Marcão
Marcão with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira
Date of birth (1996-06-05) 5 June 1996
Place of birth Londrina, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Sevilla
Number 23
Youth career
Avaí
2014–2015 Atlético Paranaense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Avaí 0 (0)
2015–2018 Atlético Paranaense 23 (1)
2015Guaratinguetá (loan) 8 (0)
2016Ferroviária (loan) 14 (0)
2017Atlético Goianiense (loan) 1 (0)
2017–2018Rio Ave (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Chaves 17 (2)
2019–2022 Galatasaray 106 (0)
2022– Sevilla 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2023

Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira (born 5 June 1996), commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Sevilla.

Career

Avaí

Marcão was born in Londrina, Paraná, Marcão started his career with Avaí. He made his senior debut on 12 April 2014 at the age of 17, starting in a 4–1 Campeonato Catarinense away loss against Chapecoense.

Atlético Paranaense

Marcão subsequently moved to Atlético Paranaense, and made his debut for the club on 5 February 2015 by starting in a 3–1 loss at Rio Branco for the Campeonato Paranaense championship.[1]

Guaratinguetá (loan)

On 31 July 2015, he was loaned to Série C club Guaratinguetá, after a partnership between both clubs was established.[2]

Ferroviária (loan)

On 15 December 2015, Marcão was loaned to Ferroviária, along with other Atlético teammates.[3] After being a regular starter he returned to Furacão, now being definitely assigned to the first team.[4]

Marcão made his Série A debut on 26 June 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Nikão in a 2–0 home win against Grêmio.[5]

Galatasaray

2018–19 season

Marcão with Galatasaray in 2021.

On 14 January 2019, Marcão moved to Turkish side Galatasaray on a three and a half year contract for an initial fee of €4 million.[6] He played his first official match with Galatasaray in the 18th week of the 2018–19 season, in the Ankaragücü match, which was played at Türk Telekom Stadium and Galatasaray won 6–0. Marcão, who started the match in the starting 11, remained on the field for 90 minutes.[7]

After being included in the team, he played for 90 minutes in all ten league matches. He could not play in the Fenerbahçe derby, the 28th week of the league, due to a card penalty.

With the Benfica match he played on 14 February 2019, he made his first UEFA Europa League match of his career. He finished the year with 21 matches, 15 of which were in the Super League. When the season was completed, he won his first Super League and Turkish Cup championship with Galatasaray.

2019–20 season

He started the 2019–20 football year with the Denizlispor match in the first week. In the 34th and 43rd times of the match, he was repeatedly banned from the game by receiving a yellow card. He could not find the opportunity to play in the second week due to his penalty. While he played for 90 minutes in the next seven matches, he missed the 10th week Çaykur Rizespor match again due to his penalty. He played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time with the Club Brugge match on 18 September 2019.

He stayed on the field for 90 minutes in all six matches played by Galatasaray football team in the Champions League. He finished the season with a total of 39 matches, 28 of which were league games. In addition, he won the TFF Super Cup for the first time in his career with the Akhisar Belediyespor match played on 7 August 2019 and Galatasaray won 3–1. A centre-back, Marcão wore only Galatasaray jersey in the super league.

2020–21 season

While Galatasaray lost the league championship with goal difference, Marcão became the most stable player of the Yellow-Red team in the Super League throughout the season. The Brazilian football player stayed on the field for 3325 minutes in 37 matches, all of them in the first 11.[8]

2021–22 season

On 22 May 2021, Galatasaray extended Marcão's contract for two more years. The club announced the official announcement.[9] During the game against Giresunspor on 16 August 2021, he was sent off for headbutting and punching his teammate Kerem Aktürkoğlu.[10]

Sevilla

On 8 July 2022, Sevilla announced the signing of Marcão on a five-year contract subject to a medical.[11] fee is around €12+3( bonus) millions.

Personal life

His older brother Dionatan was also a professional footballer before he died of a heart attack at the age of 25.[12] Marcão is married and has two children.[13]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 May 2023[14][15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Avaí 2014 Série B 00001[lower-alpha 2]010
Athletico Paranaense 2015 Série A 00005[lower-alpha 3]050
2016 Série A 1200000120
2017 Série A 1100005[lower-alpha 3]061
Total 1310000100231
Guaratinguetá (loan) 2015 Série C 800080
Ferroviária (loan) 2016 Série D 004014[lower-alpha 4]0180
Atlético Goianiense (loan) 2017 Série A 100010
Rio Ave (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 2001041251
Chaves 2018–19 Primeira Liga 1722041233
Galatasaray 2018–19 Süper Lig 150402[lower-alpha 5]0210
2019–20 Süper Lig 280406[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 7]0390
2020–21 Süper Lig 370203[lower-alpha 5]1421
2021–22 Süper Lig 2601012[lower-alpha 8]1391
Total 1060110232101412
Sevilla 2022–23 La Liga 50006[lower-alpha 9]0110
Career total 1703180822922602517
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal and Turkish Cup
  2. Appearance in Campeonato Catarinense
  3. 1 2 Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
  4. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  5. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  8. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  9. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Galatasaray

Sevilla

Individual

References

  1. "Sub-23: Zagueiro Marcão estreou na equipe profissional atleticana" [Under-23s: Stopper Marcão debuted in Atlético's first team] (in Portuguese). Atlético Paranaense. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. "Atlético Paranaense firma parceria com o Guaratinguetá" [Atlético Paranaense strike a partnership with Guaratinguetá] (in Portuguese). Atlético Paranaense. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. "Ferroviária contrata Wanderson, Marcão, Renan e Matheus Rossetto" [Ferroviária sign Wanderson, Marcão, Renan and Matheus Rossetto] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. "Zagueiro Marcão retorna de empréstimo e integra o time principal atleticano" [Stopper Marcão returns from loan and joins the first team atleticano] (in Portuguese). Depois do Apito. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. "Atlético-PR domina, derrota o Grêmio e mantém invencibilidade na Arena" [Atlético-PR dominate, defeat Grêmio and maintain unbeaten status at the Arena] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  6. Marcos Do Nascimento Teixeira Transferinin Detayları Hakkında in Turkish
  7. "Marcao formaya kavuştu". milliyet.com.tr. 20 January 2019.
  8. "Galatasaray'da en istikrarlı futbolcu Marcao". fanatik.com.tr. 18 May 2021.
  9. "Marcao Teixeira ile yeni sözleşme imzalandı". galatasaray.org. 22 May 2021.
  10. "Galatasaray's Marcao red-carded for punching team-mate | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  11. "Agreement in principle with Galatasaray for Marcão". Sevilla F.C. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  12. "Galatasaray star's tribute to tragic Stoke City defender Dionatan Teixeira". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. "Galatasaraylı Marcao ikinci kez baba oldu". fotomac.com.tr. 10 November 2019.
  14. "MARCOS DO NASCIMENTO TEIXEIRA". Turkish Football Federation. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  15. "Marcao". Mackolik.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  16. "MARCÃO". sofoot.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  17. Lowe, Sid (31 May 2023). "Montiel edges Sevilla to seventh Europa League triumph with win over Roma". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  18. SABAH, DAILY (3 December 2020). "Turkey's top sports daily Fotomaç awards Süper Lig's best". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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