Samuel Marques
Birth date8 December 1988[1]
Birth placeCondom, Gers, France[1]
Height177 cm[2]
Weight76 kg[2]
Youthyears 12004–2007
Youthclubs 1Eauze d'Armagnac
Youthyears 22007–2009
Youthclubs 2Pau Academy
Years 12009–2012
Clubs 1Pau
Apps 136
Points 110
Years 22012–2014
Clubs 2Albi
Apps 255
Points 2548
Years 32014–2016
Clubs 3Pau
Apps 354
Points 3229
Years 42016–2017
Clubs 4Toulouse
Apps 414
Points 460
Years 52017–2019
Clubs 5Brive
Apps 555
Points 5132
Years 62019–2021
Clubs 6Pau
Apps 631
Points 656
Years 72021–2023
Clubs 7Carcassonne
Apps 748
Points 7353
Years 82023–
Clubs 8Béziers
Apps 80
Points 80
Repyears 12012–
Repteam 1Portugal
Repcaps 125
Reppoints 1233
Ru ntupdate24 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. ^ "Samuel Marques – ESPN". en.espn.co.uk. ESPNscrum.
  2. ^ "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] (in French). L'Indépendant
  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"