![]() Maicon with Porto in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maicon Pereira Roque [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 14 September 1988||
Place of birth | Barretos, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Cruzeiro | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Cruzeiro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
2007 | → Cabofriense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Nacional (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2009–2016 | Porto | 116 | (11) |
2013 | Porto B | 1 | (1) |
2016 | → São Paulo (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2016–2017 | São Paulo | 30 | (1) |
2017–2020 | Galatasaray | 45 | (6) |
2019–2020 | → Al Nassr (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Al Nassr | 25 | (0) |
2022– | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 12:08, 13 July 2021 (UTC) |
Maicon Pereira Roque (born 14 September 1988), known simply as Maicon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Cruzeiro.
He spent most of his career with Porto, appearing in 183 games and winning 11 honours including three Primeira Liga titles and the UEFA Europa League in 2011. Previously of Nacional, he totalled 144 games in Portugal's top flight. He additionally played for two years at São Paulo, and won the Süper Lig with Turkey's Galatasaray in 2018.
Born in Barretos, São Paulo, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He moved the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense. [2]
Maicon had his first abroad adventure in the 2008–09 campaign, being a defensive mainstay for Madeira's C.D. Nacional [3] which again qualified for European competition. [4]
On 4 June 2009, Maicon moved to Primeira Liga champions FC Porto in a contract running until 2014. [5] [6] [7] He appeared in only four games in his first year, starting with a 2–1 home win over Rio Ave F.C. on 29 November; [8] on 24 April 2010 he scored a first goal in a 5–2 away victory over Vitória de Setúbal. [9]
After Bruno Alves left for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Maicon became a first-team regular in 2010–11, playing 37 competitive matches as Porto won the treble (including eight in the victorious run in the UEFA Europa League). In the following season – under new manager Vítor Pereira – after Cristian Săpunaru's injury, he beat competition from Jorge Fucile and began being often utilised as a right back. [10]
On 2 March 2012, after a free kick, Maicon headed a late goal in a 3–2 away win against S.L. Benfica. [11] He scored five goals from 35 appearances over two seasons, helping his team to back-to-back national championships; in October he was awarded the Dragão de Ouro as the club's Player of the Year. [12]
Maicon made his only appearance for the reserves in Segunda Liga on 3 February 2013, and scored a free kick from his own half in the 3–1 home defeat of U.D. Oliveirense. [13] He headed home the 2–1 winner over Chelsea in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League on 29 September 2015, in what was his third competitive goal of the campaign. [14]
On 14 February 2016, having been deemed surplus to requirements by new manager José Peseiro, Maicon was loaned to São Paulo FC; [15] upon arriving, he stated that the move was "a dream come true". [16] He made his debut in the Campeonato Paulista on 1 March in a 2–0 home victory against Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube. [17] On 2 April, he missed a penalty before scoring the last-minute winner in a 2–1 win over Oeste Futebol Clube at the Estádio do Morumbi . [18]
Maicon signed a permanent deal for R$22 million on 28 June 2016, as Porto also ceded 50% of the sporting rights to fellow defenders Inácio and Lucão. [19]
In July 2017, Maicon returned to European football, signing a four-year deal for Galatasaray S.K. for a fee of €7 million. [20] He scored a career-best five goals – all in the first half of the campaign – as the team from Istanbul won the Süper Lig in his first season, including two on 30 September in a 3–2 home win against Kardemir Karabükspor. [21]
On 5 February 2019, Al Nassr FC paid €1.7 million to gain Maicon on loan for 18 months. [22] The Saudi Professional League club paid a further €1.4 million to sign him permanently in August 2020. [23] In the 2019 Saudi Super Cup on 4 January 2020, he scored the decisive attempt in the side's shootout defeat of Al Taawoun FC (1–1 after 120 minutes). [24]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Nacional | 2008–09 | Primeira Liga | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 0 | ||
Porto | 2009–10 | Primeira Liga | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
2011–12 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
2013–14 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
Total | 116 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 183 | 12 | ||
São Paulo (loan) | 2016 | Série A | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | – | 51 | 4 | |
São Paulo | 2017 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 1 | |
Total | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 5 | ||
Galatasaray | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 35 | 5 | ||
2018–19 | Süper Lig | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
Total | 45 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 6 | ||
Al Nassr (loan) | 2018–19 | Saudi Pro League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
Al Nassr | 2019–20 | Saudi Pro League | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Saudi Pro League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
Career total | 264 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 403 | 23 |
Porto [25]
Galatasaray [25]
Al Nassr [25]
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