{"id":167,"date":"2026-06-14T18:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/?honoree=rafael-marquez"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:49:07","slug":"rafael-marquez","status":"publish","type":"honoree","link":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/?honoree=rafael-marquez","title":{"rendered":"Rafael M\u00e1rquez"},"featured_media":168,"template":"","meta":{"_h_role_es":"Futbolista y capit\u00e1n hist\u00f3rico","_h_role_en":"Footballer and historic captain","_h_bio_es":"Rafael M\u00e1rquez es uno de los defensas mexicanos m\u00e1s importantes de la historia y fue capit\u00e1n de la Selecci\u00f3n en cinco Copas del Mundo, una haza\u00f1a que muy pocos jugadores en el planeta han logrado. Brill\u00f3 en el FC Barcelona, donde gan\u00f3 Liga de Campeones y t\u00edtulos de liga junto a las grandes estrellas del f\u00fatbol mundial. Su liderazgo y elegancia dentro de la cancha lo convirtieron en un s\u00edmbolo. Demostr\u00f3 que un mexicano puede mandar en los vestidores de Europa.","_h_bio_en":"Rafael M\u00e1rquez is one of the most important defenders in Mexican history and captained the national team at five World Cups, a feat very few players on the planet have ever achieved. He shone at FC Barcelona, where he won the Champions League and league titles alongside the biggest stars in world football. His leadership and elegance on the pitch made him a symbol. He proved that a Mexican can lead in the dressing rooms of Europe.","_h_category":"Athlete","_h_credit":"Presidencia de la Rep\u00fablica Mexicana \u2014 CC BY 2.0","_h_credit_url":"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3ARafael_M%C3%A1rquez_2014.jpg","_h_born":"b. 1979, Zamora"},"class_list":["post-167","honoree","type-honoree","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/honoree\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/honoree"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/honoree"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}