Maicon Pereira Roque

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Maicon

Maicon with Porto in 2013
Personal information
Full name Maicon Pereira Roque
Date of birth (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988
Place of birth Barretos, Brazil
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 São Paulo
Number 27
Youth career
2006–2007 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008 Cabofriense 0 (0)
2008–2009 Nacional 28 (0)
2009– Porto 116 (11)
2013 Porto B 1 (1)
2016– → São Paulo (loan) 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:27, 2 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Maicon Pereira Roque (born 14 September 1988), known simply as Maicon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo FC on loan from Portuguese club FC Porto as a central defender.

Club career

Born in Barretos, São Paulo, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He moved the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense.

Maicon had his first abroad adventure in the 2008–09 campaign, being a defensive mainstay for Madeira's C.D. Nacional[1] which again qualified for European competition. Courtesy of those solid performances, on 4 June 2009, he moved to Primeira Liga champions FC Porto, in a contract running until 2014;[2][3] he appeared in only four games in his first year.

After Bruno Alves left for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Maicon became a first-team regular in 2010–11, playing in 37 official games as Porto won the treble (including eight in the victorious run in the UEFA Europa League). In the following season – under new manager Vítor Pereira – after Cristian Săpunaru's injury, he beat competition from Jorge Fucile and began being often utilized as a right back.

On 2 March 2012, after a free kick, Maicon headed a late offside goal in a 3–2 away win against S.L. Benfica.[4] He scored five goals from 35 appearances in two seasons combined, helping his team to back-to-back national championships.

On 29 September 2015, Maicon headed home the 2–1 winner over Chelsea for the UEFA Champions League, in what was his third competitive goal of the campaign.[5] On 14 February of the following year, however, having been deemed surplus to requirements by new manager José Peseiro, he was loaned to São Paulo FC,[6] stating upon arriving that the move was "a dream come true".[7]

Club statistics

As of 2 January 2016[8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nacional 2008–09 28050400000370
Total 28050400000370
Porto 2009–10 4130401000121
2010–11 21250208010372
2011–12 20320305010313
2012–13 15200104010212
2013–14 16120405000271
2014–15 260200011000390
2015–16 13220003100183
Total 116111601403713018312
Career Total 144112101803713022012

Honours

Porto

References

External links

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