Eduardo Márquez (footballer)

Eduardo Márquez Obando (27 March 1944 – 3 August 2020) was a Peruvian footballer who played forward.

Eduardo Márquez

Personal information
Full name	Eduardo Márquez Obando
Date of birth	27 March 1944
Place of birth	Arequipa, Peru
Date of death	3 August 2020(2020-08-03) (aged 76)
Place of death	Arequipa, Peru
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
?–1962	Estrella Mistiana de Manzanitos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1974	FBC Melgar	240	(197)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Nicknamed Patato, Obando was a star for FBC Melgar in his hometown on Arequipa after his youth career with Estrella Mistiana de Manzanitos.^[1] He played for the organization from 1962 to 1974, with the club spending five years in the Peruvian Primera División. He scored 197 goals in 240 games with FBC Melgar, making him the club's top goal scorer all-time.^[2] They won the Copa Perú in 1971.^[3]

Eduardo Márquez Obando died on 3 August 2020 in Arequipa at the age of 76.^[4]