Carlos Marchena López (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 31 July 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he also played as a defensive midfielder. Most of his 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. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- Accrington Stanley - Barrow Al-Hilal - Al-Khaleej Club Anderlecht - Charleroi SC Birmingham City - Derby County Bradford City - Wigan Athletic Cardiff City - Exeter City Coventry City - Swansea City Egypt - South Africa Grimsby Town - Oldham Athletic Leicester City - Watford Luton Town - Wycombe Wanderers Manchester United - Newcastle United Middlesbrough - Blackburn Rovers Millwall - Ipswich Town Newcastle Jets - Macarthur FC Norwich City - Charlton Athletic Oxford United - Southampton Plymouth Argyle - Reading Portsmouth - Queens Park Rangers RC Genk - Club Brugge Sheffield Wednesday - Hull City Standard Liege - Sint-Truidense West Bromwich Albion - Bristol City Wrexham - Sheffield United Zambia - Comoros --- Tomorrow Top Games --- AA Gent - Westerlo Aberdeen FC - Dundee United FC Adelaide United - Western Sydney Wanderers Al-Nassr - Al-Okhdood Club Arsenal - Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford - Bournemouth Burnley - Everton Chelsea - Aston Villa Dundee FC - Falkirk FC Hibernian FC - Heart of Midlothian FC Lecce - Como Liverpool - Wolverhampton Wanderers Livingston FC - Celtic FC Nigeria - Tunisia Nottingham Forest - Manchester City Palermo - Padova Parma - Fiorentina Pisa - Juventus Rangers FC - Motherwell FC Ross County - St Johnstone FC Royal Antwerp FC - Zulte-Waregem St Mirren - Kilmarnock FC Udinese - Lazio Uganda - Tanzania West Ham United - Fulham --- Recent games --- Australia - A-LeagueEngland - FA Premier LeagueEngland - League CupGermany - Frauen-BundesligaGreece - Super League GreeceItaly - Serie CItaly - Supercoppa ItalianaPortugal - Primeira LigaRomania - Liga ISpain - La LigaTurkey - Turkish Super Lig------ - Africa Cup of Nations select match 23-Dec --- Melb City 1:1 Macarthur select match 22-Dec --- Fulham 1:0 Not.Forest select match 23-Dec --- Arsenal 1:1 C Palace select match 22-Dec --- Leverkusn 0:3 Bayern select match 22-Dec --- Pans kos 0:2 Levadiakos select match 22-Dec --- U.Brescia 2:0 Inter U23 select match 22-Dec --- Napoli 2:0 Bologna select match 22-Dec --- Alverca 0:3 Porto22-Dec --- Benfica 1:0 Famalicão23-Dec --- Guimaraes 1:4 Sporting select match 22-Dec --- Craiova 5:0 M Ciuc select match 22-Dec --- Athletic 1:2 Espanyol select match 22-Dec --- Basaksehi 5:1 Gaziantep22-Dec --- Gençler 4:3 Trabzon select match 22-Dec --- Mali 1:1 Zambia22-Dec --- S. Africa 2:1 Angola22-Dec --- Egypt 2:1 Zimbabwe23-Dec --- DR Congo 1:0 Benin23-Dec --- Senegal 3:0 Botswana23-Dec --- Nigeria 2:1 Tanzania23-Dec --- Tunisia 3:1 Uganda24-Dec --- Burkina F 2:1 Eq Guinea24-Dec --- Algeria 3:0 Sudan Stories Potential Bruno Fernandes exit Celebrate the World Cup 2026 EPL promoted clubs Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games