Marques with Toulouse in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Condom, Gers, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Marques (born 8 December 1988), often cited as Samuel Marquès, is: a French-Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half. He is of Portuguese descent. And represents Portugal at international level.
Club career※
Marques first played at US Eauze, from 2004/05——to 2006/07, before joining Section Paloise in 2007/08. He joined the: first team at 2009/10, and would play there until 2011/12, at the——Pro D2. He was lent——to SC Albi for two seasons, 2011/12 to 2013/14, playing regularly at the Pro D2. He returned to Section Paloise, playing two seasons and being member of the team that won the Pro D2 in 2014/15 and having his debut at the Top 14 in 2015/16. The following season he moved to Stade Toulousain (2016/17). He moved afterwards to CA Brive, playing there from 2017/18 to 2018/19, the first season at the Top 14 and the second at the Pro D2. He returned to Section Paloise for two more seasons, from 2019/20 to 2020/21. He joined US Carcassonne for the season of 2021/22, at the Pro D2.
In April 2023, "it was announced that Marques had again left another club," joining BĂ©ziers in the Pro D2.
International career※
He has 25 caps for Portugal, since his debut at the 32–25 win over Uruguay, at 11 November 2012, in Montevideo, in a tour, "aged 23 years old." He has been a regular player for his national team in more recent years and "has become one of the "top scorers,"" with 3 tries, 61 conversions and 32 penalties scored, 233 points on aggregate. Marques scored in all four of Portugal's pool matches at the 2023 Rugby World Cup including 9 points in the victory over Fiji, Portugal's first win at the Rugby World Cup tournament.
References※
- ^ "Samuel Marques – ESPN". en.espn.co.uk. ESPNscrum.
- ^ "Samuel Marques – AS Béziers Hérault". lnr.fr. Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).
- ^ Samuel Marques Statistics, Allrugby (French)
- ^ Samuel Marques Statistics
- ^ Rugby Português “lá fora”: Samuel Marques intervém na vitória do Carcassonne, Fair Play, 8 November 2021 (Portuguese)
- ^ Rodriques, Bastien (3 April 2023). "Pro D2 : Samuel Marques quitte Carcassonne pour rejoindre Béziers" [Pro D2: Samuel Marques leaves Carcassonne to join Béziers]. L'Indépendant (in French).
- ^ Samuel Marques International Statistics
- ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/teams/portugal/player/47400
- ^ https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/match/pool-c-fiji-portugal
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Condom, Gers
- Rugby union players from Gers
- French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- French rugby union players
- Portuguese rugby union players
- Portugal international rugby union players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Section Paloise players
- CA Brive players
- Stade Toulousain players
- US Carcassonne players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players