In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marchena and the second or maternal family name is López.
Carlos Marchena
Marchena in 2017
Personal information
Full name
Carlos Marchena López[1]
Date of birth
(1979-07-31) 31 July 1979 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth
Las Cabezas, Spain
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)
Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Cabecense
1990–1997
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1997–2000
Sevilla
68
(1)
1998
Sevilla B
3
(0)
2000–2001
Benfica
20
(2)
2001–2010
Valencia
230
(8)
2010–2012
Villarreal
45
(1)
2012–2014
Deportivo La Coruña
44
(5)
2015
Kerala Blasters
1
(0)
Total
411
(17)
International career
1999
Spain U20
7
(0)
1999–2001
Spain U21
17
(0)
2000
Spain U23
5
(0)
2002–2011
Spain
69
(2)
Managerial career
2017–2018
Sevilla C (assistant)
2018
Spain (assistant)
2019–2020
Sevilla B (assistant)
2023
Valencia (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Spain
Men's Football
Summer Olympic Games
2000
Winner
FIFA World Cup
2010
Winner
UEFA European Championship
2008
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner
1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Carlos Marchena López (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈkaɾlosmaɾˈtʃenaˈlopeθ]; born 31 July 1979) is a Spanish retired footballer. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he also played as a defensive midfielder.[2]
Most of his professional career (nine years) was spent at Valencia, where he helped the club to win five major titles, including two La Liga championships. He amassed competition totals 330 matches and 11 goals over 13 seasons, also playing for Sevilla, Villarreal and Deportivo.
A Spain international for the better part of the 2000s, Marchena won 69 caps and represented the national team in two World Cups and two European Championships, winning each tournament once.[3]
^ abc"FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^"Carlos Marchena". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
^"Marchena, historia de España" [Marchena, history of Spain]. Marca (in Spanish). 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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from domestic clubs. Coach: Raymond Domenech Coach: Javier Aguirre Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Coach: Óscar Tabárez Coach: Diego Maradona Coach: Otto...
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