Marquinho (footballer, born 1966)

Marquinho
Personal information
Full name Marco Antônio Dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1966-11-11) 11 November 1966
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Ponte Preta
1989 Internacional
1990–1992 Sport Boys
1993 Sporting Cristal
1994 SV Salzburg
1995 Alianza Lima
1996 Puebla
1997 Alianza Lima
1998 Colorado Rapids
1998 Çanakkale Dardanelspor
1999 Sport Boys
2000 Alianza Lima
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Antônio Dos Santos (born 11 November 1966), commonly known as Marquinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Marquinho started his career playing as an attacking midfielder with Ponte Preta in Brazil. He also played with Internacional Porto Alegre, Sport Boys (Peru), Sporting Cristal (Peru), Casino Salzburg (Austria), Alianza Lima (Peru), Puebla F.C. (Mexico)[2] and Tampico Madero (Mexico) Colorado Rapids (USA), Çanakkale Dardanelspor (Turkey). In 1994, he led Casino Salzburg to the final of the UEFA Cup where they lost to Inter Milan.[3] He also won La República's best foreign player of the year award when he played for Alianza Lima in 1991.[4] Marquinho scored three goals in 11 appearances for Colorado Rapids before being released in June 1998.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Marquinho at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Marquinho – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Marquinho Allocated to Colorado Rapids (March 5, 1998)". Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "EL MEDIOCAMPISTA BRASILEÑO" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 21 December 1991.
  5. ↑ "MLS: Marquinho dropped by Colorado". Soccer America. 5 June 1998.
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