Marvin Park

Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park (Korean: 마르빈 파르크; born 3 July 2000), also known as Marvin Park or simply Marvin, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Segunda División club Las Palmas, on loan from La Liga club Real Madrid.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Akinlabi and the second or maternal family name is Park.
Marvin Park
Marvin with Real Madrid in 2020-21 season
Personal information
Full name Marvin Olawale Akinlabi Park
Date of birth (2000-07-03) 3 July 2000
Place of birth Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Las Palmas
(on loan from Real Madrid)
Number 2
Youth career
2006–2009 Ciutat de Palma
2009–2012 Tranmere Rovers
2012–2013 Ciutat de Palma
2013–2014 La Salle
2014–2016 Penya Arrabal
2016–2019 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Real Madrid B 59 (4)
2020– Real Madrid 4 (0)
2022– → Las Palmas (loan) 21 (1)
International career‡
2019 Spain U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:45, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Marvin spent his early career with Sporting Ciutat de Palma (two stints), English club Tranmere Rovers, where he spent three years,[1] and back in Spain with SD La Salle and AD Penya Arrabal before joining Real Madrid's La Fábrica in 2016.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 25 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Miguel Baeza in a 1–1 Segunda División B away draw against Las Rozas CF.[3]

Marvin scored his first senior goal on 26 October 2019, netting the opener in a 1–2 home loss against Racing de Ferrol.[4] He ended his first senior campaign with three goals in 26 appearances, as the season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, while also helping the under-20s win the UEFA Youth League.[5]

Marvin made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 20 September 2020, replacing Rodrygo in a 0–0 away draw against Real Sociedad.[6]

In August 2022, he was loaned to Las Palmas.[7]

International career

Marvin was born in Spain to a Nigerian father and a South Korean mother.[8] He represented the Spain U19s once in a friendly 3–0 loss against Italy U19s on 16 January 2019.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 February 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid Castilla Segunda División B 2019–20 263——0 0263
2020–21 111——0 0111
Primera División RFEF 2021–22 22 0 — — 0 0 22 0
Total 594000000594
Real Madrid 2020–21 La Liga 4000000040
Las Palmas (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 12 1 0 0 — 0 0 12 1
Career total 755000000755

Honours

Real Madrid (youth)

References
  1. "From Birkenhead to the Bernabeu" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "De Can Valero a Valdebebas" [From Can Valero to Valdebebas] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "1–1: Castilla drew in their league opener". Real Madrid. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "1–2: Castilla see their run at Di Stéfano come to an end". Real Madrid. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. "Benfica 2–3 Real Madrid". UEFA.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. "El campeón arranca otra vez sin gol" [The champion starts again without goals] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. "Marvin Park, nuevo jugador de la UD Las Palmas" (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  8. "Marvin Park elige a España" [Marvin Park chooses Spain] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 January 2019.
  9. "CRÓNICA – La Sub-19 cae ante Italia (3–0) en el primer asalto del derbi Mediterráneo" [REPORT – The under-19s fall against Italy (3–0) in the first round of the Mediterranean derby]. SEFutbol (in Spanish). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  10. Marvin Park at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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