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Mexico captain Rafael Marquez has provided the perfect response to plans for a wall to be built along the United States-Mexico border.

The recently-inaugurated US president Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order for "an impassable physical barrier" to be erected as he sought to tighten America's immigration controls.

The issue has sparked strong opposition from Mexico's elected officials, while one of its greatest football stars has weighed into the debate.

Marquez has 136 caps to his name and starred for Barcelona for seven years before departing in 2010.

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He wrote on Twitter: "There is no wall able to stop us if we believe in ourselves."

The amendment to the spelling of the Spanish word for 'fortitude' in the hashtag refers to the shirt number he typically wears for Mexico - and did for Barcelona.

Alongside the tweet, the 37-year-old Marquez put up a video, serving as a metaphor, of him firing a free-kick over a wall and into the top corner of the net.