Marcone Amaral Costa Jr. known as Marcone (born 5 April 1978) is a naturalized

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. His name has also been misspelled as Marconi.

Biography

Brazil

Born in Poções, Bahia, Marcone started his career at state capital

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. He made his Série A debut in 1997 season, played 10 games. After played for the team at

1998 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1998 was the 10th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on January 20, 1998, and concluded on May 30, 1998, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Palmeiras li ...

and 1998

Campeonato Baiano The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption. 2020 format First stage: 10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams in ...

, he was signed by Italian club

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along with Bilica and Tácio, however at that time

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imposed a quota on how many non-EU player that a team to keep and field them, thus Marcone was loaned to Swiss side

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. He then returned to Vitória and played in

1999 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 1999 was the 11th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on January 28, 1999, and concluded on June 27, 1999, with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Juv ...

and 1999 Campeonato Baiano. He left the club before the start of

1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 43rd edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. Overview It was contested by 22 teams, and Corinthians won the championship. First phase Final standings Top scorers Relegation The criterion ...

. He returned to the team for Copa João Havelange. After played for the team at

2001 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 2001 was the 13th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on March 14, 2001 and concluded on June 13, 2001 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo, in which Grêmio lifte ...

and 2001 Campeonato Baiano, he was transferred to Vila Nova of

2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2002, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from August 11 to December 22, 2001. The competition had 28 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegate ...

. In 2003, he left for Estrela do Norte. After played for União Barbarense at

2004 Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil 2004 was the 16th staging of the Copa do Brasil. The competition started on February 4, 2004 and concluded on June 30, 2004 with the second leg of the final, held at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, in which Santo ...

and 2004

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

, he left for Marília. He played 4 games in

2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The football (soccer) Campeonato Brasileiro Série B 2004, the second level of Brazilian National League, was played from April 23 to December 11, 2004. The competition had 24 clubs and two of them were promoted to Série A and six were relegated ...

, all as substitutes.

Qatar

In July 2004 he left for

i side

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. He then left for Al-Gharafa. He only played twice in

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, 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.

Club career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of 21 August 2011''QSL.com.qa – Marcone Amaral Costa

¹Includes Emir of Qatar Cup.

²Includes

Sheikh Jassem Cup The Sheikh Jassim Cup ( ar, كأس الشيخ جاسم) is an annual men's super cup competition in Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup. History The inaugural Sheikh Jassim Cup was held in ...

³Includes

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International career

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

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. He was the captain of Qatar team at

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as one of the three overage players.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Regional *

Campeonato do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

: 1997, 1999 ;State *

Copa Espírito Santo The Copa ES, or Copa Espírito Santo () is a competition contested in the second semester of the year, by Espírito Santo state teams, to determine a spot in the following year's Copa do Brasil and Copa Verde The Copa Verde ( en, Green Cup) is ...

: 2003 *

: 1997, 2000

References

External links

Player profile – QSL.com.qa

Futpedia

CBF

CBF – Site Oficial da Seleção Brasileira de Futbol
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