Marocas

Mário Jaime Raimundo Duarte, known as Marocas (born 17 February 1988) is a Portuguese football player who plays for Vilafranquense.

Marocas
Personal information
Full name Mário Jaime Raimundo Duarte
Date of birth (1988-02-17) 17 February 1988
Place of birth Albufeira, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Vilafranquense
Number 31
Youth career
1998–2006 Imortal
2006–2007 Louletano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Louletano
2007–2008 Imortal
2008–2009 Messinense
2009–2010 Silves
2010–2011 Esperança de Lagos
2011–2012 Camacha 20 (2)
2012–2013 Fátima 16 (3)
2013–2014 Benfica e Castelo Branco 45 (31)
2014–2015 Santa Clara 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Benfica e Castelo Branco (loan) 29 (17)
2015–2016 Oliveirense 22 (4)
2016– Vilafranquense 24 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017

Club career

Born in Albufeira, Marocas passed through several amateur clubs in his native Algarve in his early career. In the 2013–14 Campeonato Nacional de Seniores he scored 23 goals for Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco, and added three more in other competitions.[1] Halfway through the season, he and teammate Alvarinho trained with Zawisza Bydgoszcz of Poland, but only the latter made the move permanent.[2]

Marocas then moved to Segunda Liga club C.D. Santa Clara, but was loaned back to Castelo Branco in September 2014 for the season.[1] He made his one professional appearance for the Azorean team on 8 August 2015 in a 1–0 loss at Vitória S.C. B, playing the final 17 minutes in place of Paulo Clemente.[3] Twenty days later, he terminated his contract by mutual consent with a year remaining.[4]

After a season with U.D. Oliveirense, who were relegated from the second division, Marocas signed with U.D. Vilafranquense in the third tier in 2016. On 20 November that year, he scored the only goal of a home win against Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal.[5]

On 7 June 2018, Marocas returned to his native region, signing a two-year deal with former club Louletano D.C. also in the third tier.[6]

References
  1. "Marocas regressa ao BC.Branco" [Marocas returns to BC.Branco] (in Portuguese). O Derbie. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "BC Branco segura Marocas mas perde Alvarinho" [BC Branco secures Marocas but loses Alvarinho]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 February 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway.
  4. "Marocas rescinde com o Santa Clara" [Marocas rescinds with Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). RTP. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. "O "golo mais importante" de Marocas, o herói do Vilafranquense" [The "most important goal" of Marocas, Vilafranquense's hero] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. "Marocas assina pelo Louletano" [Marocas signs or Louletano]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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