Marcos Fernández (footballer, born May 2003)

About

Marcos Fernández Sánchez (born 17 May 2003) is a Spanish footballer who plays for RCD Espanyol. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a right winger.

Born in Cambrils, Tarragona, Catalonia, Fernández joined Gimnàstic de Tarragona’s youth sides in 2015, aged 12. In 2019, he moved to Real Betis and was initially assigned to the Juvenil squad.

Fernández made his senior debut with the reserves on 27 November 2021, coming on as a late substitute for José Lara in a 2–1 Primera División RFEF away loss to CD Castellón. The following 23 August, he signed a new three-year deal with the club, being definitely promoted to the B-side now in Segunda Federación.
Fernández scored his first senior goal on 3 September 2022, netting the B’s winner in a 1–0 away success over FC Cartagena B. He finished the season as the side’s top scorer with 11 goals – highlights included a hat-trick in a 4–1 away routing of CD Utrera on 9 April 2023 – but suffered a serious ankle injury in July 2023 in the first training of the new campaign.
Back to action in February 2024, Fernández managed to score three goals in 11 appearances as Betis Deportivo returned to the third division…