Marcão (futsal player)
{{Short description|Brazilian futsal player}}
{{other people|Marcão}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Marcão
|image =
|fullname = Marcos Pacheco Affini
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|18|df=y}}
|birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
|height = {{height|m=1.77}}
|currentclub = Belenenses
|clubnumber =
|position = Goalkeeper
|youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 =
|years1 = –2006 |clubs1 = Ferraz |caps1 = |goals1 =
|years2 = 2007–2010 |clubs2 = Belenenses |caps2 = |goals2 =
|years3 = 2011 |clubs3 = Al Rayyan |caps3 = |goals3 =
|years4 = 2011–2014 |clubs4 = Benfica |caps4 = |goals4 =
|years5 = 2014–2015 |clubs5 = Kairat Almaty |caps5 = |goals5 =
|years6 = 2015– |clubs6 = Sporting CP |caps6 = 87 |goals6 = 6
|years7 = 2018– |clubs7 = → Belenenses (loan) |caps7 = 8 |goals7 = 1
|pcupdate = 00:00, 7 August 2018 (UTC)
|ntupdate =
}}
Marcos Pacheco Affini (born 18 June 1984), known as Marcão, is a Brazilian futsal player who play as a goalkeeper for CF Belenenses on loan from Sporting CP.
Career
Born in São Paulo, Marcão started his career in the amateur team, EC Ferraz, in the city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos. On 8 August 2007, he moved to Portugal to join C.F. Os Belenenses, arriving at the same time as Diego Sol.{{cite web|title=Reforços Brasileiros para o Futsal|trans-title=Brazilian reinforcements to the Futsal team|url=http://cfbelenenses.blogspot.pt/2007/08/reforos-brasileiros-para-o-futsal.html|website=Blogue CF Belenenses|accessdate=24 June 2015|language=Portuguese|date=8 August 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624162306/http://cfbelenenses.blogspot.pt/2007/08/reforos-brasileiros-para-o-futsal.html|archivedate=24 June 2015}}
At the Belém-side, he, and others like Pedro Cary, Paulinho and Marcelinho, helped the club reach two playoffs finals against Benfica, losing both, plus two Portuguese Cup finals, winning one, and losing another.{{cite news|title=Futsal: Belenenses vence Taça de Portugal|trans-title=Belenenses wins Portuguese Cup|url=http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=1564561|accessdate=24 June 2015|work=Jornal de Noticias|date=8 May 2010|language=Portuguese}}{{cite news|title=Futsal: Marcão, o guarda-redes goleador do Belenenses|trans-title=Marcão, the goalscorer goalkeeper of Beleneneses|url=http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Desporto/Interior.aspx?content_id=1705971|accessdate=24 June 2015|work=Jornal de Noticias|date=9 November 2011|language=Portuguese}}
In January 2011, Marcão moved to the Qatar Futsal League, to play for Al Rayyan, staying just eight months, but winning the league title with the Qatari club. On 2 August 2011, he returned to Portugal and joined Benfica.{{cite news|title=Marcão é reforço no Benfica|trans-title=Marcão signs with Benfica|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/futsal/detalhe/marcao-e-reforco-no-benfica-710363.html|accessdate=1 April 2016|work=Record|date=2 August 2011|language=Portuguese}}{{cite news|title=Guarda-redes Marcão reforça o Benfica|trans-title=Goalkeeper Marcão joins Benfica|url=http://www.publico.pt/noticia/guardaredes-marcao-reforca-o-benfica-1505863|accessdate=24 June 2015|work=Público|date=2 August 2011|language=Portuguese}} In the three years he spent with them, Marcão won one league title, his second Portuguese Cup, plus two supercups.{{cite web|title=Marcão: "Vivi no Benfica três anos maravilhosos. É difícil sair"|trans-title=Marcão: "At Benfica, I lived three wonderful years. It's hard to leave".|url=http://www.slbenfica.pt/noticias/detalhedenoticia/tabid/2788/ArticleId/36947/language/pt-PT/Marcao-Vivi-no-Benfica-tres-anos-maravilhosos-E-dificil-sair.aspx|website=S.L. Benfica|accessdate=24 June 2015|language=Portuguese|date=13 June 2014}}{{cite news|title=Marcão deixa o Benfica|trans-title=Marcão leaves Benfica|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/futsal/detalhe/marcao-deixa-o-benfica-888569.html|accessdate=1 April 2016|work=Record|date=13 June 2014|language=Portuguese}}
