Marina Markova, born on January 27, 2001, in Russia, began her volleyball career in the youth academy of Leningradka Saint Petersburg, where she played from 2016 to 2019. She then played at Syracuse University from 2019 to 2022, followed by a season at the University of Florida in 2022-2023.
At the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, Markova joined the Turkish Sultanlar League team Muratpaşa Belediyesi but finished the season with Igor Gorgonzola Novara. With Novara, she won the CEV Challenge Cup and played semifinals of the Italian League. During the summer of the same season, she played for Jakarta Electric PLN in Indonesia. Ahead of the 2024-2025 season, the outside hitter joined VakıfBank.