Marcos Paulo (soccer player, 1977)
| Marcos Paulo | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Marcos Paulo Alves | |
| birthday | May 11, 1977 | |
| place of birth | Doresópolis , Brazil | |
| size | 178 cm | |
| position | Midfielder (defensive) | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1996-2000 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | 69 (1) |
| 2001 | Udinese Calcio | 14 (1) |
| 2002 | Sporting Lisbon | 3 (0) |
| 2003 | Gremio Porto Alegre | 16 (0) |
| 2003-2004 | Maccabi Haifa | 17 (1) |
| 2004-2005 | Guarani FC | 28 (2) |
| 2005 | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 (0) |
| 2006-2007 | Portuguesa | 36 (1) |
| 2007 | Yokohama FC | 11 (0) |
| 2008-2009 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 37 (1) |
| 2010 | Portuguesa | 17 (1) |
| 2011 | Fortaleza EC | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1998-2000 | Brazil U-23 | 13 (1) |
| 1999-2000 | Brazil | 18 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Marcos Paulo Alves (born May 11, 1977 in Doresópolis ) is a former Brazilian soccer player .
Club career
Marcos Paulo began his professional career in 1996 with the Brazilian club Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte . From 1996 to 1997 he was only used in the regional league and in the cup. From 1998 he was also used in first division games and fought for a regular place. In the following years he won the Copa Libertadores , Copa do Brasil and the Copa Mercosur with Cruzeiro . At the same time he was called up due to strong performances in the U-23 and Brazilian senior national team .
In 2001 he was considered a great midfielder and had made a name for himself internationally. So the logical step to Europe followed .
For the time being it went on loan to Udinese Calcio in Italy . There he found himself in a relegation battle, which he was not used to from Brazil. Marcos Paulo had great adjustment difficulties and found it difficult to join the team. At the end of the season, however, his performance stabilized and he was able to get a regular place at times. However, at no time could he meet the expectations placed in him. Udinese managed to stay one point ahead at the end of the season. Marcos Paulo played fourteen games and scored one goal. Udinese decided not to take the high purchase option for Marcos Paulo.
For the 2002/03 season there was another loan to Europe. This time to Portugal to Sporting Lisbon . At Sporting he had two strong defensive midfielders Paulo Bento and Rui Bento in front of him. He did not manage to oust either of the two from the team and only played three league games. Frustrated, he returned to Brazil after only half a year.
Back in Brazil, he moved to Gremio Porto Alegre . The traditional club was in the middle of a relegation battle and was urgently looking for players who could stabilize the defensive. Marcos Paulo immediately fitted into the team and played fifteen solid games. At the end of the league could be celebrated.
For the 2003/04 season he then moved to Europe again. This time to Israel to Maccabi Haifa. Haifa had only missed the championship title in the 2002/03 season because of the poorer goal difference and now took a lot of money to celebrate the title win. He struck right away and subsequently formed a safe team axis together with Đovani Roso and Yaniv Katan . In the end he was able to celebrate winning the championship.
Despite the prospect of playing the Champions League , he then moved back home to Guarani FC . After six months of relegation battle, he decided on the Ukraine adventure and signed a well-paid two-year contract with Metalist Kharkiv . The change turned out to be a misunderstanding for both sides. Marcos Paulo only played one game for the Ukrainians and moved back home to Portuguesa in the summer . There he established himself again as a regular player and was able to celebrate promotion to the Brazilian Serie A in 2007.
In January 2008 he moved to Japan for Yokohama FC in exchange plus payment for the player Catatau . When the club was relegated from the J. League at the end of the season , he moved within the league to Shimizu S-Pulse where he is the undisputed regular player.
National team
With the Brazilian U-23 team, he easily qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics . There he found himself in the final squad, which was unlucky enough to be eliminated in the quarter-finals against the eventual gold medalist Cameroon after extra time.
In April 1999 he made his debut for the senior team against the USA . In the 22nd minute he immediately scored the 2-0 goal. The game became a shooting festival and ended 7-0.
He made a total of eighteen international matches between 1999 and 2000, in which he scored three goals. After leaving the Olympics in September 2000, he was no longer called up for the national team.
successes
In the national team
- Copa America : 1999
- 1 × participation in the Summer Olympics : 2000
In the club
Cruzeiro
- Copa do Brasil : 1996 , 2000
- Copa Mercosur : 1998
- Copa dos Campeões Mineiros : 1999
- Taça Minas Gerais : 2001
Maccabi Haifa
Portuguesa
- State Championship of São Paulo Série A2: 2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Transfer notification about the change to Kharkiv ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article about the switch to Shimizu S-Pulse ( Memento from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paulo, Marcos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alves, Marcos Paulo (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Doresópolis , Brazil |