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Rafa Márquez in his official presentation with Alcalá | RSD Alcalá

ANOTHER STAR OF BARÇA IN THE BENCH

Rafa Márquez returns to Spain... As a coach of Alcalá

Published:4/08/2020 - 11:12h

Updated:4/08/2020 - 11:12h

Two years ago, Rafa Márquez hung up his boots, but this Monday he has become a protagonist again. The mexican returns to Spain to lead a youth team of the RSD Alcalá

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Rafa Márquez made history like player, and from this Monday expects to repeat like trainer. The ex of Atlas, Monaco, FC Barcelona, New York Network Bulls, Club León and Hellas Verona has given the jump to the benches hardly two years after hanging the boots in the Stadium Jalisco, where gave his first steps like footballer. Now it expects to help to a lot of youngsters to form and aspire to the football of elite.

The RSD Alcalá has done official the signing of the Mexican to direct to the Cadet To in his stage of practices, since the one of Michoacán is preparing to obtain the licence UEFA Pro. To achieve this title, the applicants have to surpass successfully a theoretical evaluation, but also show his experience on the terrain and, in this case, the crack has opted for looking for accommodate in the inferior categories.

The group rojillo has promoted an incorporation crashes, and has showed loved by the election of a winner of Tie it 1, the Supercopa of France and the Glass of the League; of LaLiga (4), the Glass of Rey, the Supercopa of Spain (3), the Champions (2), the Supercopa of Europe and the World-wide of Clubs; of the First Division of his country (twice with León); and of a Glass Confederations, two Glasses Gold and a Glass of the Concacaf with the selection. Like member of the combined tricolour also participated in five World-wide Glasses.

In the Municipal Stadium of the Val of Alcalá de Henares have given a caluroso recibimiento an authentic legend, that has been guided along the day by the president Francisco Goya and the sportive director and trainer of the first team Jorge Martín of Saint Pablo. In his stage in the Cadet To, will share the Group 1 of the First Autonomic Division of his category with rivals of the size of the Real Madrid or the Athletic.

"It is a beautiful opportunity of which am very grateful. I have had a recibimiento very warm in a project with which seat me very committed and to the that arrive with the spirit to be able to help and offer all my experience of before like player, and of now like trainer", has explained Márquez, that has recalcado his win to "learn" and his wish to achieve "aims and put important".

Márquez joins to the family of technicians of the Barça

Fans and experts are very attentive to the career of Rafa Márquez that it joins to the family of trainers of the Barça, that has left already numerous famous names that shined so much in his stage on the lawn as being to the controls of a team. Perhaps the most known in the recent past are Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola or Luis Enrique, but there is crowd of professionals delivered by the world and, some steps by in front of his ex mate is another myth of the barcelonismo, Xavi Hernández to the that many wish to see return to the Camp Nou.