Marinho Martins Mocana
| Paíto | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Marinho Martins Mocana | |
| birthday | 5th July 1982 | |
| place of birth | Maputo , Mozambique | |
| size | 170 cm | |
| position | Defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Sporting Lisbon | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 | 
| 2001-2003 | Sporting Lisbon B | |
| 2003-2005 | Sporting Lisbon | 24 (0) | 
| 2006 | → Vitória Guimarães (loan) | 16 (1) | 
| 2006-2007 | RCD Mallorca | 0 (0) | 
| 2006-2007 | → Sporting Braga (loan) | 4 (0) | 
| 2007-2010 | FC Sion | 77 (3) | 
| 2010–2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 41 (1) | 
| 2012 | FC Vaslui | 13 (1) | 
| 2013-2014 | Skoda Xanthi | 32 (0) | 
| 2016 | CD Maxaquene | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) | 
| 2002–2012 | Mozambique | at least 38 (0) | 
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Marinho Martins Mocana , called Paíto (born July 5, 1982 in Maputo ) is a former Mozambican football player who also has Portuguese citizenship. The Mozambique international was mostly used as a left defender. He played a total of 217 games in the Portuguese Primeira Liga , the Swiss Super League , the Romanian League 1 and the Greek Super League . In 2009 he won the Swiss Cup with FC Sion .
Career
Paito began his professional career in the 2003/04 season, when he in the jersey of Sporting Lisbon debut. Paito played for this club for a total of two and a half years before moving to Vitória Guimarães in the summer . However, he only stayed there for half a year on a switching basis. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season he was signed by the UEFA Cup participant Sporting Braga .
In summer 2007 Paito was signed by the Swiss Super League representative FC Sion . His contract ran until June 30, 2010. For the 2010/11 season, the defender moved to Neuchâtel Xamax within the Super League . His contract there lost its validity in January 2012 after Xamax's license had been revoked and the club filed for bankruptcy a little later. He then joined the Romanian first division club FC Vaslui . From summer 2012 he was without a club for six months before the Greek first division club Skoda Xanthi signed him in early 2013 . With Xanthi he missed qualifying for the Europa League in a playoff in the 2012/13 season . In the following season he and his team only secured the class in the relegation. In the summer of 2014, his contract was not renewed and he was without engagement for a year and a half. In 2016 he played for CD Maxaquene in his home country. Then he ended his career.
He was also a national player for Mozambique and has already played 38 internationals.
successes
- Swiss Cup Winner: 2009
Web links
- Paíto in the database of weltfussball.de
- Paíto in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mocana, Marinho Martins | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paíto (nickname) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mozambican soccer player | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th July 1982 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maputo , Mozambique | 
