Pedro Marques (footballer, born April 1998)
Portuguese footballer
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Pedro David Rosendo Marques (born 25 April 1998) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol FC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro David Rosendo Marques[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Carcavelos, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Apollon Limassol | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Colégio Marista | ||
| 2008–2009 | Estoril | ||
| 2010–2011 | Foot 21 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Estoril | ||
| 2012–2016 | Belenenses | ||
| 2016–2017 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2021 | Sporting CP B | 48 | (19) |
| 2018–2022 | Sporting CP | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Dordrecht (loan) | 19 | (6) |
| 2020 | → Den Bosch (loan) | 7 | (8) |
| 2021 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | 15 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | → Famalicão (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | NEC | 33 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | → Apollon Limassol (loan) | 31 | (13) |
| 2024– | Apollon Limassol | 36 | (12) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Portugal U19 | 8 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | Portugal U20 | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:28, 15 April 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Sporting CP
Born in Carcavelos, Cascais, Marques spent much of his childhood at local G.D. Estoril Praia and C.F. Os Belenenses before joining Sporting CP in 2016.[2] On 14 August that year, he made his professional debut with the latter's reserves against S.C. Covilhã, coming on as a 65th-minute substitute for Ricardo Almeida in the 2–1 LigaPro away win.[3] He scored his first goal six days later, in a 2–4 home loss to AD Fafe.[4] He netted twice more over the season, both in a 2–2 draw with Gil Vicente F.C. on 17 September.[5]
Marques made his first-team debut on 13 December 2018 in the last game of the UEFA Europa League group stage at home against Ukraine's FC Vorskla Poltava, playing the last half-hour in place of Fredy Montero.[6] The following 29 March, he was called up for the Primeira Liga match away to G.D. Chaves the next day.[7]
Marques was loaned out on 15 July 2019 to FC Dordrecht of the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[8] The following 22 January, he went to FC Den Bosch in the same league on the same basis.[9] With 14 goals over the course of the campaign before its annulment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was fifth among its goalscorers; this included a hat-trick on 21 February 2020, albeit in a 6–4 defeat at Excelsior Rotterdam.[10]
On 23 November 2020, Marques scored his first goals for the main Sporting team in the form of a brace in a 7–1 away victory over SG Sacavenense in the third round of the Taça de Portugal; he only needed 18 minutes to achieve this feat.[11] In February 2021, he joined Gil Vicente on loan until 30 June.[12]
Marques had his first top-flight experience at Gil, scoring five goals over what remained of the season; his first was to open a 4–2 win at Vitória S.C. on 14 March 2021.[13] On 4 August that year he was lent to another team of the same league, F.C. Famalicão.[14]
NEC
On 21 June 2022, Marques returned to Dutch football, signing for three years with an option for a fourth one with Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen.[15] On 13 November, he scored his second and third goals in the country's top tier, in a 6–1 home win over RKC Waalwijk.[16]
Apollon Limassol
Marques was loaned to Apollon Limassol FC of the Cypriot First Division in September 2023.[17] On 16 May 2024, having totalled 18 goals for the campaign, he joined the club on a permanent two-year contract.[18]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2016–17 | LigaPro | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | |||
| 2017–18 | LigaPro | 29 | 7 | – | – | – | 29 | 7 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Campeonato de Portugal | 11 | 9 | – | – | – | 11 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 19 | – | – | – | 48 | 19 | |||||
| Sporting CP | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dordrecht (loan) | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 6 | ||
| Den Bosch (loan) | 2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 8 | ||
| Gil Vicente (loan) | 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 5 | ||
| Famalicão (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 14 | 2 | |
| NEC | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 33 | 8 | ||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 36 | 8 | ||||
| Apollon Limassol (loan) | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 31 | 13 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 36 | 18 | ||
| Apollon Limassol | 2024–25 | Cypriot First Division | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 4 | ||
| 2025–26 | Cypriot First Division | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 4 | |||
| Total | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 29 | 8 | ||||
| Career total | 164 | 56 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 179 | 68 | ||
- Includes Taça de Portugal, KNVB Cup, Cypriot Cup
- Includes Taça da Liga
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
