Starting off his career as a centre but ending up a flanker, Marquesuzaa played 10 times for France between 1958-60. He was part of the France XV that toured South Africa in 1958, starting two Tests in what turned out to be a France series victory.

He was then part of the French squad that won the Five Nations championship in 1959, the first time Les Bleus were outright winners in a competition in which they debuted in 1910. "One of the French rugby's big names from the 1950 and 60s has passed away," said French federation president Bernard Laporte.

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