Marco Soares (footballer)
{{Short description|Footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Portuguese name|da Silva|Soares}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marco Soares
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Marco Paulo da Silva Soares{{cite web|url=https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/jogador/marco-soares/4472|title=Marco Soares|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|access-date=27 May 2021}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Setúbal, Portugal
| position = Defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Florgrade
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1994–1995 | youthclubs1 = GDR Portugal
| youthyears2 = 1995–1996 | youthclubs2 = Sporting CP
| youthyears3 = 1996–1998 | youthclubs3 = GDR Portugal
| youthyears4 = 1998–2003 | youthclubs4 = Barreirense
| years1 = 2003–2006 | clubs1 = Barreirense | caps1 = 96 | goals1 = 8
| years2 = 2006–2012 | clubs2 = União Leiria | caps2 = 67 | goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = → Olhanense (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = → Pandurii (loan) | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2012–2013 | clubs5 = Omonia | caps5 = 40 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = 1º Agosto | caps6 = 6 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–2018 | clubs7 = AEL Limassol | caps7 = 100 | goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = Feirense | caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2019–2022 | clubs9 = Arouca | caps9 = 49 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2022–2024 | clubs10 = Florgrade | caps10 = 35 | goals10 = 1
| totalcaps = 426 | totalgoals = 23
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2021 | nationalteam1 = Cape Verde | nationalcaps1 = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 3
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Marco Paulo da Silva Soares (born 16 June 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
He spent most of his career in Portugal and Cyprus, making 60 Primeira Liga appearances for União de Leiria, Feirense and Arouca in the former and representing Omonia and AEL Limassol in the latter's First Division.
Soares earned 52 caps for Cape Verde from 2006, playing at the 2013 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Club career
Born in Setúbal, Portugal, Soares started playing professionally with F.C. Barreirense, competing two seasons in the third division and one in the second. In 2006 he signed for U.D. Leiria, but only totalled two Primeira Liga appearances in his first two years, also serving two loans in the process, one of them in Romania with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.{{cite news|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/condescu-a-plecat-dupa-portughezi-17492.html|title=Condescu a plecat dupa portughezi|trans-title=Condescu got his Portuguese|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=4 January 2008|access-date=27 May 2021}}
Soares returned to Leiria for the 2008–09 campaign, helping União be promoted to the top flight after a one-year absence. Eventually, he would also become club captain.{{cite web|url=http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/ha-jogadores-numa-situacao-extrema-diz-capitao-da-u-leiria|title=Há jogadores numa situação extrema», diz capitão da U. Leiria|trans-title="Some players are in dire straits", says U. Leiria captain|publisher=Mais Futebol|language=pt|date=14 April 2012|access-date=19 December 2017}}
On 31 October 2010, during a 1–2 home loss against Sporting CP – where he had played youth football – Soares fractured his left leg while attempting a shot, being sidelined for four months.{{cite news|url=https://www.jn.pt/desporto/interior/marco-soares-com-fractura-da-tibia-e-talvez-do-peronio-1700130.html|title=Marco Soares com fractura da tíbia e talvez do perónio|trans-title=Marco Soares with tibia fracture and possibly fibula|newspaper=Jornal de Notícias|language=pt|date=31 October 2010|access-date=14 November 2017}} After returning, he contributed 14 matches in 2011–12 as his team suffered relegation.
After a spell with AC Omonia in Cyprus, where he won the Super Cup in 2012, Soares signed a two-year deal with C.D. Primeiro de Agosto of the Angolan Girabola in November 2013. The team was managed by Daúto Faquirá, who had given him his debut at Barreirense.{{cite web|url=https://desporto.sapo.pt/futebol/girabola/artigos/marco-soares-no-1o-de-agosto-de-angola|title=Marco Soares no 1º de Agosto de Angola|trans-title=Marco Soares to Angola's 1º de Agosto|publisher=SAPO|first=Evandro|last=Delgado|language=pt|date=27 November 2013|access-date=24 November 2021}}
In July 2015, Soares returned to the Eastern Mediterranean island to join AEL Limassol.{{cite web|url=https://noticiasdonorte.publ.cv/35251/marco-soares-regressa-ao-chipre-para-representar-o-ael-limassol/|title=Marco Soares regressa ao Chipre para representar o AEL Limassol|trans-title=Marco Soares returns to Cyprus to represent AEL Limassol|publisher=Notícias do Norte|language=pt|date=17 July 2015|access-date=24 November 2021}} As before, he won the Super Cup in his first summer at the club, this time beating APOEL FC in a penalty shootout.{{cite web|url=https://dtudo1pouco.com/marco-soares-conquista-o-primeiro-trofeu-pelo-ael-limassol/|title=Marco Soares conquista o primeiro trofeu pelo AEL Limassol|trans-title=Marco Soares wins first trophy for AEL Limassol|publisher=DTudo1Pouco|language=pt|date=12 August 2015|access-date=24 November 2021}}
