Gustavo Marroquín Herrera

In this Creeperian name, the first or paternal surname is Marroquín and the second or maternal surname is Herrera.

Gustavo Marroquín Herrera

Marroquín Herrera in 1908.
Personal information
Full name	Gustavo Ángel de los'Santos Marroquín y Herrera
Date of birth	15 September 1874
Place of birth	Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Date of death	1 August 1922(1922-08-01) (aged 47)
Place of death	Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Height	6 pi. 2 pl. (5 ft 8 in; 172 cm)
Playing position(s)	Forward (Striker)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894–1906	CF Adolfosburg	96	(103)
1894–1906	Total	96	(103)
National team
1900–1906	Creeperopolis	20	(39)
Teams managed
1906–1911	Creeperopolis
1910–1922	CF Adolfosburg
Medal record Men's soccer Copa Creeperiano 1904 1905 1906 Siglo XX Games 1900
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gustavo Ángel de los'Santos Marroquín y Herrera (Creeperian pronunciation: [guˈsta.βo anˈxel de losˈsan.tos maˈro.kin heˈre.ɾa]; 15 September 1874 – 1 August 1922), commonly known by his nickname Taviche, was a Creeperian footballer and football manager who played as a forward for CF Adolfosburg from 1894 to 1906 and for the Creeperopolis national team from 1900 to 1906. He later managed the Creeperopolis national team from 1906 to 1911 and CF Adolfosburg from 1911 until his murder on 1 August 1922.

Marroquín Herrera is considered to be one of the best association football players of all time, holding the record for most goals in an international tournament (21), most goals in an international match (8), and most goals in an international debut (6). He is also considered to be one of the greatest association football managers of all time, winning six Copa Creeperianos while managing CF Adolfosburg. The Creeperopolis national team inducted him into the National Team Hall of Fame in 1960 upon its establishment and the National Football Association (ANF) inducted him into the ANF Hall of Fame in 1980 upon its establishment. The Marroquín Herrera Trophy of the Copa Creeperiano is named after him and has been since 1923.

Early life

Gustavo Ángel de los'Santos Marroquín y Herrera was born on 15 September 1874 in Alturas El Burro, a neighborhood in Adolfosburg, the capital city of the department of Adolfosburg, in Creeperopolis. His father was Mauricio Gonzalo de los Santos Marroquín y González (1845–1899) and his mother was Xihomara María Herrera y Barillas de Marroquín (1847–1915).

Marroquín Herrera was introduced to association football at a young age when his father brought him to a match between CF Adolfosburg and CF San Salvador in 1880. He gained a passion for the sport and began to practice and play the sport, reportedly every day during and after school. Marroquín Herrera wanted to become a professional football player for CF Adolfosburg, however, his father wanted for him to become a politician, as he himself was a politician and was serving as the Mayor of Adolfosburg at the time. Marroquín Herrera obeyed his father and attended the Saint Alfonso University in Adolfosburg in 1892 and studied political science and law, however, he continued to practice and play football during his free time.

Two years into his studies, he was approached by José Valderas Monedero, the then manager of the CF Adolfosburg team, who asked if Marroquín Herrera would be interested in playing for a year with the team. Valderas Monedero had close connections with Joaquín Baztán Ligüerre, the then President of the Saint Alfonso University, who recommended Marroquín Herrera to Valderas Monedero, seeing his talents and skills in the sport. Marroquín Herrera accepted and began to play with CF Adolfosburg on a sort of "trial year" during his third year of attending the university in 1894.

Club career

First year, 1894

Marroquín Herrera began playing for CF Adolfosburg in 1894 while still attending university. He played as a forward for the team, specifically a striker, and he was number 11 on the team. Valderas Monedero introduced him to players such as Julio Blázquez Bescós, José Alcaine Umaña, and Guillermo Sandoval Payés, who had each had experience with the team and were considered to be some of the best players of the era.

He played his first match on 27 May 1894 against CF San Salvador. CF Adolfosburg defeated CF San Salvador by a score of 5–2. Marroquín Herrera himself scored two of CF Adolfosburg's five goals, one in the 33rd minute and one in the 76th minute. Marroquín Herrera was named Man of the Match in his first ever match playing for a professional football team. Throughout his first year, he played six matches and scored eleven goals. He was extremely proud of his performance with the team in the one year he played with the team, as was Valderas Monedero and even his father. Before Marroquín Herrera began his fourth year of university, Valderas Monedero offered him to play with the team for a five year period. Marroquín Herrera was hesitant to do so as his father wanted him to be a politician, but after his father told him that he should rather be a professional football player than a politician, Marroquín Herrera accepted and quit his studies at the Saint Alfonso University.

