Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos

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Marco Aurélio
Personal information
Full name Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos
Date of birth (1967-02-18) 18 February 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 América (RJ)
1988–1990 Vasco da Gama 25 (0)
1990–1994 União da Madeira 127 (11)
1994–1999 Sporting 134 (3)
1999–2001 Vicenza 53 (1)
2001–2002 Palermo 32 (2)
2002–2003 Cosenza 28 (0)
2003–2004 SPAL 16 (0)
2004–2005 Teramo 39 (2)
2005–2006 SPAL 28 (1)
Total482(20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos (born 18 February 1967), known as Marco Aurélio or just M. Aurélio, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender. [1] He also holds Portuguese nationality after played over 8 seasons at Portugal.[ citation needed ]

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He is known for his moustache and his performance at Sporting, nicknamed him "O Imperador".

Career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Marco Aurélio started his career at hometown club América. He then played two Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season for Vasco da Gama, also located at Rio de Janeiro. Before the start of 1990 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and during the 1990 Campeonato Carioca, he left for União da Madeira of Portuguese Liga. Except 1992–93 season at Liga de Honra, he made 94 appearances at Portuguese top division. In 1994, he left for Sporting Clube de Portugal, which he won the cup and the super cup in 1995, under Carlos Queiroz. He partnered with Noureddine Naybet, and then Beto during at the lion. In 1998–99 season, he had some argument with Mirko Jozić and partially the reason he left the club.

In January 1999, he left for Italian Serie A side Vicenza, made his league debut on 24 January, against Parma AC as starting XI. The match ended in 0–0 draw. He followed Vicenza relegated to Serie B in 1999, and in 2001 joined Serie B newcomer Palermo. [2] He then left for Serie B struggler Cosenza, which went bankrupt at the end of 2002–03 Serie B season. He then left for Serie C1 side SPAL and in mid-season for Teramo, also at Serie C1 but in Group B.

In 2005, Marco Aurélio returned to SPAL, which newly re-found as SPAL 1907 at Serie C2 after the predecessor went bankrupt.

Honours

Vasco da Gama
Sporting
Vicenza

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References

  1. Marco Aurélio: memórias de quando Sousa Cintra se ria do FC Porto maisfutebol.iol.pt
  2. "Il Napoli insegue il brasiliano Dodò, De Sanctis va al Crotone". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 13 July 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2010.