Soares came back to Portugal after six years away in July 2018, signing a two-year contract for C.D. Feirense.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/detalhe/marco-soares-reforca-meio-campo-do-feirense|title=Marco Soares reforça meio campo do Feirense|trans-title=Marco Soares bolsters Feirense's midfield|newspaper=Record|language=pt|date=5 July 2018|access-date=24 November 2021}} In September the following year, after relegation from the top flight, he rescinded his link and moved to F.C. Arouca in the third tier.{{cite web|url=https://dtudo1pouco.com/marco-soares-tem-um-novo-clube/|title=Marco Soares tem um novo clube|trans-title=Marco Soares has a new club|publisher=DTudo1Pouco|language=pt|date=11 September 2019|access-date=24 November 2021}} The 35-year-old extended his contract in May 2020, when a COVID-19-ended season resulted in promotion.{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/campeonato-de-portugal/detalhe/marco-soares-e-o-regresso-do-arouca-a-2-liga-temos-todas-as-condicoes-para-nos-afirmarmos?ref=HP_Ultimas|title=Marco Soares e o regresso do Arouca à 2.ª Liga: "Temos todas as condições para nos afirmarmos"|trans-title=Marco Soares and Arouca's return to the 2nd League: "We have all the conditions to affirm ourselves"|newspaper=Record|first=Diogo|last=Matos|language=pt|date=20 May 2020|access-date=24 November 2021}}
International career
Soares opted to represent Cape Verde internationally.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/pt/noticias/detail/id/11451|title=Selecção nacional de futebol: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola|trans-title=National football team: list for friendlies with Malta and Angola released|newspaper=Expresso das Ilhas|language=pt|date=29 August 2009|access-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801162706/http://www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv/pt/noticias/detail/id/11451|archive-date=1 August 2012}} He made his debut on 27 May 2006 in a friendly against Portugal, playing the last five minutes of a 4–1 loss as a substitute for Emerson da Luz. On 2 June 2007, he scored his first goal in a 2–2 home draw with Algeria in 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. He was a member of the squad in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, scoring to conclude a 3–1 win over Mauritius also in Praia.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/futebol-internacional/can2010-cabo-verde-vence-mauricias_d255655|title=CAN2010 – Cabo Verde vence Maurícias|trans-title=ACN2010 – Cape Verde defeat Mauritius|publisher=Rádio e Televisão de Portugal|language=pt|date=22 June 2008|access-date=24 November 2021}}
On 24 May 2010, Soares appeared in a friendly in Covilhã against the country of his birth, who were preparing for the World Cup in South Africa, playing the entire match as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-24-2037303516_x.htm|title=Portugal held to 0–0 draw by Cape Verde|newspaper=USA Today|date=24 May 2010|access-date=28 June 2010}} He was part of Cape Verde's first major tournament squad at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, where the Blue Sharks reached the quarter-finals,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21294305|title=Ghana 2–0 Cape Verde|publisher=BBC Sport|first=Ian|last=Hughes|date=2 February 2013|access-date=24 November 2021}} but was overlooked for the 2015 edition.{{cite web|url=https://www.rfi.fr/pt/africa/20150108-marco-soares-todos-juntos-com-cabo-verde|title=Marco Soares: "Todos juntos com Cabo Verde"|trans-title=Marco Soares: "All together with Cape Verde"|publisher=Radio France Internationale|first=Marco|last=Martins|language=pt|date=8 January 2015|access-date=24 November 2021}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played on 29 November 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Barreirense
|32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05
|Segunda Divisão |34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06
|30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!96 | 8 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 99 | 8 | ||
| rowspan="7"|União Leiria
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|Primeira Liga |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Cup|name=UC}} | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008–09
|Segunda Liga |26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 3 | ||
| 2009–10
|Primeira Liga |17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11
|Primeira Liga |8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12
|Primeira Liga |14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!67 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 5 | |
| Olhanense (loan)
|Segunda Liga |15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 2 | ||
| Pandurii (loan)
|1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Omonia
|2012–13{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marco-paulo-silva-soares/60496/|title=Marco Soares|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=2 December 2015}} |26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=UEL}} | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
| 2013–14
|Cypriot First Division |14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League|name=UEL}} | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 4 | |
| rowspan="3"|1º Agosto
|2014 |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015
|Girabola |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| AEL Limassol
|Cypriot First Division |11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!236 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 263 | 19 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Soares goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Marco Soares{{NFT player|14456}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 2 June 2007 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | {{fb|ALG}} | style="text-align:center"|1–1 | style="text-align:center"| 2–2 | 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|2 | 22 June 2008 | Estádio da Várzea, Praia, Cape Verde | {{fb|MRI}} | style="text-align:center"|3–1 | style="text-align:center"| 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|3 | 2 June 2012 | National Stadium, Freetown, Sierra Leone | {{fb|SLE}} | style="text-align:center"|1–2 | style="text-align:center"| 1–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
References
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External links
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- {{NFT player|14456}}
- {{FIFA player|297275}}
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