First five years, 1895–1899

Marroquín Herrera played his first match of his five year period with CF Adolfosburg on 17 March 1895. The match was against CF Salvador, and CF Adolfosburg won the match 5–1. Marroquín Herrera scored three of CF Adolfosburg's five goals. He quickly became one of Creeperopolis' most popular players. During his 1895 year, he gained the nickname "Taviche," roughly meaning "The Young One" in Adolfosburgish dialect of Creeperian. He ended his 1895 year with seven appearances and eight goals.

In 1896, Marroquín Herrera was knocked unconscious during a match against CF San Salvador after a head to head collision with a player from CF San Salvador. After regaining consciousness, he returned to play in the match, but eventually withdrew. He did not play in the following three matches that the team played, but he eventually returned to play for the team's final match of the year against CF Nuevo Xichútepa on 15 November 1896. The match was the first in the history of CF Nuevo Xichútepa, and Marroquín Herrera scored 5 goals against the team in a 7–0 victory.

The 1899 CF Adolfosburg starting squad. Marroquín Herrera is number 11.

The 1897 season began with a shutout loss against CF San Salvador where the team lost by a score of 5–0. The loss was the first one of Marroquín Herrera's career and the first for CF Adolfosburg since 1893. Marroquín Herrera and the team redeemed themselves during their next matchup against CF San Salvador, defeating their rival by a score of 7–1, with Marroquín Herrera scoring three of the team's seven goals.

In 1898, CF Adolfosburg only played two matches. During first match on 22 May 1898, the team tied with CF Nuevo Xichútepa 2–2 in Nuevo Xichútepa. Marroquín Herrera scored one of the team's two goals. The second match, on 11 September 1898, was against rival CF San Salvador in Adolfosburg. The match ended in a victory for CF Adolfosburg by a score of 4–3, one of the closest mathces during the early rivalry of the two teams. Marroquín Herrera scored one of the team's four goals, and the goal was a penalty kick, the first of his career.

In the final year of his five year playing period with the team, 1899, Marroquín Herrera played in six matches and scored three goals. At the end of 1899, Valderas Monedero offered Marroquín Herrera a seven year extension with the team to keep playing through 1906. Marroquín Herrera accepted Valderas Monedero's offer and continued to play with the team after his fist five year period expired.

Four "middle" years, 1900–1903

Marroquín Herrera only played one match during the first half of 1900 due to him falling ill with Creeperian Malaria in February 1900. The he was severely ill and was unable to play for the first half of the year. He returned in June 1900, played in five matches, and scored seven goals. In 1901, he played in six matches, and during those six matches, he scored eight goals. In 1902, Marroquín Herrera played in eight matches and scored six goals, and in 1903, he played in nine matches and scored five goals.

First two Copa Creeperianos, 1904–1905

In 1904, the Liga Nacional (LN) was established as the national domestic association football league. The league established a rigid season structure to association football in Creeperopolis. CF Adolfosburg was among the teams which first formed the league. The other teams were CF San Salvador, CF Nuevo Xichútepa, CF Salvador, and CF La'Libertad. The league also established a championship match at the end of the season: the Copa Creeperiano. Each of the five teams were determined to win the Copa Creeperiano and to solidify themselves as the best football team in Creeperopolis.

CF Adolfosburg played twelve scheduled matches in 1904 against the other four teams, playing each three times. CF Adolfosburg won nine of its matches, tied two, and only lost one to CF San Salvador. In those matches, Marroquín Herrera scored eleven goals. The team came in second overall, second to CF San Salvador. CF Adolfosburg played in the first ever Copa Creeperiano in history in San Salvador, however, the team lost the match by a score of 4–3 to CF San Salvador. Marroquín Herrera scored one of the team's three goals.

The Liga Nacional returned in 1905 as the previous season succeeded and received substantial support from the public to be able to sustain itself. The same five teams returned to play the twelve match schedule. CF Adolfosburg finished with the same result in 1905 as in 1904, again coming in second to CF San Salvador. Marroquín Herrera scored ten goals during the twelve matches of the season. CF Adolfosburg again lost to their rival CF San Salvador in the Copa Creeperiano, losing by a score of 2–0.

