Marco Martos (American football)
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Position: | Wide receiver / Kickoff returner |
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Born: | Mexico City | December 14, 1973
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College: | UDLAP |
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Marco Antonio Martos (born December 14, 1973)[1] is a retired Mexican wide receiver and kickoff returner in American football, who played eight seasons in the NFL Europe League for the Barcelona Dragons and Cologne Centurions.
Martos is the second all-time, all-purpose yards gainer in NFL Europe history. He also played in preseason games for the Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.[2]
College career[]
Martos began his football career at the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, only a few miles from Mexico City. He spent five seasons (1992–96) with the Aztecas UDLA as a starting wide receiver. In 1995, Marcos led the team to their first-ever Mexican championship. The following year, he completed his college career with another Mexican League championship.
Coaching career[]
Martos is now the head coach of the college football team Leones Anahuac Cancun in Cancún, Mexico.
See also[]
- Mexican College Football
References[]
- ^ "Marco Martos bio". NFLEurope.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2004. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ^ "Mexican receiver trying to catch on". Jacksonville Dailey News. August 3, 2003. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
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- Living people
- American football return specialists
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- Coaches of American football
- Barcelona Dragons players
- Carolina Panthers players
- Cologne Centurions players
- Dallas Cowboys players
- Denver Broncos personnel
- Sportspeople from Mexico City
- Mexican players of American football
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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