The Weekly Pick: Rafael Marquez

Between training for preseason, attending events with the club, working on his recovery and everything else; Rafa Marquez is still finding the time during the team's stay in the States for his charity work. The Fundació de Rafa Márquez, in collaboration with the Fundació FC Barcelona and the International Community Foundation, will be working to provide child care centers in the United States, seeking to improve the educational and health status of children living in poverty.

The player's own foundation currently has 4 centers in Mexico providing nutritional, educational and sporting help to approximately 1,000 youngsters, and now he's expanding. Rafa explained the importance of such values to him and how he tries to pass them on to his children: "I try to make them see they should value the things they have and enjoy them. Whenever I visit one of my centres I try and take them with me so that they can see that reality. They need to see that things don’t come to you just because you ask for them, you have to earn them”.

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How amazing is he? We're so proud of Rafa for his level of devotion to these projects, setting a great example for so many others.