Copa Creeperiano victory and retirement, 1906

The CF Adolfosburg squad at the 1906 Copa Creeperiano. Marroquín Herrera is fifth from the left.

In 1906, Marroquín Herrera announced that the 1906 year would be his last year playing football as he was looking to retire after a successful thirteen-year career with CF Adolfosburg. His announcement made his teammates determined to win the Copa Creeperiano that year as a send off for Marroquín Herrera and to end his career with a championship victory.

During the season, CF Adolfosburg went undefeated, winning ten matches and ending tied in two matches, both against CF San Salvador. During the team's twelve matches, Marroquín Herrera scored fifteen goals, a career high for goals in a single year. The team came in first place in comparison to the other five teams of the Liga Nacional, however, the team would still play the Copa Creeperiano in San Salvador, as CF San Salvador won the year prior, and the location of where the Copa Creeperiano would occur is based off of the previous year's winner.

In the 1906 Copa Creeperiano, CF Adolfosburg again played against CF San Salvador for the third consecutive year. CF San Salvador were favorited to win for a third consecutive year. The match started with CF San Salvador leading 3–0 at the match's halftime. After halftime, CF San Salvador scored again, bringing the score to 4–0. After the fourth goal from CF San Salvador, Marroquín Herrera went on to score five unanswered goals, and the match ended 5–4 in a victory for CF Adolfosburg, the team's first ever Copa Creeperiano title. Marroquín Herrera was named as Man of the Match for scoring the five unanswered goals which won CF Adolfosburg the match. After his victory in the 1906 Copa Creeperiano, Marroquín Herrera official retired from professional football.

International career

The Creeperopolis national football team was formed in 1900 as the national professional football team of Creeperopolis. The team was formed in order to participate at the Siglo XX Games which were going to be held in Creeperopolis that year. Marroquín Herrera was selected by Guillermo Funes Alvarado, the national team's manager, to play on the team as a striker.

At the Siglo XX Games, 1900

The Creeperopolis national team played its first ever international match on 18 November 1900 against the El Salvador national team. During the match, Creeperopolis won by a score of 6–0. All six of Creeperopolis' goals were scored by Marroquín Herrera, which set a record for the most goals scored during an international debut for a professional football player. In the team's second match on 22 November 1900, against the Castilliano national team, Creeperopolis won by a score of 4–0. Marroquín Herrera scored two of the team's four goals.

The team's third match was on 24 November 1900 against the State of the Church national team. Creeperopolis defeated the State of the Church by a score of 6–0. Marroquín Herrera scored three of the team's six goals. The fourth and final match Creeperopolis played in the group stage was against the Atlántida national team on 16 November 1900. Creeperopolis defeated Atlántida by a score of 2–0, with Marroquín Herrera scoring the second goal of the match. Creeperopolis gained a perfect twelve points and was not scored on once during the tournament, and as such, Creeperopolis advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament.

The only known photo of the Siglo XX Games, depicting Marroquín Herrera kicking a shot at the Castillianan goal during the Final.

In the knockout stage, Creeperopolis again faced Atlántida on 28 November 1900. Creeperopolis defeated Atlántida again by a score of 3–0. Marroquín Herrera scored the first goal of the match. With the Creeperian victory over Atlántida in the semifinals, Creeperopolis advanced to the Final. In the other semifinal match, El Salvador was defeated by Castilliano after a penalty shootout. The match between Creeperopolis and Castilliano was heavily anticipated to be the best match of the tournament. The match was notably attended by Creeperian Emperor Alexander I, Creeperian Prime Minister Macos Espiga Mina, Castillianan King José IX, and Castillianan Prime Minister Elías Santángel Saca.

The Final match was a total victory for the Creeperopolis national team, winning in a record-breaking 21–0 shutout blowout. Marroquín Herrera scored a record breaking eight goals, a record for a single player in an international match. Marroquín Herrera also scored a record twenty-one goals throughout the six matches Creeperopolis played in the tournament. After the match, Marroquín Herrera was declared Man of the Match and was also named as the Creeperian Best Player.

National team, 1901–1906

The starting lineup of the 1901 national team. Marroquín Herrera is the rightmost person in the second row.

