Marquinho (footballer, born July 1986)

Marquinho
Marquinho with Roma in 2012
Personal information
Full name Marco Antonio de Mattos Filho
Date of birth (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986
Place of birth Passo Fundo, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1998 Gaúcho
1999 Juventude
2000 Internacional
2000 Grêmio
2001 Vasco
2001–2006 Palmeiras
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Palmeiras 1 (0)
2007 Botafogo 5 (0)
2008 Figueirense 26 (5)
2009–2011 Fluminense 128 (16)
2012–2015 Roma 52 (7)
2014Verona (loan) 15 (2)
2014–2015Al-Ittihad (loan) 26 (9)
2015–2016 Udinese 11 (0)
2016Al-Ahli (loan) 13 (1)
2016–2018 Fluminense 33 (1)
2018–2019 Atlético Paranaense 14 (6)
2019–2020 Vasco da Gama 7 (0)
2020–2021 Figueirense 23 (1)
Total 356 (48)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antonio de Mattos Filho (born 3 July 1986), commonly known as Marquinho, is a former Brazilian professional footballer. Mainly an attacking midfielder, he also played as a left wingback.

Career

Brazil

Marquinho started his career at Gaúcho, playing for other Rio Grande do Sul-based youth clubs until he was transferred to Vasco da Gama and later to Palmeiras. During his time at Palmeiras, he was promoted to the first team in 2007 after his manager threatened not to renew Marquinho's contract since he acted only in Palmeiras B without first team opportunities.

His first game in the first team was on 18 January 2007 in a 4–2 win at Campeonato Paulista. He also played at Brasileirão against Goiás in August 2007 before moving to Botafogo. In 2008, after being discharged from the Rio de Janeiro club, he was signed by Figueirense, being a member of the starting eleven and moving to Fluminense the following year. At the end of 2009, after a long battle against relegation, Marquinho scored in the 1-1 away draw against Coritiba in the last league match, a result that kept Fluminense at Série A and relegated Coritiba to Série B. In 2010, he was part of the team that led Fluminense to win the national title after 26 years.

Roma

Marquinho moved to Roma on 31 January 2012 on a six-month loan. He made his debut on 19 February against Parma and scored his first goal on 1 April in a 5–2 win against Novara. He scored a goal against Udinese on 11 April 2012, and one more against Napoli two weeks later. At the end of a very impressive spell at Roma, they officially signed the midfielder for a reportedly €3 million from Fluminense.

He scored his first goal of the season against Inter on 2 September 2012 in a 3–1 victory. He scored his second goal of the season in a 4–2 loss against Cagliari. He finished the season with 26 appearances and 4 goals.

On 31 January 2014, Marquinho moved to league rivals Hellas Verona on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[1]

Al-Ittihad

On 2 July 2014, the Jeddah-based team Ittihad FC announced the signing of Marquinho on a season long loan from A.S. Roma for undisclosed fee. He performs very well with Ittihad FC and scored 8 goals in 14 league matches. On 15 May 2015, following the derby match against Al-Ahli, Marquinho left Saudi Arabia.

Fluminense return

On 14 July 2016, Marquinho joined Fluminense on a three-year contract.[2]

Atlético Paranaense

On 3 September 2018, Marquinho signed a contract with Atlético Paranaense until June 2019.[3]

Vasco da Gama

In June 2019, Marquinho joined Vasco da Gama.[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [5]
Club Season League State league National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Palmeiras 2007 Série A 1 0 2 0 3 0
Botafogo 2007 Série A 5 0 0 0 5 0
Figueirense 2008 Série A 26 5 0 0 32 0
Fluminense 2009 Série A 31 1 10 0 7 0 9 1 57 2
2010 30 4 10 3 6 0 46 7
2011 33 4 14 4 0 0 5 1 52 9
Total 94 9 34 7 13 0 14 2 157 18
Roma 2011–12 Serie A 15 3 15 3
2012–13 26 4 4 0 30 4
2013–14 11 0 0 0 11 0
Total 52 7 4 0 56 7
Verona (loan) 2013–14 Serie A 15 2 15 2
Al-Ittihad (loan) 2014–15 Saudi Pro League 26 9 3 2 1 1 2 0 32 12
Udinese 2015–16 Serie A 11 0 2 0 13 0
Al-Ahli (loan) 2015–16 Saudi Pro League 13 1 4 2 1 0 6 1 24 4
Fluminense 2016 Série A 16 1 2 1 18 2
2017 4 0 13 0 2 0 1 0 3 1 23 1
Total 20 1 13 0 4 1 1 0 3 1 41 3
Atlético Paranaense 2019 Série A 14 6 14 6
Vasco da Gama 2019 Série A 7 0 7 0
Figueirense 2020 Série B 18 0 5 1 3 0 26 1
Career total 288 34 68 14 33 5 2 1 23 3 3 1 417 58

Honours

Figueirense
Fluminense
Al-Ahli

References

  1. ^ "Marquinho completes loan move to Verona". FIFA.com. 31 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Mais um reforço: Flu anuncia retorno do meia Marquinho, herói em 2009". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Atlético Paranaense acerta a contratação do meia Marquinho" [Atlético Paranaense sign midfielder Marquinho] (in Portuguese). Atlético Paranaense. 3 September 2018. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. ^ Vasco da Gama anuncia a contratação do meia Marquinho, ex-Fluminense, odiariocarioca.com, 18 June 2019
  5. ^ Marquinho at Soccerway