Carlos Marchena

Carlos Marchena
Marchena in 2017
Personal information
Full name Carlos Marchena López
Date of birth (1979-07-31) 31 July 1979
Place of birth Las Cabezas, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Cabecense
1990–1997 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2000 Sevilla 68 (1)
1998 Sevilla B 3 (0)
2000–2001 Benfica 20 (2)
2001–2010 Valencia 230 (8)
2010–2012 Villarreal 45 (1)
2012–2014 Deportivo La Coruña 44 (5)
2015 Kerala Blasters 1 (0)
Total 411 (17)
International career
1999 Spain U20 7 (0)
1999–2001 Spain U21 17 (0)
2000 Spain U23 5 (0)
2002–2011 Spain 69 (2)
Managerial career
2017–2018 Sevilla C (assistant)
2018 Spain (assistant)
2019–2020 Sevilla B (assistant)
2023 Valencia (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
Summer Olympic Games
2000 SidneyTeam
FIFA World Cup
Winner2010 South AfricaTeam
UEFA European Championship
Winner2008 Austria – SwitzerlandTeam
FIFA World Youth Championship
Winner1999 Nigeria
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Marchena López (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos maɾˈtʃena ˈlopeθ]; 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.