In early 1901, Marroquín Herrera returned to play on the national team for four matches against Castilliano and Atlántida. In all four matches, he scored at least one goal, scoring six goals across the four matches. The first match against Castilliano marked the first time Creeperopolis ever allowed a goal in Creeperopolis' 3–1 victory, and the second match against Castilliano marked the first time Creeperopolis ever ended a game in a tie, in which the game ended with a score of 1–1.

International goals

Scores and results list Creeperopolis' goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 November 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	El Salvador	1–0	6–0	Siglo XX Games Group Stage
2.				2–0
3.				3–0
4.				4–0
5.				5–0
6.				6–0
7.	22 November 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Castilliano	2–0	4–0	Siglo XX Games Group Stage
8.				3–0
9.	24 November 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	State of the Church	1–0	6–0	Siglo XX Games Group Stage
10.				2–0
11.				5–0
12.	26 November 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Atlántida	2–0	2–0	Siglo XX Games Group Stage
13.	28 November 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Atlántida	1–0	3–0	Siglo XX Games Semifinals
14.	2 December 1900	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Castilliano	2–0	21–0	Siglo XX Games Final
15.				5–0
16.				9–0
17.				10–0
18.				12–0
19.				16–0
20.				20–0
21.				21–0
22.	24 February 1901	Campo de Emmanuel Chalatenango, Castilliano	Castilliano	1–0	3–1	Friendly
23.				3–1
24.	31 March 1901	Campo de Emmanuel Chalatenango, Castilliano	Castilliano	1–0	1–1	Friendly
25.	26 May 1901	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Atlántida	1–0	2–0	Friendly
26.				2–0
27.	2 June 1901	Campo de Alfonso San Salvador, Creeperopolis	Atlántida	2–1	2–2	Friendly

Managerial career

Creeperopolis national team, 1906–1911

After his retirement from playing professional football, Funes Alvarado resigned as manager of the Creeperopolis national team and suggested that Marroquín Herrera be named as his replacement. Marroquín Herrera accepted and became the manager of the Creeperopolis national team in 1906.

Marroquín Herrera resigned as manager of the Creeperopolis national team on 7 June 1911 after his victory in the 1911 Hispanic Cup. He was replaced by Alexander Galán Merino.

CF Adolfosburg, 1910–1922

On 9 September 1909, Felipe Meléndez Jalisco resigned as manager of CF Adolfosburg. Marroquín Herrera, despite still being the manager of the national team, was offered to be the manager of CF Adolfosburg, the team he played for throughout his professional football career, by the club's owner who was looking for a new manager. He accepted and official became the manager of the team on 10 October 1909, just before the start of the 1910 Liga Nacional.

Personal life

Family

Marroquín Herrera was the eldest of three children. His younger sisters were Angelina María Marroquín y Herrera (1877–1935) and Nicola Yolanda Marroquín y Herrera (1880–1953). Marroquín Herrera married Inmaculada Almudena Zamorano y Sabaté (1877–1946) on 1 July 1902. They had seven children together, only one of whom survived the Creeperian Civil War (1933–1949). Their children were:

• Gustavo Ramón de los Santos Marroquín y Almudena (1903–1942)
• Natalia Susana Marroquín y Almudena (1904–1945)
• Adriana Alicia Marroquín y Almudena (1906–1989)
• Andrés Carlos Marroquín y Almudena (1908–1938)
• María Carmen Marroquín y Almudena (1910–1941)
• Fátima Blanca Marroquín y Almudena (1912–1944)
• Mateo Lucas Marroquín y Almudena (1914–1934)

Marroquín Herrera died before any of his children had children of their own, but in total, he had eight posthumous grandchildren; three from Gustavo, one from Natalia, two from Adriana, one from Andrés, and one from María. Marroquín Herrera also had four nephews and one niece from his sister Angelina and two nieces and one nephew from his sister Nicola.

Marroquín Herrera was a devout Creeperian Catholic and attended church services every Sunday. He also attended church services before every match he played, even if it was not on a Sunday. He raised all seven of his children in the Creeperian Catholic faith.

Political views

During his life, Marroquín Herrera's political views were a topic of debate. His father was a member of the center-left National Liberal Party (PLN) and was active in politics, serving as Mayor of Adolfosburg from 1892 until his death in 1899. Throughout his career as a player, Marroquín Herrera never spoke publicly about his political views and many fans, journalists, and even politicians speculated on his political standings. At the time, the general consensus, based purely on speculation, was that Marroquín Herrera aligned himself with the National Liberal Party, under the assumption that his father had influenced his political beliefs.

