Marquitos (footballer, born 1938)

Marquitos II
	Marquitos II in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Alonso Imaz
Date of birth	6 July 1938
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Date of death	20 July 2019 (aged 81)
Place of death	Santander, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team
1958–1959	Racing Santander
1959–1960	Plus Ultra
1960–1961	Cádiz
1961–1962	Plus Ultra
1962–1963	Abarán
1963–1964	Excelsior Rotterdam
1964–1966	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio Alonso Imaz (6 July 1938 – 20 July 2019), nicknamed Marquitos II, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Marquitos was born in Santander, Cantabria. He played for the Spanish clubs Plus Ultra, Cádiz and Abarán.^[1]^[2]

At the age 25, he moved to the Netherlands to join Excelsior Rotterdam in August 1963.^[3] In July 1964 moved to Blauw-Wit Amsterdam.^[4]

His nephew, Marcos Alonso Peña, was also a footballer, and a coach. He represented, with success, Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona and Spain – amongst others.

Marquitos died on 20 July 2019.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Marquitos II, Antonio Alonso Imaz – Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
^ "Marquitos II" (in Spanish). cadistas1910. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Spanjaarden bij Excelsior. In Wenen" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 22 August 1963. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
^ "Spanjaard Beke naar kooplustig Telstar" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 30 July 1964. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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