Samuel Marques

Samuel Marques
Marques with Toulouse in 2017
Date of birth (1988-12-08) 8 December 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birthCondom, Gers, France[1]
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[2]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Youth career
2004–2007 Eauze d'Armagnac
2007–2009 Pau Academy
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009–2012 Pau 36 (10)
2012–2014 Albi 55 (548)
2014–2016 Pau 54 (229)
2016–2017 Toulouse 14 (60)
2017–2019 Brive 55 (132)
2019–2021 Pau 31 (56)
2021–2023 Carcassonne 48 (353)
2023– Béziers 0 (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012– Portugal 25 (233)
Correct as of 24 October 2023

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 a 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.[3][4][5]

In April 2023, it was announced that Marques had again left another club, joining Béziers in the Pro D2.[6]

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.[7][8] 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Samuel Marques – ESPN". en.espn.co.uk. ESPNscrum.
  2. ^ a b "Samuel Marques – AS Béziers Hérault". lnr.fr. Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR).
  3. ^ Samuel Marques Statistics, Allrugby (French)
  4. ^ Samuel Marques Statistics
  5. ^ Rugby Português “lá fora”: Samuel Marques intervém na vitória do Carcassonne, Fair Play, 8 November 2021 (Portuguese)
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ^ Samuel Marques International Statistics
  8. ^ "Samuel Marques (Portugal) | Rugby World Cup 2023".
  9. ^ "Fiji v Portugal - Catch up on all the action | Rugby World Cup 2023".