Alexis Márquez (footballer)

Alexis Márquez
Personal information
Full name	José Alexis Márquez Restrepo
Date of birth	27 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Pereira, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Ferro Club
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1999	Ferro Club
1999–2006	Deportivo Pereira
2007	Real Cartagena
2008–2012	Deportivo Pereira
2012	Deportivo Pasto
2014–2015	Deportivo Pereira
Managerial career
2020	Deportivo Pereira (interim)
2021	Deportivo Pereira (interim)
2021–2022	Deportivo Pereira
2022	Jaguares de Córdoba
2023	Atlético Bucaramanga
2024	Envigado
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Alexis Márquez Restrepo (born 30 June 1981) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper.

Playing career

Born in Pereira, Márquez started his career with Ferro Club before making his professional debut with Deportivo Pereira in 1999. He left the club in 2007 for Real Cartagena, but returned to Pereira in the following year.^[1]

In 2012, after a short period at Deportivo Pasto, Márquez retired and became Deportivo Pereira's goalkeeping coach.^[2] In 2014, however, he returned to action with Pereira, definitely retiring in 2015. He ended his career with 292 matches in his 14-year spell for Pereira, being the second-highest appearance holder in the club, only behind Luis Pompilio Páez.^[3]

Managerial career

After retiring, Márquez was again named goalkeeping coach for Deportivo Pereira. In November 2020, he was named interim manager after the departure of Néstor Craviotto.^[3]

On 26 February 2021, after Jorge Artigas left on a mutual agreement, Márquez was again appointed interim of Pereira.^[4] On 22 April, he was permanently appointed manager.

On 14 May 2022, Márquez resigned from Pereira,^[5] and was appointed manager of Jaguares de Córdoba in the place of Grigori Méndez on 13 September.^[6] After failing to advance to the semifinal stage of the 2022 Finalización tournament, and citing personal matters, he resigned from Jaguares on 1 November.^[7]

On 3 April 2023, Márquez was appointed manager of Atlético Bucaramanga.^[8] He resigned from the position on 25 September, after going on a 6-match winless run.^[9] On 1 April 2024, Márquez was appointed manager of Envigado,^[10] leaving the club on a mutual agreement five months later.^[11]

References

^ ""Pereira siempre será mi casa": Alexis Márquez" ["Pereira will always be my home": Alexis Márquez] (in Spanish). La Cola de Rata. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "Deportivo Pereira ya está en trabajos de campo para el Torneo Postobón 2013" [Deportivo Pereira is already in field work for the 2013 Torneo Postobón] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Fútbol colombiano: Deportivo Pereira oficializó a Alexis Márquez como técnico interino" [Colombian football: Deportivo Pereira turn official Alexis Márquez as interim manager] (in Spanish). Caracol Televisión. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "¡No va más! Jorge Artigas no continuará siendo entrenador del Pereira" [No longer there! Jorge Artigas will not continue as manager of Pereira] (in Spanish). FutbolRed. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "Alexis Márquez: "Hasta acá llega mi ciclo con el Deportivo Pereira"" [Alexis Márquez: "My cycle with Deportivo Pereira ends here"] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
^ "Cambio de entrenador en Jaguares: Grigori Méndez no va más y su reemplazo será Alexis Márquez" [Change of manager in Jaguares: Grigori Méndez is no more and his replacement will be Alexis Márquez] (in Spanish). Gol Caracol. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
^ "¡No va más! Alexis Márquez renunció a la dirección técnica de Jaguares" [He's no more! Alexis Márquez resigned from Jaguares's technical direction] (in Spanish). Win Sports. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "Confirmado: Alexis Márquez es el nuevo entrenador de Atlético Bucaramanga" [Confirmed: Alexis Márquez is the new manager of Atlético Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Vanguardia. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ "Alexis Márquez deja de ser el técnico de Bucaramanga" [Alexis Márquez ceases to be the manager of Bucaramanga] (in Spanish). Diario As. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "Fin de los rumores: Envigado confirmó a su nuevo técnico" [End of the rumors: Envigado confirmed their new manager] (in Spanish). Antena 2. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
^ "Oficial: Envigado anunció la salida del técnico Alexis Márquez" [Official: Envigado announced the exit of manager Alexis Márquez] (in Spanish). Futbolred. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.