José Antonio Franco (footballer, born 1998)

José Antonio Franco Márquez (born 9 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Internacional de Madrid.

José Antonio Franco
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Franco Márquez
Date of birth (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
Internacional Madrid
Youth career
Nervión
2015–2017 Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Nervión 1 (0)
2017–2018 Cabecense 35 (0)
2018–2020 Cádiz B 24 (0)
2019–2020 Cádiz 1 (0)
2020– Internacional Madrid 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Franco was born in Seville, Andalusia, and started playing as a youth with AD Nervión. He made his senior debut with the club on 21 December 2014, playing the last three minutes of a 4–0 Segunda Andaluza home routing of UD Rinconada.

In August 2015, Franco joined Real Betis and returned to youth football.[1] On 16 June 2017, after finishing his formation, he signed for CD Cabecense in Tercera División.[2]

On 12 July 2018, Franco agreed to a three-year contract with Cádiz CF, being initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.[3] He made his first team debut on 21 September of the following year, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Deportivo de La Coruña for the Segunda División championship.[4]

On 29 August 2020, Franco was transferred to Segunda División B side Internacional de Madrid.[5]

References

  1. "El Nervión, todo un trampolín" [Nervión, a stepping stone all the way] (in Spanish). Estadio Deportivo. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. "El CD Cabecense firma al lateral y extremo izquierdo José Antonio Franco Márquez, procedente del Real Betis Balompié DH. Bienvenido a casa!" [CD Cabecense sign left back and left winger José Antonio Franco Márquez, from Real Betis Balompié DH. Welcome home!]. CD Cabecense (in Spanish). Twitter. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "Franco, nuevo elemento para el Cádiz B" [Franco, new element for Cádiz B] (in Spanish). Diario de Cádiz. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. "Cádiz y Dépor se anulan en el Carranza" [Cádiz and Dépor cancel each other out at the Carranza] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. "Traspaso de José Antonio Franco al Inter de Madrid" [Transfer of José Antonio Franco to Inter de Madrid] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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