The Mexican Rafael Márquez Álvarez spent seven seasons as a player with FC Barcelona, which helped him achieve an identity with the fans of the Blaugrana team that elevated him to the level of club icon. Now Rafa Márquez is one of the candidates to lead the renowned team that has won 27 LALIGA titles and 5 UEFA Champions League, replacing Xavi Hernández. At the moment the ‘Kaiser of Michoacán’ is directing the subsidiary club, Barça Atlétic.
Rafa Márquez has the Catalan team in second place with 58 points, 6 behind the leader, Deportivo La Coruña, the Blaugranas have 17 wins in 32 games, 7 draws and 8 losses, they have scored 50 goals and have conceded 36, their difference It is more than 14. Barcelona Atlétic participates in a third category in the First Federation. Barça Atlétic plays at the Johan Cruyff Stadium, which has a capacity for 6,000 fans.
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The 5-time World Cup player arrived at Barcelona in the summer of 2003 from AS Monaco in the French league; He remained in the Spanish club until 2010, winning 4 leagues, 3 Spanish Super Cups, 1 King’s Cup, 3 Catalonia Cups, 1 European Super Cup, 2 European Cups, 1 Club World Cup; He played in 283 games and scored 18 goals. These are the numbers that gave an identity to the Mexican who seems imminently to be the next strategist of the Blaugrana team.
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The ‘Kaiser’ is a football legend in Mexico, he is a member of the Pachuca Hall of Fame in the 2023 generation, and he was a 5-time World Cup player with the Mexican National Team in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 FIFA Cups. , 2014 and 2018; He was a finalist with Atlas in 1999 and champion with León.
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