Marcos Paulo (footballer, born 2001)

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Marcos Paulo
Personal information
Full name Marcos Paulo Costa do Nascimento
Date of birth (2001-02-01) 1 February 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth São Gonçalo, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger, forward
Team information
Current team
Boavista
Youth career
2012–2019 Fluminense
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Fluminense 62 (10)
2021–2025 Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
2021–2022Famalicão (loan) 15 (0)
2022Mirandés (loan) 13 (1)
2023São Paulo (loan) 20 (2)
2024RWD Molenbeek (loan) 2 (0)
2025– Boavista 0 (0)
International career
2019 Portugal U18 3 (3)
2019 Portugal U19 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:57, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Marcos Paulo Costa do Nascimento (born 1 February 2001), known as Marcos Paulo, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Boavista. Born in Brazil, he represents Portugal at international level. [1]

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Club career

Fluminense

Born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Paulo began his career at Fluminense, and had a release clause of €45 million at the age of 17. [2] He was first called up to the first team for their Campeonato Brasileiro Série A game away to Santos on 27 October 2018, as several players were rested ahead of a Copa Sudamericana game against Uruguay's Nacional; [2] he was unused in the 3–0 loss.

Marcos Paulo made his professional debut on 30 January 2019 in the Campeonato Carioca, playing the last ten minutes of a 3–0 win over Madureira at the Maracanã Stadium, in place of Bruno Silva. [3] On 18 May he played his first game in the national league, entering at the same point in a 4–1 home win over Cruzeiro. [4]

In the 2019 Copa Sudamericana, Marcos Paulo played seven games as Flu reached the quarter-finals. He scored his first goals on 30 July in the last 1 second leg 3–1 home win over Uruguay's Peñarol (5–2 aggregate). [5] He scored four goals in 24 games in the domestic league that year, all towards the end of the campaign, starting with the equaliser in a 1–1 home draw with Chapecoense on 26 October; he said after the game that to not win it was a disappointment. [6]

On 1 March 2020, Marcos Paulo scored twice in a 5–1 home win over Madureira in the first game of the Carioca season. [7]

Atlético Madrid

On 5 July 2021, Marcos Paulo was announced by La Liga club Atlético Madrid, joining in a free transfer and signing a five-year contract. [8] On 24 August 2021, he joined Primeira Liga side Famalicão on a season-long loan deal. [9]

On 1 September 2022, Marcos Paulo was loaned to Segunda División side CD Mirandés, for one year. [10] On 28 December, he returned to Brazil and joined Série A club São Paulo on loan until the end of the 2023 season.

On 29 August 2024, Marcos Paulo joined Belgian side RWD Molenbeek on a one-year loan deal with a buyout clause. [11] Molenbeek terminated the loan early on 7 November 2024. [12]

Boavista

On 23 January 2025, Marcos Paulo signed a three-year contract with Boavista back in his home country. [13]

International career

Marcos Paulo is eligible to represent Portugal through his maternal grandfather, born in Vila Cova, Vila Real. [14] He made his international debut for Portugal under-18 on 17 April 2019 as a 52nd-minute substitute for Tiago Araújo in a 1–1 home draw with France. [15] In the following days he scored in wins over Mexico (two in a 3–1 victory) [16] and Denmark as his team won the Porto International Tournament. [17]

Marcos Paulo's first involvement with the under-19 team was at the 2019 Toulon Tournament. He played the first two games of a group-stage elimination, and scored in a 3–2 win over reigning champions England in Salon-de-Provence. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 July 2023 [19]
ClubSeasonLeagueState leagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2019 Série A 2443 [a] 0206 [b] 2356
2020 Série A24311 [a] 3522 [b] 0428
Total48714372827714
Atlético Madrid 2021–22 La Liga 00000000
Famalicão (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 1503020200
Mirandés (loan) 2022–23 Segunda División 13121152
São Paulo (loan) 2023 Série A1525 [c] 0316 [b] 1294
Career total91101931542014314120
Notes
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista

Honours

São Paulo

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