Rai Marchán
Personal information
Full name Raimon Marchán Vidal
Date of birth (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993
Place of birth Vilafranca del Penedés, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2012 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 → Leganés (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 Real Madrid C 32 (0)
2015–2016 Valencia B 7 (0)
2016–2017 Real Valladolid B 35 (1)
2017–2019 Celta de Vigo B 76 (0)
2019–2021 FC Andorra 44 (0)
2021– Melbourne Victory 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2023

Raimon Marchán Vidal is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Melbourne Victory.[2]

He spent most of his career in the Segunda División B, totalling 194 games with six clubs. In 2021, he signed for Melbourne Victory in the A-League Men.

Football career

Spain

Born in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Marchán was a Real Madrid CF youth product and made his senior debut on loan to CD Leganés in the Segunda División B in 2012.[3] He played the following season with the capital club's C-team in the same division, ending in administrative relegation, and in 2015 he signed for another reserve team, Valencia CF Mestalla. After a year at Real Valladolid Promesas, he joined yet another third-tier second team in July 2017, signing for two years at Celta de Vigo B with the option of two more.[4]

On 28 August 2019, Marchán signed for FC Andorra, again in the same division.[5]

Melbourne Victory

On 27 July 2021, Marchán signed for Melbourne Victory FC in the Australian A-League Men.[6] He was sent off on 5 December in a 3–0 home loss to Perth Glory FC, for a high challenge on Jonathan Aspropotamitis in first-half added time.[7]

On 25 January 2022, in a game against Sydney FC at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Marchán clashed heads with teammate Jason Geria and was taken off in a stretcher. His facial fractures caused him to eat less and drop five kilograms in weight from what he already described as a slender frame, requiring him to bulk up in order to be recalled by manager Tony Popovic.[8] He made his comeback in his continental debut on 15 March, an AFC Champions League playoff lost 4–3 away to Japanese club Vissel Kobe.[9] Having made 21 league appearances, he was given a two-year contract extension in June 2022.[10] He earned an interesting statistical oddity as a result of the postponement of a Melbourne Derby game due to a pitch invasion. He had originally started the match before it stopped in the 21st minute, and when it resumed 4 months later both teams were allowed to remake their squads. Marchán was on the bench this time, and as a result he came on as a substitute in the 67th minute of a game he had started & played the first 21 minutes in.

Personal life

Marchán graduated from Universidad Camilo José Cela with a degree in business administration.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "RAIMON Marchán Vidal". Melbourne Victory FC. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Melbourne Victory signs Rai Marchan". Melbourne Victory FC. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Con Garitano no llegó al Lega ni un jugador blanco" [Under Garitano not a single "Whites" player has arrived at Lega]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 April 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Fernández, Claudia (12 July 2017). "El Celta B se refuerza con Rai Marchán" [Celta B bolster themselves with Rai Marchán] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Rai Marchán, nou jugador del FC Andorra" [Rai Marchán, new FC Andorra player] (in Catalan). Cadena SER. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Guijarro, Eric (28 July 2021). "El vilafranquí Rai Marchan, nou futbolista del Melbourne Victory" [Vilafranca-born Rai Marchán, new Melbourne Victory footballer] (in Catalan). RTV Vilafranca. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Antonee Burke-Gilroy stars as Perth Glory beat Melbourne Victory". ESPN. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Harrington, Anna (26 March 2022). "Marchan keen to find ALM form at Victory". The West Australian. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "Rai Machán destaca por su criterio y aporte de gran equilibrio" [Rai Machán stands out for his criteria and contribution of great balance] (in Spanish). Mesas Sport. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Melbourne Victory re-signs Rai Marchán". Melbourne Victory FC. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Rhys, James. "'He's a player who is going to fight' – what Victory fans can expect from Rai Marchan". Kick 360. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
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