Rui Marques

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Rui Marques
Full name	Manuel Rui Marques
Date of birth	September 3, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.80m
Nickname	The Automatic Angolan, The Angolan Wizard
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Leeds United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–04 2004–05 2005–present 2006	Baden SSV Ulm 1846 Hertha Berlin VfB Stuttgart Maritimo Leeds United → Hull City (loan)	27 (0) 32 (0) 01 (0) 47 (0) 08 (0) 09 (0) 01 (0)
National team²
2006–present	Angola	03 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:54, 2 March 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 21 June 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Manuel Rui Marques (born 3 September 1977, also known as Rui Manuel Marques) is an Angolan footballer player from Luanda, Angola but he moved to Portugal as a child.

Marques currently plays for Leeds United as a defender. He is known for his fast paced sprints and tough tackling. Marques began professionly in Germany's SSV Ulm 1846 in the 1999-2000 season but then moved to Herta Berlin in Berlin, Germany's capital and one of their top clubs.

Marques then moved to VfB Stuttgart where he played four seasons at the German club. In the 2004-05 season he moved to CS Marítimo of Madeira, Portugal. After struggling to break into the first team, Marques was subsequently released by Marítimo after just one season and in the 2005-06 season Marques moved to Leeds United in England on a Bosman transfer. Marques made one appearance for Leeds in the 2005-06 season in the Carling Cup against Oldham, in which he was clearly very nervous and uncomfortable playing at right-back, Marques did not feature again for Leeds that season and at the end of 2005-06 he went to Hull City on a short-term loan, which was cut short due to injury.

The 2006-07 campaign again saw Marques over-looked by manager Kevin Blackwell, and again by the new Leeds manager Dennis Wise, who made it clear Marques would not feature under his leadership and was told he was free to leave the club, along with a number of other squad and fringe players. However, Marques has never once complained about his isolation from the first team and has worked hard to try and prove himself, being included in a number of different match-day squad listings and on a couple of occasions making the substitutes bench.

Marques' hard-work and persistance was rewarded when he was called up to the first team squad for Leeds United's 2-1 victory against Coventry City on 1 January 2007, where he turned in a very solid performance at centre back, proving a lot of doubters wrong with regards to his ability. Marques has now established himself as the club’s best defender and is one of the first names on the team sheet. Some have claimed that Marques’ style is reminiscent of leeds legend Lucas Radebe.

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Rui Marques career stats at Soccerbase

Leeds United A.F.C. - Current Squad

	Angola squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 João Ricardo \| 2 Marco Airosa \| 3 Jamba \| 4 Lebo Lebo \| 5 Kali \| 6 Miloy \| 7 Figueiredo \| 8 André \| 9 Mantorras \| 10 Akwá \| 11 Mateus \| 12 Lamá \| 13 Édson \| 14 Mendonça \| 15 Rui Marques \| 16 Flávio \| 17 Zé Kalanga \| 18 Love \| 19 Titi Buengo \| 20 Locó \| 21 Delgado \| 22 Mário \| 23 Marco Abreu \| Coach: Gonçalves

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