As a player, and even as manager of the national team, Marroquín Herrera never joined a political party, remaining an independent. He did state in 1911 that he did vote in the general elections of 1897, 1902, and 1907, and that he did intend to vote in the upcoming 1912 general election, but he never disclosed who he voted for or what party he voted for. In 1922, he again stated that he also voted in the 1917 general election, but again, he did not disclose who he voted for or what party he voted for.

Following his death, none of his children commented on their father's political beliefs. They held possession of his private writings and memoirs and refused to release their contents to the public. During the Creeperian Civil War, his private writings and memoirs were reportedly lost and are most likely to have been destroyed during the war. Six of Marroquín Herrera's seven children were killed during the Creeperian Civil War, and Adriana was his only surviving child. After the civil war, she was pressured by the media to disclose her father's political beliefs, but she refused to comment on the matter. When she died in 1989, all hopes to know the true political beliefs of Marroquín Herrera effectively ceased.

Controversies over Marroquín Herrera's political beliefs, however, continued well beyond his death. In 1976, a man named Fernando Melléndez Luján living in Adolfosburg claimed to have discovered the thought to have been long lost and destroyed private writings and memoirs of Marroquín Herrera. He claimed that he found a box hidden under the restaurant he worked at, which was built on top of a library which was destroyed during the civil war, and that when he opened the box, it contained the private writings and memoirs of Marroquín Herrera. Creeperian news media outlets immediately began making offers to Melléndez Luján to have him publish what the writings and memoirs stated on their newspapers, however, Marroquín Herrera's daughter Adriana questioned the legitimacy of the supposed writings and memoirs which were discovered. On 15 March 1976, the local Adolfosburg newspaper Los'Tiempos Centrales paid Melléndez Luján 250,000 dollars, and the follow day, the newspaper published the writings in their daily paper. The publication claimed that Marroquín Herrera had sympathies with the Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC) and supported the proposed ideals of Édgar Cazalla Beldad, which immediately caused controversy due to the anti-socialist stigma in Creeperopolis and anti-socialist policies of the Creeperian government. Adriana immediately criticized the publication, stating that the writing style was nothing like her father's.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Creeperopolis immediately gained an interest in the story and demanded Melléndez Luján to provide them the original writings and memoirs to authenticate them. In April 1976, the documents Melléndez Luján turned over were compared with known works from Marroquín Herrera and were also shown to Adriana, and the were almost immediately identified as forgeries. As the fake publications were so widespread by the time they were found out to be forgeries, Minister of Internal Affairs Carlos Onganía Carballo had to make a nationally broadcasted announcement stating that the publications were forgeries, in an attempt to save the image and legacy of one of Creeperopolis' most beloved football players and managers. In May 1976, the Creeperian Imperial Police (PIC) arrested Melléndez Luján and writers and editors who published the forgeries in Los'Tiempos Centrales. They were sentenced to fifteen-years imprisonment for defamation of a public figure and sympathizing with socialism. Los'Tiempos Centrales was also fined 3.5 million dollars for the damages caused to Marroquín Herrera's descendants. The newspaper eventually went bankrupt in 1977 due to the heavy fine imposed by the Creeperian government. The Creeperian government seized the forgeries and their fate is unknown.

As a result of the forgeries of 1976, it has since become a misconception that Marroquín Herrera did in fact sympathize with the Creeperian Socialist Party. It is very unlikely that Marroquín Herrera's true political beliefs will every be revealed, especially since all of his children have since died and none of his grandchildren ever met him while he was alive. The present speculations from historians believe that Marroquín Herrera either aligned with the political policies of the National Liberal Party, the party his father was a member of, or the National Conservative Party (PCN), the center-right counterpart of the National Liberal Party, due to his devoutness to the Creeperian Catholic faith. Sympathies for the Creeperian Socialist Party and Catholic Royalist Party (PRC) have been dismissed, as historians believe that both parties are too extreme for the living situations in which Marroquín Herrera was raised in and lived in.

Murder

Murder of Gustavo Marroquín Herrera
Location	Adolfosburg City Hall, Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg, Creeperopolis
Date	1 August 1922 (1922-08-01) 12:04pm ATL
Target	Gustavo Marroquín Herrera
Attack type	Shooting
Weapons	Unidentified firearm
Deaths	1
Assailant	Unknown
Motive	Unknown
Accused	9 cameramen (none convicted)
Convicted	No one
Verdict	Guilty in absentia
Convictions	Murder

On 1 August 1922, Marroquín Herrera was visiting the Adolfosburg City Hall to meet with Mayor Alexander Panadero Gallego in order to negotiate an agreement to give the CF Adolfosburg team a better field to play on, as he believed that the field did not have a sufficient capacity for the amount of people which attended home games for the team. That Tuesday was the only day both were available. The two met at noon and began posing for photos for the event.