In June 2014, Marcão joined AFC Kairat in the Kazakhstani Futsal Championship.{{cite news|title=Kazajistán: Kairat Almaty incorpora a Igor, Marcao, Divanei y Douglas|trans-title=Kazakhstan: Kairat Almaty signs Igor, Marcão, Divanei and Douglas|url=http://www.lnfs.es/noticias/internacional/Kazajistan-Kairat-Almaty-incorpora-70344062014.html|accessdate=24 June 2015|work=LFNS|date=June 2014|language=Spanish}} At Kairat, he acted mainly as a back-up for Leo Higuita, his replacement at Belenenses, in a side that conquered the 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup against Barcelona in Lisbon.{{cite news|title=Léo Higuita e Marcão vencem UEFA Futsal Cup com o Kairat|trans-title=Léo Higuita and Marcão win UEFA Futsal Cup with Kairat|url=http://mundodosguardaredes.blogspot.pt/2015/04/leo-higuita-e-marcao-vencem-uefa-futsal.html|accessdate=24 June 2015|work=Mundo dos Guarda-redes|date=27 April 2015|language=Portuguese}}{{cite news|title=Kairat prove worth with second triumph|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefafutsalchampionsleague/news/0257-0def9f07bbef-382e6290f2a9-1000--kairat-prove-worth-with-second-triumph/|access-date=24 June 2015|work=UEFA|date=27 April 2015}}
A year after leaving to Kazakhstan, Marcão returned for a third stint in Portugal, joining Sporting CP on 21 July.{{cite news|title=Marcão reforça Sporting|trans-title=Marcão signs with Sporting|url=http://www.record.xl.pt/futebol/nacional/futsal/detalhe/marcao-reforca-sporting-963756.html|accessdate=21 July 2015|work=Record|date=21 July 2015|language=Portuguese}} In three years spent with Sporting, bitter rivals of SL Benfica, Marcão won three league titles, two Portuguese cups, two league cup titles and two regional cups (Taça de Honra).[https://www.zerozero.pt/player_titles.php?id=91395] zerozero.pt[https://www.zerozero.pt/edition.php?id=99438] Lisbon Regional Cup 2016/17 In the summer of 2018, Marcão returned to CF Belenenses on loan from Sporting CP.
Honours
;CF Os Belenenses
- Taça de Portugal de Futsal: 2009–10
;Al Rayyan
- Qatar Futsal League: 2010–11
;SL Benfica
- Liga Portuguesa de Futsal: 2011–12
- Taça de Portugal de Futsal: 2011–12
- SuperTaça de Futsal de Portugal: 2011,2012
;AFC Kairat
;Sporting CP
- Liga Portuguesa de Futsal: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Taça de Portugal de Futsal: 2015–16, 2017–18
- Taça da Liga de Futsal: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Taça de Honra da AF Lisboa: 2015–16, 2016–17
Personal life
He is the older brother of Lucas Sasha, a footballer who plays for Ludogorets Razgrad.{{cite web|title=Lucas Sasha pode chegar a Alvalade a custo zero|trans-title=Lucas Sasha could arrive at Alvalade on a free transfer|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/primeira_liga/artigo/2015/01/06/lucas-sasha-pode-chegar-a-alvalade-a-custo-zero|website=Sapo|accessdate=13 November 2015|date=6 January 2015}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.uefa.com/uefafutsalchampionsleague/clubs/players/250055627--marcao/ UEFA profile]
- [http://www.sporting.pt/pt/modalidades/futsal/seniores-masculinos/plantel/marcos-pacheco-affini Sporting CP profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160920225307/http://org.fpf.pt/pt-pt/Competi%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Jogadores/Jogador/id/824929/f/1/Marcos-Affini FPF clube profile]
{{C.F. Os Belenenses futsal squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcao}}
Category:Futsal players from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian men's futsal players
Category:C.F. Os Belenenses futsal players
Category:S.L. Benfica (futsal) players
Category:Sporting CP futsal players
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal