Yénier Márquez

Yénier Márquez
Márquez in 2010
Personal information
Full name Yénier Márquez Molina
Date of birth (1979-01-03) 3 January 1979 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth Corralillo, Cuba
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2015 FC Villa Clara
2015–2018 Green Bay Hoppers
2018–2019 FC Villa Clara
International career
2000–2015 Cuba 126 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yénier Márquez Molina (born 3 January 1979) is a Cuban former footballer who played as a defender.

He is the Cuba national team's most capped player of all-time.[3]

Club career

Born in Corralillo,[2] Márquez he his senior debut with FC Villa Clara in 1999.[4] In 2013, Marquez was the Cuban league's top goalscorer with 16[5] and in 2014 he was voted Cuban footballer of the year.[6]

He played for Antiguan side Green Bay Hoppers.[7]

International career

Nicknamed El Croqui, he made his international debut for Cuba in a May 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Barbados,[4] and has earned a total of 126 caps, scoring 16 goals.[3] He represented his country in 19 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.[8] He played in five FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns and at eight CONCACAF Gold Cups.[9]

His final international was a July 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Guatemala.

Personal life

Since football players are not allowed to play professionally in Cuba, Márquez also had a job as motorcycle taxi driver.[10]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Cuba's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Márquez goal.[3]
List of international goals scored by Yénier Márquez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 April 2001 Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground, Uitvlugt, Guyana  Dominica 3–1 Shell Caribbean Cup
2 6 April 2001 Uitvlugt Community Centre Ground, Uitvlugt, Guyana  Saint Martin 1–0 Shell Caribbean Cup
3 6 July 2003 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 2–1 Friendly
4 16 January 2005 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Haiti 1–1 Gold Cup Qualifier
5 8 November 2006 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Haiti 1–2 2007 Caribbean Cup
6 22 June 2008 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Antigua and Barbuda 4–0 2010 World Cup qualification
7 20 August 2008 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Trinidad and Tobago 1–3 2010 World Cup qualification
8 23 October 2008 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Netherlands Antilles 3–1 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
9 27 October 2008 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Suriname 3–1 2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
10 8 December 2008 Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica  Antigua and Barbuda 3–0 Digicel Caribbean Cup
11 26 October 2010 Ciudad de Panamá  Panama 3–0 Friendly
12 28 November 2010 Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France, Martinique  Martinique 2–0 2010 Caribbean Cup
13 12 June 2011 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  El Salvador 1-6 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
14 16 July 2013 Rentschler Field, East Hartford, United States  Belize 4–0 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup
15 25 March 2015 Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic 3–0 Friendly
16 14 June 2015 Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba  Curaçao 1–1 2018 World Cup qualification

See also

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com
  2. ^ a b Cuba Squad - 2011 Gold Cup
  3. ^ a b c "Yenier Márquez Molina - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.
  4. ^ a b Yénier Márquez at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ Lideres Goleadores Campeonatos Nacionales - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Eligen a Yenier Márquez mejor futbolista del año - Agencia Cubana de Noticias (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Hoopers eliminados de la Copa de Clubs Campeones del Caribe - El Blog del Futbol Cubano (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Yénier Márquez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  9. ^ Captain Cuba up among the stars - FIFA
  10. ^ Cuba’s Jeniel Marquez: Soccer Star and Taxi Driver - Havana Times


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