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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Franco and the second or maternal family name is Márquez.
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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