Christian Marques

Christian Marques
Personal information
Full name Christian Fernandes Marques
Date of birth (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Uster, Switzerland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Tondela
Number 4
Youth career
–2018 Grasshoppers
2019–2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Belenenses SAD (loan) 0 (0)
2022 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 13 (0)
2023–2025 Yverdon-Sport 52 (1)
2025– Tondela 31 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Switzerland U15 8 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U16 8 (0)
2019 Switzerland U17 5 (0)
2021 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2022 Portugal U20 1 (0)
2024–2025 Portugal U21 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025

Christian Fernandes Marques (born 15 January 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Tondela. Born in Switzerland, he is a Portugal youth international.

Career

Before the second half of 2018–19, Marques joined the youth academy of English Premier League side Wolves. In 2021, he was sent on loan to B-SAD in Portugal. However due to a lack of game time at the Portuguese club, Marques was recalled by Wolves and given more game time in their U23 setup for the remaining season.

On 1 September 2022, Wolves loaned out Marques to newly promoted League One side, Forest Green Rovers for the 2022–23 season. On 6 September 2022, Marques made his English Football League debut playing 90 minutes for Forest Green in a 2–1 victory over Accrington Stanley. Having suffered a "long-term injury", Marques returned to his parent club on 12 December 2022.

On 7 September 2023, Marques signed a two-year contract with Yverdon-Sport.

On 21 July 2025, Marques joined Primeira Liga team Tondela.

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 2019–20 ———2020
2020–21 ———3030
Total ———5050
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2021–22 Premier League 000000—00
2022–23 Premier League 000000—00
Total 000000—00
B-SAD (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 000000—00
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2022–23 League One 13000—00130
Yverdon-Sport 2023–24 Swiss Super League 15000——150
2024–25 Swiss Super League 37120——391
Total 52120——541
Tondela 2025–26 Primeira Liga 1902010—220
Career total 841401050941
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Taça de Portugal and Swiss Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup and Taça da Liga
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Les "Wolves", décimés, ont convoqué un jeune suisse". lematin.ch.
  2. ↑ "Marques makes Wolves exit". wolves.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Christian Marques: 'Conor Coady is perfect example, he does everything I need to do'". theathletic.com (Archived). Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Wird er der nächste Schweizer Premier-League-Star?". blick.ch.
  5. ↑ "Marques is the real deal – even at 17 years old". theathletic.com (Archived). Retrieved 12 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Christian Marques out to make his mark for Wolves". expressandstar.com.
  7. ↑ "Wolves are very excited about this wonderkid - and fans should be too". birminghammail.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Wolves youngster Christian Marques keen for another temporary move after tough loan spell". expressandstar.com.
  9. ↑ "Marques heads out on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  11. ↑ "Marques returns to Wolves". www.fgr.co.uk. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "AVEC CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS BOUCLE SON MERCATO !" [WITH CHRISTIAN MARQUES, YS COMPLETES ITS MERCATO!] (in French). Yverdon-Sport. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "CHRISTIAN MARQUES É AURIVERDE" (in Portuguese). C.D. Tondela. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Christian Marques at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Christian Marques in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Christian Marques in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 February 2026.