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| Full name | Marc Roca Junqué[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-26)26 November 1996 (age 29)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vilafranca, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Betis | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Atlètic Vilafranca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Espanyol | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Espanyol B | 51 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Espanyol | 105 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Bayern Munich | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Leeds United | 32 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | →Betis (loan) | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Betis | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Spain U21 | 7 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Catalonia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:31, 23 November 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:05, 2 June 2025 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Marc Roca Junqué (born 26 November 1996) is a Spanish professionalfootballer who plays as adefensive midfielder forLa Liga clubReal Betis.
He started his career atEspanyol, appearing in 121 competitive matches and fourLa Liga seasons. In October 2020, he signed withBayern Munich.
Roca won the2019 European Under-21 Championship withSpain.
Born inVilafranca del Penedès,Barcelona,Catalonia, Roca joinedRCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2008, aged 11.[3] On 24 August 2014, he made his senior debut withthe reserves, starting in a 2–2Segunda División B home draw againstLleida Esportiu.[4]
Roca scored his first senior goal on 17 January 2015, his team's second in a 2–3 home loss toUE Olot.[5] On 4 August, he renewed his contract until 2017.[6]
On 26 August 2016, Roca made his first-team – andLa Liga – debut, starting in a 2–2 home draw againstMálaga CF.[7] On 11 November, he agreed to an extension until 2022 and was permanently promoted to the main squadthe following season.[8]
Roca scored his first goal in the top flight on 21 April 2019, in a 2–2 draw atLevante UD.[9] He played 44 matches across all competitions in the2019–20 campaign, but the club was relegated toSegunda División for the first time in 26 years.[10]
On 4 October 2020, Roca signed forFC Bayern Munich on a five-year contract.[11] He made his official debut 11 days later, in a 3–0 defeat of amateurs1. FC Düren in thefirst round of theDFB-Pokal.[12][13] He appeared in his firstBundesliga match later that month, coming on as an injury-timesubstitute forSerge Gnabry in the 2–1 away victory over1. FC Köln.[14]
Roca played his first-ever game in theUEFA Champions League on 25 November 2020, starting and beingsent off for twobookable offences midway through the second half on an eventual3–1 group stage win againstFC Red Bull Salzburg.[15] He totalled only 11 appearances in hisfirst season.[16]
Roca featured slightly more in2021–22 as his team won the league again, but was once again a fringe first-team player.[17]
On 17 June 2022,Leeds United announced that Roca would join the club on 1 July after an agreement was reached with Bayern Munich; he agreed to a four-year contract for a reported €12,000,000 fee that could eventually rise on add-ons.[18][19] He made hisPremier League debut on 6 August, starting in a 2–1 home victory overWolverhampton Wanderers.[20] He scored his first goal one month later, in the 5–2 away defeat toBrentford.[21]
Roca returned to Spain in the summer of 2023, on aseason-long loan atReal Betis.[22] He scored his first goal on 1 October, through aheader in a 3–0 win overValencia CF.[23] His third came one month later, in the 12–1 away rout of amateursCD Hernán Cortés in theopening round of theCopa del Rey.[24]
On 28 June 2024, Roca agreed to a permanent deal.[25] He spent the better part ofthe campaign nursing a left-ankle injury, playing only 17 games in all competitions.[26]
On 28 December 2016, Roca made his debut for theCatalonia autonomous team, starting in a 3–3 draw againstTunisia (4–2penalty loss).[27] He was named inSpain's under-21 squad for the2019 UEFA European Championship, starting the final three games of the tournament for the eventual winners including a 4–1 semi-final victory overFrance in which he scored.[28][29]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Espanyol B | 2014–15 | Segunda División B | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||||
| 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 34 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||||
| 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 51 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 51 | 6 | ||||||
| Espanyol | 2016–17 | La Liga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 1 | ||||
| 2019–20 | La Liga | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 105 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 121 | 3 | ||||
| Bayern Munich | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Leeds United | 2022–23 | Premier League | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Betis (loan) | 2023–24 | La Liga | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 8[f] | 1 | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| Betis | 2024–25 | La Liga | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[g] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[c] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | — | 66 | 6 | ||||
| Career total | 251 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 298 | 16 | ||
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