Marcone (footballer, born 1978)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Amaraland the second or paternal family name is Costa."Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Marcone

Personal information
Full name	Marcone Amaral Costa Júnior
Date of birth	(1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Poções, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1994–1996	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Vitória	10	(0)
1998–1999	Venezia	0	(0)
1998–1999	→ Bellinzona (loan)
1999	Vitória	0	(0)
1999–2000	?
2000–2001	Vitória	8	(0)
2001	Vila Nova
2002	Vitória	0	(0)
2003	Estrela do Norte	0	(0)
2004	União Barbarense	0	(0)
2004	Marília	4	(0)
2004–2008	Al-Shamal	86	(1)
2008–2011	Al-Gharafa	24	(3)
2011–2013	El Jaish	10	(1)
2012	→ Al Rayyan (loan)	0	(0)
2013–2014	Al-Arabi SC	0	(0)
2014–2015	Al-Shamal
International career
2010	Qatar Olympic	4	(0)
2008–2013	Qatar	38	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcone Amaral Costa Jr. (born 5 April 1978), known as Marcone, is a former footballer. Born in Brazil, he represented Qatar at international level.

Biography

Brazil

Born in Poções, Bahia, Marcone started his career in Salvador. He made his Série A debut in the 1997 season, and played 10 games. After played for the team at 1998 Copa do Brasil and 1998 Campeonato Baiano, he was signed by Italian club A.C. Venezia along with Bilica and Tácio, ^[1] however at that time Italian Football Federation imposed a quota on how many non-EU player that a team to keep and field them, thus Marcone was loaned to Swiss side Bellinzona. ^[2]

He then returned to Vitória and played in 1999 Copa do Brasil and 1999 Campeonato Baiano. He left the club before the start of 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He returned to the team for Copa João Havelange. After played for the team at 2001 Copa do Brasil and 2001 Campeonato Baiano, he was transferred to Vila Nova of 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

In 2003, he left for Estrela do Norte. After played for União Barbarense at 2004 Copa do Brasil and 2004 Campeonato Paulista, he left for Marília. ^[3] He played 4 games in 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, ^[4] all as substitutes.

Qatar

In July 2004 he left for Qatari side Al-Shamal. ^[4] He then left for Al-Gharafa. He only played twice in 2010 AFC Champions League, on group stage match 6 and the succeeding round of 16 match.

In July 2011, it was announced on the QFA website that Marcone had left Al-Gharafa to join the recently promoted El Jaish. ^[5]

Club career statistics

Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011 ^[6]

Club	Season	League	League		Cup 1		League Cup 2		Continental 3		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Al-Shamal	2004–05	QSL	24	0
	2005–06		13	1
	2006–07		26	0
	2007–08		23	0
	Total		86	1
Al-Gharafa	2008–09	QSL	14	1
	2009–10		0	0
	2010–11		10	2
	Total		24	3
Al-Jaish	2011–12	QSL
	Total
Career total			110	4

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes Sheikh Jassem Cup.

³Includes AFC Champions League.

International career

Marcone played for Qatar after lived for the county for more than 2 years (FIFA requirement). He played 9 games in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

He was the captain of Qatar team at 2010 Asian Games as one of the three overage players.

International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 August 2011	Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3–1	Lost	Friendly

Honours

Regional

• Campeonato do Nordeste: 1997, 1999

State

• Copa Espírito Santo: 2003
• Campeonato Baiano: 1997, 2000

References

1. Laudisa, Carlo; Contessa, Michele (20 June 1998). "Parma, finalmente Sartor". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2010.
2. Tosi, Andrea; Contessa, Michele (20 August 1998). "Bologna, Ingesson comincia a scaldarsi " qui mi sento al top della mia parabola "". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 16 December 2010.
3. "Marília contrata zagueiro Marcone". Terra Brasil (in Portuguese). 2 April 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
4. Viudes, Rodrigo (2 July 2004). "Marcone vai jogar no Golfo Pérsico". Marília AC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 December 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. Al Jaish launch pre season camping Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
6. QSL.com.qa – Marcone Amaral Costa Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Player profile – QSL.com.qa
• Futpedia (in Portuguese)
• CBF (in Portuguese)
• CBF – Site Oficial da Seleção Brasileira de Futbol (in Portuguese)
• Marcone – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Marcone at National-Football-Teams.com