At 12:04pm, a gunman, disguised as a photographer, opened fire and shot Marroquín Herrera six times at point-blank range. The gunman opened fire before any photos had been taken, and as a result, people were scattered across the city hall. As the shots rang out, people immediately began running out of the building while officers of the Civil Police began running into the building. People who left the building were immediately detained by the Civil Police as suspects in the shooting. By 12:20pm, the Civil Police had secured the building and everyone inside was under detainment.

Medics rushed into the building immediately as the scene was secured and tended to Marroquín Herrera, who was still alive and conscious after being shot six times. He was rushed to the Adolfosburg Municipal Hospital three blocks away from the Adolfosburg City Hall. After severe blood loss, Marroquín Herrera was pronounced dead at 1:11pm.

Newspapers across the country immediately began publishing news stories about Marroquín Herrera's murder, which was quickly labeled as an assassination. Tens of thousands of people gathered in city centers across the country in mourning at the loss of a national hero. The following day, Acting Prime Minister Édgar Cazalla Beldad made a statement expressing sorrow in the murder of Marroquín Herrera, and also condemned the murder, and stated that the murderer would be arrested and brought to justice. Other prominent politicians also made similar statements, including former Prime Ministers Antonio Sáenz Heredia and Macos Espiga Mina, Joel Lacasa Campos, the leader of the Creeperian Social Communist Party, Carlos Hernández Videla, the leader of the Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front, and even Panadero Gallego, who survived the shooting.

Investigation

The Civil Police immediately began an investigation into the murder. The Civil Police detained forty-three people immediately after the shooting, and all forty-three were strip-searched to see if any of them were in possession of the firearm used in the murder. None of the forty-three detainees had a firearm on them when they were searched, and afterwards, the Civil Police was ordered to search the entire city hall building to find the firearm used in the murder. After two entire days of searching, however, no firearm was ever found.

All forty-three people were interviewed by the Civil Police for up to four hours each. After the interviews, it was noted that twenty-six of the people interviewed reported witnessing the gunman being dressed as a photographer. After the substantial amount of reports were taken from the people being interviewed that the gunman was dressed as a photographer, all but nine people were released from Civil Police custody. The nine remaining people in custody were all registered photographers with the Adolfosburg City Hall. The nine photographers were:

• José Ramón Duarte y Gutiérrez (18 March 1894 – 6 March 1929)
• Rubén José Muñoz y Alameda (17 September 1890 – Unknown)
• Iñigo Jesús Gómez y Carranza (20 July 1898 – 15 June 1931)
• Vicente Alfonso Lérida y Páez (8 November 1890 – 1 March 1923)
• Carlos Héctor Valenzuela y Tarragona (30 December 1898 – Unknown)
• Mauro Diego Cedillo y Costa (2 April 1886 – Unknown)
• Jairo Marcos Ferrón y Teixidó (13 August 1883 – 9 June 1933)
• Ferran Eduardo Soldado y Leñero (8 June 1886 – 8 September 1951)
• Emilio José Marqués y Sangüesa (17 March 1888 – 17 October 1932)

The nine men were interviewed extensively by the Civil Police, but after extensive interviews, the Civil Police was unable to solve conclusively who murdered Marroquín Herrera. The nine men were released by the Civil Police on 1 November 1922 after not enough evidence had been uncovered to charge any of the nine with the murder of Marroquín Herrera, however, the Civil Police was certain that one of them was the murderer.

When Sáenz Heredia became Prime Minister following the 1922 general election, he had the Civil Police reopen the investigation. The investigation was reopened in 1924, and eight of the nine men were returned for further questioning, as one of them, Lérida Páez, was lynched in Adolfosburg on 1 March 1923 by a mob seeking extrajudicial justice for Marroquín Herrera's murder. After further questioning, the Civil Police again closed the case as not enough evidence was found to charge any of the men again.

On 1 August 1932, the ten year anniversary of the murder, the Adolfosburg City Court held a trial in absentia which charged the assailant of the crime with murder. The assailant was found guilty in absentia by the court and was sentenced to death in absentia by the court.

