Marcão (futsal player)

For other people named Marcão, see Marcão (disambiguation).
Marcão
Personal information
Full name Marcos Pacheco Affini
Date of birth (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sporting CP
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
–2006 Ferraz
2007–2010 Belenenses
2011 Al Rayyan
2011–2014 Benfica
2014–2015 Kairat Almaty
2015– Sporting CP 14 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:30, 3 April 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Marcos Pacheco Affini (born 18 June 1984), known as Marcão, is a Brazilian futsal player who plays for Sporting CP as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in São Paulo, Marcão started his career in the amauter team, EC Ferraz, in the city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos. On 8 August 2007, he moved to Portugal to join C.F. Os Belenenses, arriving at the same time as Diego Sol.[1]

At the Belém-side, he, and others like Pedro Cary, Paulinho and Marcelinho, helped the club reach two playoffs finals against Benfica, losing both, plus two Portuguese Cup finals, winning one, and losing another.[2][3]

In January 2011, Marcão moved to the Qatar Futsal League, to play for Al Rayyan, staying just eight months, but winning the league title with the Qatari club. On 2 August 2011, he returned to Portugal and joined Benfica.[4][5] In the three years he spent at the Eagles, Marcão won one league title, his second Portuguese Cup, plus two supercups.[6][7]

In June 2014, Marcão joined AFC Kairat in the Kazakhstani Futsal Championship.[8] At Kairat, he acted mainly as a back-up for Léo Huguita, his replacement at Belenenses, in a side that conquered the 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup against Barcelona in Lisbon.[9][10] A year after leaving to Kazakhstan, Marcão returned for a third stint in Portugal, joining Sporting CP on 21 July.[11]

Honours

CF Os Belenenses[2]
Al Rayyan
SL Benfica[6]
AFC Kairat[9]

Personal life

He is the older brother of Lucas Sasha, a footballer who plays for Ludogorets Razgrad.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Reforços Brasileiros para o Futsal" [Brazilian reinforcements to the Futsal team]. Blogue CF Belenenses (in Portuguese). 8 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Futsal: Belenenses vence Taça de Portugal" [Belenenses wins Portuguese Cup]. Jornal de Noticias (in Portuguese). 8 May 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Futsal: Marcão, o guarda-redes goleador do Belenenses" [Marcão, the goalscorer goalkeeper of Beleneneses]. Jornal de Noticias (in Portuguese). 9 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Marcão é reforço no Benfica" [Marcão signs with Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 2 August 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Guarda-redes Marcão reforça o Benfica" [Goalkeeper Marcão joins Benfica]. Público (in Portuguese). 2 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Marcão: "Vivi no Benfica três anos maravilhosos. É difícil sair"" [Marcão: "At Benfica, I lived three wonderful years. It's hard to leave".]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Marcão deixa o Benfica" [Marcão leaves Benfica]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kazajistán: Kairat Almaty incorpora a Igor, Marcao, Divanei y Douglas" [Kazakhstan: Kairat Almaty signs Igor, Marcão, Divanei and Douglas]. LFNS (in Spanish). June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Léo Higuita e Marcão vencem UEFA Futsal Cup com o Kairat" [Léo Higuita and Marcão win UEFA Futsal Cup with Kairat]. Mundo dos Guarda-redes (in Portuguese). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kairat prove worth with second triumph". UEFA.com. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Marcão reforça Sporting" [Marcão signs with Sporting]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Lucas Sasha pode chegar a Alvalade a custo zero" [Lucas Sasha could arrive at Alvalade on a free transfer]. Sapo. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

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