Carlos Marchena
Marchena before a game with Spain in 2009
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| Full name | Carlos Marchena López | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Las Cabezas, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1997 | Sevilla | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Sevilla | 68 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Sevilla B | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Benfica | 20 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2010 | Valencia | 230 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Villarreal | 45 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Deportivo La Coruña | 44 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Kerala Blasters | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Total | 411 | (17) | |||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Spain U20 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Spain U21 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Spain U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2011 | Spain | 69 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Carlos Marchena López (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos maɾˈtʃena ˈlopeθ]; born 31 July 1979) is a retired Spanish footballer. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he also pitched in as a defensive midfielder.
Most of his professional career was spent at Valencia (nine years), which he helped to five major titles, including two La Liga championships. He amassed competition totals of 330 games and 11 goals during 13 seasons, also playing for Sevilla, Villarreal and Deportivo.
A Spanish international for the better part of the 2000s, Marchena represented the nation in two World Cups and as many European Championships, winning once in each competition and gaining 69 caps.
Born in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Province of Seville, Andalusia, Marchena started his professional career in hometown club Sevilla FC at the age of 18, when the club was playing in the second division. In the 1999–2000 season he made his La Liga debut, playing the entire match in a 2–2 home draw with Real Sociedad on 22 August 1999.
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