On 8 September 1951, Soldado Leñero died of a stroke. He was the last of the nine men suspected of murdering Marroquín Herrera to die. Three of the other suspects' dates of death are unknown, however, it is generally believed that they died sometime during the Creeperian Civil War. The murder of Marroquín Herrera is one of the most high-profile unsolved crimes and murders in Creeperian history. The Creeperian Imperial Police and National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) conducted their own investigations into the case, however, both investigations also resulted in none of the nine men being definitively identified as the assailant in the murder.

Funeral

Marroquín Herrera's funeral procession.

Marroquín Herrera's public funeral was held on 6 August 1922. Reportedly, a crowd of over 150,000 people attended, mourning the death of such an iconic public figure. Marroquín Herrera was considered a national hero for his professional football career, both as a player and as a manager. In cities across the country, vigils were held in churches and cathedrals in memory of Marroquín Herrera. Historians have since compared the funeral of Marroquín Herrera to that of an Emperor of Creeperopolis or that of a Pope, due to the amount of people who attended and were mourning across the country.

The funeral was reportedly the largest public gathering of people in Adolfosburg's history. The politics of the country effectively stopped, with several prominent politicians making speeches at the funeral, including Cazalla Beldad and Sáenz Heredia. Several of his players and former teammates also spoke at the funeral. The funeral was presided by Archbishop Arnoldo Giménez Alcaide.

The following day, Marroquín Herrera's family held a private funeral, which was also attended by several of Marroquín Herrera's players and former teammates. The private funeral was also presided by Giménez Alcaide. Marroquín Herrera was buried in a mausoleum on 7 August 1922 in the Saint Alfonso I National Cemetery in Adolfosburg. His mausoleum was destroyed during the Creeperian Civil War, but his body survived the war and the mausoleum was rebuilt in 1950.

Career statistics

Club

Legend
	Won the Copa Creeperiano
Bold	Career high

Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition

Club	Season	League			Copa Creeperiano		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
CF Adolfosburg	1894	–	6	11	–		6	11
	1895	–	7	8	–		7	8
	1896	–	3	6	–		3	6
	1897	–	5	4	–		5	4
	1898	–	2	3	–		2	3
	1899	–	6	3	–		6	3
	1900	–	6	7	–		6	7
	1901	–	6	8	–		6	8
	1902	–	8	6	–		8	6
	1903	–	9	5	–		9	5
	1904	Liga Nacional	12	11	1	1	13	12
	1905	Liga Nacional	12	10	1	0	13	10
	1906	Liga Nacional	12	15	1	5	13	20
Career total			93	97	3	6	96	103

International

Appearances and goals by national team, year, and competition

Team	Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Creeperopolis	1900	6	21	–		6	21
	1901	–		4	6	4	6
	1902	–		–		–
	1903	–		–		–
	1904	–		–		–
	1905	–		–		–
	1906	–		–		–
Career total		6	21	4	6	10	27

Managerial statistics

International

Matches managed by national team, season, and competition

Team	Year	Competitive				Friendly				Total
		Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
Creeperopolis	1906	–				–				–
	1907	–				–				–
	1908	–				–				–
	1909	–				–				–
	1910	–				–				–
	1911	–				1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Career total		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0

Club

Legend
	Won the Copa Creeperiano

Matches managed by club, season, and competition

Club	Season	League					Copa Creeperiano			Total
		Division	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Matches	Wins	Losses	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
CF Adolfosburg	1911	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1912	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	0	0	1
	1913	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1914	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1915	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1916	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1917	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	0	0	1
	1918	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	–			12	0	0	0
	1919	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	1	0	0
	1920	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	–			12	0	0	0
	1921	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	–			12	0	0	0
	1922	Liga Nacional	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	0	0	1
Career total			144	0	0	0	9	6	3	153	6	0	3

Honors

Club

CF Adolfosburg

• Copa Creeperiano Champion (1906)
• Copa Creeperiano Man of the Match (1906)
• Liga Nacional Most Valued Player x2 (1905, 1906)

International

Creeperopolis

• Siglo XX Games Champion (1900)
• Siglo XX Games Final Man of the Match (1900)
• Siglo XX Games Best Player (1900)

Managerial

CF Adolfosburg

• Copa Creeperiano Champion x6 (1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1919)

See also

Creeperopolis portal Terraconserva portal

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