Maicon Marques Bitencourt (born 18 February 1990), simply known as Maicon, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a winger.

Club career

Fluminense

Born in

Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Duque de Caxias (, ''Duke of Caxias'') is a city on Guanabara Bay and part of Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, southeastern Brazil. It is bordered by Rio de Janeiro city to the south. Its population was 924,624 (2020) and its area is 465&nbs ...

, Maicon joined

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's youth setup in 2001, aged 11. Promoted to the main squad on 11 March 2008 by manager

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, he made his debut fifteen days later by coming on as a substitute for

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in a 4–1

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home routing of

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. Maicon made his Série A debut on 18 May 2008, replacing

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in a 2–0 home loss against Náutico. He scored his first professional goal the following 31 January, netting his team's second in a 3–0 home defeat of Resende; his first top tier goal occurred on 7 August, as he scored the last in a 5–1 home thrashing of Sport. In 2009, Fluminense sold 50% of Maicon's rights along with other players in different ratio to Traffic Group.

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 10 March 2010, Maicon joined FC Lokomotiv Moscow in a four-and-a-half-year contract. He made his debut abroad ten days later, replacing goalscorer Dmitri Sychev in a 3–0 home win against PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara. Maicon scored his first goal abroad on 15 May 2010, netting the last in a 2–0 home win against FC Amkar Perm. A regular starter in the following campaigns, he scored a brace in a 4–0 home routing of FC Anzhi Makhachkala on 5 November 2016.

Antalyaspor

On 16 June 2017, after seven years in Russia, Maicon moved to Turkey after agreeing to a contract with Antalyaspor, effective as of 1 July. On 9 January 2019, Antalyaspor announced that Maicon's contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Atlético Mineiro

On 14 January 2019, Maicon returned to Brazil and joined Atlético Mineiro on a free transfer. He left the club in February 2020.

International career

Maicon represented Brazil at under-17 and under-20 levels, playing an essential role in the latter's victory against Germany for the quarter-finals of the

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October 2009. The tournament was initially going to take place between 10 and 31 July. However, the 2009 FIFA Confedera ...

in Egypt by scoring a brace in a 2–1 victory, which allowed Brazil to proceed to the semifinals.

Career statistics

Honours

;Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2014–15, 2016–17 ;Brazil * FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up:

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;Buriram United * Thai League 1: 2021–22 * Thai FA Cup: 2021–22 * Thai League Cup: 2021–22

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maicon 1990 births Living people People from Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Fluminense FC players Russian Premier League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players Süper Lig players Antalyaspor footballers Clube Atlético Mineiro players Buriram United F.C. players Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games Brazil youth international footballers Brazil under-20 international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriates in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Turkey Pan American Games competitors for Brazil Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (state)