunda Divisão players Segunda División players Belgian Pro League players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century Spanish sportsmen