Confirmed: Rafa Márquez returns to FC Barcelona as coach of the subsidiary [Video]

After some rumors of a possible reunion between the Mexican Rafa Márquez and FC Barcelona, ​​finally Joan Laporta, president of the club, confirmed that the former defender will begin his career as coach in the team where he lived his best time as a player.

During the act of homage to Johan Cruyff held this Saturday, the president of the Catalan team announced that Rafa Márquez will assume the position of technical director of Barça B, replacing Sergi Barjuan, who was also coach first team interim last season.

In the harvest 2021/2021, Barça B, finished ninth in the standings, however, the positive point is that several of his pieces stood out to the point that they were called up to the first team, managed to debut and were important in the team led by Xavi Hernández.

Rafa Márquez returns to the Barcelona with little experience

With this announcement, the Mexican will live his first experience as a coach of a professional team, remembering that he already directed the Cadet A category of the RSD Alcalá of Spain for a season.

In turn, it must be remembered that the ex-soccer player also had a brief experience in management when he was sports director of Liga MX Atlas for one season.

Now, Márquez returns to the club where he played for seven seasons and was part of the history ica squad managed by Pep Guardiola. On that journey, the Mexican played 245 matches and won, among other trophies, four league titles and two UEFA Champions Leagues.

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