Marcão (futsal player)

Marcos Pacheco Affini (born 18 June 1984), known as Marcão, is a Brazilian futsal player who play as a goalkeeper for CF Belenenses on loan from Sporting CP.

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)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2006 Ferraz
2007–2010 Belenenses
2011 Al Rayyan
2011–2014 Benfica
2014–2015 Kairat Almaty
2015– Sporting CP 87 (6)
2018– → Belenenses (loan) 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)

Career

Born in São Paulo, Marcão started his career in the amateur 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 with them, 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 Leo Higuita, 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] In three years spent with Sporting, bitter rivals of SL Benfica, Marcão won three league titles, two Portuguese cups, two league cup titles and two regional cups (Taça de Honra).[12][13] In the summer of 2018, Marcão returned to CF Belenenses on loan from Sporting CP.

Honours
CF Os Belenenses
Al Rayyan
SL Benfica
AFC Kairat
Sporting CP

Personal life

He is the older brother of Lucas Sasha, a footballer who plays for Ludogorets Razgrad.[14]

References
  1. "Reforços Brasileiros para o Futsal" [Brazilian reinforcements to the Futsal team]. Blogue CF Belenenses (in Portuguese). 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  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. "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. "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.
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  13. Lisbon Regional Cup 2016/17
  14. "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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