Marco Tábuas
Personal information
Full name Marco António Miranda Tábuas
Date of birth (1976-10-29) 29 October 1976
Place of birth Moita, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1987–1988 Beira Mar Gaiense
1988–1989 Marítimo Rosarense
1989–1995 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2008 Vitória Setúbal 134 (0)
1996–1997 → Desportivo Beja (loan) 11 (0)
2008–2009 Torreense 27 (0)
2009–2010 Aljustrelense 15 (0)
Total 187 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco António Miranda Tábuas (born 29 October 1976) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

He began his career at Vitória Setúbal, and went on to make 156 first team appearances (of which 110 were in the Primeira Liga) for the club after making his debut in October 1997. He was loaned out to Desportivo Beja for the 1996–97 season, where he made 12 appearances. He was promoted twice out of the Segunda Liga with Vitória Setúbal, in 2000–01 and 2003–04, and was an unused substitute as they won the Taça de Portugal in 2005, and finished as runners-up in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira in 2005 and the Taça de Portugal in 2006; he also played in the 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, as Vitória Setúbal lost 3–0 to Porto. He left the club in 2008, and went on to spend the 2008–09 season with Torreense and the 2009–10 season with Aljustrelense in the Segunda Divisão. After retiring as a player he became a goalkeeping coach.

Playing career

Tábuas came through the youth system at Vitória Setúbal. He was loaned out to Desportivo Beja of the Segunda Divisão de Honra (second tier) for the 1996–97 season. He was sent off on his first team debut on 13 October, after receiving two yellow cards in a 3–2 defeat to Varzim at the Estádio do Varzim SC.[1] He went on to play a total of 12 games for Beja. He made his first team debut for Vitória Setúbal on 26 October 1997, in a 4–2 defeat at Varzim in the fourth round of the Taça de Portugal.[2] He made his Primeira Divisão (first tier) debut for the club on 20 September 1998, in a 1–1 draw with Beira-Mar at the Estádio Mário Duarte.[3] He went on to play a total of 28 league and six cup games in the 1998–99 season.

He featured 27 times in the 1999–2000 relegation campaign, and played once in the UEFA Cup, a 7–0 defeat to A.S. Roma at the Stadio Olimpico on 16 September.[4] He played 21 league games in the 2000–01 season, as Vitória Setúbal won promotion at the first attempt after securing a third-place finish. However, he played only 11 times in the 2001–02 season, and was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in a 3–2 win over Santa Clara on 14 April.[5] He featured 19 times in the 2002–03 relegation campaign, and was sent off for the third and final time in his career in a 2–0 defeat by Paços de Ferreira on 4 May; he was shown a red card on 73 minutes despite being an unused substitute.[6] Vitória Setúbal again won promotion at the first attempt in 2003–04, though Tábuas played only three league games as the club secured the second automatic promotion place.

He played a total of 20 matches in the 2004–05 season, and was an unused substitute at the club won the Taça de Portugal with a 2–1 victory over league champions Benfica.[7] He was also an unused substitute in the 2005 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira at the Estádio Algarve, where Benfica achieved some revenge over Vitória Setúbal with a 1–0 victory.[8] He was appointed as the club's second captain, and spoke in defence of the club after a financial crisis meant the players considered strike action after wages went unpaid at the Estádio do Bonfim for months on end.[9] He played 11 games in the 2005–06 season, and was an unused substitute in the 2006 Taça de Portugal final at the Estádio Nacional, as Porto defeated Vitória Setúbal 1–0.[10] He started the 2006 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira match at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, as new signing Nikola Milojević was unable to secure a work permit in time; Vitória Setúbal were beaten 3–0 by Porto.[11][12] He went on to feature in just four further matches in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, including a second appearance in the UEFA Cup, as Vitória Setúbal lost 3–0 at home to Heerenveen on 14 September 2006.[13]

In July 2008, Tábuas was released by Vitória Setúbal and joined Torreense in the Segunda Divisão - Série D (third tier). He made 29 league and cup appearances in the 2008–09 campaign, before he returned to Alentejo to play for Aljustrelense. He played 15 Segunda Divisão Zona Sul games in the 2009–10 season, and announced his retirement at the end of the campaign.

Coaching career

Tábuas coached at Gouveia from July 2014 to June 2015, and then at Eléctrico from July 2015 to April 2016.[14] In July 2016, he was appointed as goalkeeping coach at English League One club Port Vale by manager Bruno Ribeiro.[15] He departed Vale Park after Ribeiro resigned in December 2016.[16]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League Taça de Portugal Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória Setúbal[17] 1995–96Segunda Divisão de Honra00000000
1996–97Primeira Divisão00000000
1997–98Primeira Divisão00100010
1998–99Primeira Divisão2806000340
1999–2000Primeira Liga240201[lower-alpha 1]0270
2000–01Segunda Liga2101000220
2001–02Primeira Liga1001000110
2002–03Primeira Liga1801000190
2003–04Segunda Liga30400070
2004–05Primeira Liga1901000200
2005–06Primeira Liga802000100
2006–07Primeira Liga20002[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]040
2007–08Primeira Liga10000010
Total 1340190301560
Desportivo Beja (loan)[17] 1996–97Segunda Divisão de Honra1101000120
Torreense[17] 2008–09Segunda Divisão - Série D2702000290
Aljustrelense[17] 2009–10Segunda Divisão Zona Sul1500000150
Career total 1870220302120
  1. 1 2 Appearance in the UEFA Cup.
  2. ↑ Appearance in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.

Honours

Vitória Setúbal

References

  1. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Varzim 3 - 2 Desportivo Beja // II Divisão Honra". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Varzim 4 - 2 Vitória Setúbal // Taça de Portugal". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Beira-Mar 1 - 1 Vitória Setúbal // I Divisão". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Roma 7 - 0 Vitória Setúbal // Taça UEFA". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Vitória Setúbal 3 - 2 Santa Clara // I Liga". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Vitória Setúbal 0 - 2 Paços de Ferreira // Superliga Galp Energia". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Benfica 1-2 V. Setúbal" (in Portuguese). ZeroZero. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Benfica vence Supertaça frente ao Setúbal" [Benfica wins the SuperCup against Setúbal]. Público (in Portuguese). 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2005.
  9. ↑ Gouveia, Ricardo (11 October 2005). "Crise no V. Setúbal: "Não vai sair ninguém de casa, só faltava isso", diz Marco Tábuas | Maisfutebol.iol.pt | Paixão Pura". Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  10. 1 2 "FC Porto 1-0 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Mário Carlos convocado para jogo com FC Porto" [Mário Carlos selected for the game with FC Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 August 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  12. 1 2 "FC Porto 3 - 0 Vitória Setúbal". ForaDeJogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "ForaDeJogo.net - Vitória Setúbal 0 - 3 Heerenveen // Taça UEFA". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Portugal - Marco Tábuas - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ke.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Port Vale FC Staff Profiles". www.port-vale.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Port Vale: Three of Bruno Ribeiro's backroom staff leave League One club". BBC Sport. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "ForaDeJogo.net - Marco Tábuas (Marco António Miranda Tábuas)". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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