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Marck Jesus Paguirigan Espejo (born March 1, 1997) is a Filipino volleyball athlete who will play for Kubota Spears Osaka [ja] of the V.League. He is also member of the Philippines men's national volleyball team and played collegiate volleyball with Ateneo de Manila University.^[1]^[2]

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Marck Espejo

Personal information

Full name

Marck Jesus Paguirigan Espejo

Nationality

Filipino

Born

March 1, 1997 (age 28)

Hometown

Marikina, Philippines

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

180 lb (82 kg)

Spike

340 cm (134 in)

Block

335 cm (132 in)

College / University

Ateneo de Manila University

Volleyball information

Position

Outside hitter

Current club

Kubota Spears Osaka [ja]

Career

Years	Teams
2015	Cagayan Valley
2018–2019, 2022, 2023	Cignal
2018–2019	Weisse Adler
2019–2020	Visakha
2020–2021	Bani Jamra
2021–2022	FC Tokyo
2023–2024	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
2024	Criss Cross King Crunchers
2024–2025	Kubota Spears Osaka [ja]

National team

2015–present

Philippines

Honours

Men's volleyball

Representing Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
	2019 Manila	Team
ASEAN University Games
	2016 Singapore	Team

Career

Summarize

Perspective

Youth

Espejo studied at the Santa Elena High School - Marikina.^[3] While playing for his secondary school, Espejo bagged the Best Attacker awards in the 2012 Palarong Pambansa,^[4] 2011 National Milo Little Olympics Championship,^{[citation needed]} 2012 and 2013 NCR Volleyball Regional Meet.^{[citation needed]}

Collegiate

As a multi-awarded high school volleyball player, he was recruited by Ateneo De Manila University to play for its men's varsity volleyball team.^[5] Espejo won the 2014 GUIDON-Moro Lorenzo Sportsman of The Year award.^[6]

UAAP

In the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Volleyball Championship, Espejo led Ateneo's team to win three consecutive championships from UAAP Season 77 to UAAP Season 79.^[7]

In UAAP Season 76 where Ateneo finished as runner-ups,^[8] Espejo was hailed as the Rookie of the Year and Season's MVP^[9] while in UAAP Season 77 as Best Attacker and Season's MVP.^[10] In UAAP Season 78, he received three awards: Best Attacker, Best Server, and Season's MVP.^[11] Espejo also bagged the UAAP Season 79 Best Scorer, Best Attacker, and Season's MVP.^[12] He ended his UAAP stint with Ateneo in 2018 with a loss to the National University in the final of UAAP Season 80.^[8] And Espejo makes a historic 55-point game on UAAP Season 80 Semifinals against FEU.

Spikers' Turf and PVL

He also led Ateneo in bagging the championship title in Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference, Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Collegiate Conference, and Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference in addition to the Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference championship.^[13]

In the Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference 2nd Best Outside Spiker, Conference and Finals MVP, Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Collegiate Conference 1st Best Outside Spiker and Conference MVP, and 2017 Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Collegiate Conference 1st Best Outside Spiker, Conference and Finals MVP.^[14]^[15]^[16] He was also awarded as the 1st Best Outside Spiker in the Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference.^[17]

Club career

Early years: Philippines

Espejo helped the Cagayan Valley Rising Suns in snatching the bronze medal in the Cagayan Friendship Games and silver medal in the Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference in 2015.

Following the end of his UAAP stint with Ateneo, Espejo was set to play for Cignal HD Spikers in the men's division of the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference.^[8]

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

In May 2018, Espejo received an offer to play for a team in Japan.^[8] On May 27, it was announced that he has officially signed to play for the Japanese club, Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler. He was recommended by Godfrey Owese Okumu, the coach of the University of the Philippines' women's team.^[18]

Visakha

In December 2019, Espejo joined Visakha of the Volleyball Thailand League.^[19] He debuted for the club in January 2020.^[20]

Bani Jamra

Espejo moved to Bahrain in November 2020 to play for Bani Jamra of the Isa bin Rashid Volleyball League.^[21] He moved back to the Philippines after his contract with Bani Jamra ended on January 30, 2021. He helped his team finish sixth in a league of six teams in the 2020–21 season.^[22]

FC Tokyo

Espejo returned to Japan, after he was signed in to play for FC Tokyo for the 2021–21 season of V.League.^[23]

Incheon Korean Air Jumbos

In April 27, Espejo joined to the 2023 KOVO Men's Asian Quota Draft held in Jeju Island, South Korea. Espejo got picked and assigned to play for Incheon Korean Air Jumbos in 2023-24 season of the Korean V-League.^[24]