Marquinhos
Personal information
Full name Marcos Gomes de Araujo
Date of birth (1976-03-23) 23 March 1976
Place of birth Rio Brilhante, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19961997 Ourense 18 (2)
19971999 Operário 12 (10)
19992001 Coritiba 62 (27)
20012002 Tokyo Verdy 29 (10)
2003 Yokohama F. Marinos 24 (8)
2004 JEF United Ichihara 14 (12)
20052006 Shimizu S-Pulse 43 (20)
20072010 Kashima Antlers 119 (59)
2011 Vegalta Sendai 1 (0)
2011 Atlético Mineiro 5 (1)
2012–2013 Yokohama F. Marinos 54 (26)
2014–2015 Vissel Kobe 49 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2016

Marcos Gomes de Araujo, better known as Marquinhos (born 23 March 1976), is a former Brazilian footballer. He has spent his career playing mostly in the J1 League.

Biography

Marquinhos started his professional career in Spain with Segunda División side CD Ourense.[1] Then he played with several Brazilian and Japanese teams. He became the J. League Top Scorer top scorer in the 2008 season with 21 goals to his name as Kashima Antlers won the title for the second year in a row.

Marquinhos was awarded J. League Most Valuable Player on 22 December 2008, becoming the second Antlers player to win the highest J.League award after former Brazilian star Jorginho.[2]

On 22 January 2011, Marquinhos left Kashima to join Vegalta Sendai on a permanent deal but left that club on 9 April 2011, suffering emotional instability from the deadly earthquake and tsunami on 11 March.[3] He played for Sendai in only one league match.

On 11 January 2012, Marquinhos returned to the Japanese League to sign with his former club Yokohama F. Marinos.

Club statistics

[4]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2001Tokyo VerdyJ1 League1481100-159
20021520051-203
2003Yokohama F. Marinos2480074-3112
2004JEF United Ichihara14120041-1813
2005Shimizu S-Pulse1492200-1611
200629111253-3516
2007Kashima Antlers311450104-4618
200830212221553929
200931133120744318
201027111121623615
2011Vegalta Sendai100000-10
2012Yokohama F. Marinos22104120-2811
201332162397-4326
2014Vissel Kobe34141052-4016
20151530030-183
Career total 333152221356241811429200

Awards and honours

Club

Yokohama F. Marinos
2003
Kashima Antlers
2007, 2008, 2009
2007
2009, 2010

Individual

2008
2008
2008

References

  1. Marquinhos, Marcos Gomes de Araujo DBFutbol
  2. Marquinhos scoops top J-League honour Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine ESPNsoccernet, 22 December 2008.
  3. "Marquinhos quits J.League after quake". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  4. "Stats Centre: Marcos Gomes de Araujo Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
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