Miguel Alberto Marques

Miguel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alberto Fernandes Marques
Date of birth (1963-06-07) 7 June 1963
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1978–1981 Vitória Guimarães
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Moreirense
1982–1984 Vizela
1984–1988 Vitória Guimarães 122 (3)
1988–1991 Sporting CP 41 (0)
1991–1997 Gil Vicente 164 (9)
1997–2005 Trofense 139 (14)
2005–2006 Torcatense 18 (0)
National team
1987–1989 Portugal 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Miguel Alberto Fernandes Marques (born 7 June 1963), known simply as Miguel, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career

Miguel was born in Guimarães. From 1984 to 1997 he competed in 13 first division seasons, with Vitória de Guimarães, Sporting Clube de Portugal and Gil Vicente FC, amassing totals of 327 games and 12 goals and being relegated in the last year.

Miguel retired in June 2006 at the age of 43, after not being able to help Grupo Desportivo União Torcatense avoid relegation from the third level. He gained five caps for Portugal in the late 80's, the vast majority of those coming after the infamous Saltillo Affair at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, which caused most of the squad to defect from international play.

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