Sebastião Marcos Barbosa de Oliveira (born 21 June 1976), known as Marcos, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in Siqueira Campos, Paraná, Marcos started his career with local

Paraná Clube Paraná Clube, commonly referred to as Paraná, is a Brazilian professional club based in Curitiba, Paraná founded on 19 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paranaense Série Prata, the second tier of the Paraná state football leag ...

, appearing regularly during six years. In January 2003 he moved abroad, joining

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; a starter from his beginnings, he made his Primeira Liga debut in a 0–1 away loss against

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, and went on to draw comparisons to compatriot Everton Machado who played in the island of Madeira from

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to 1996 with great success. In the 2004–05 season, as Marítimo finished seventh with one of the strongest defensive records, Marcos was named ''Goalkeeper of the Year'' in the country. He continued to be the undisputed starter until his departure in 2009, at 33. In July 2010, after one year in

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with lowly A.C. Renate, Marcos returned to Portugal and signed with

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, as the club had lost

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and Paweł Kieszek in the off-season. He was released by the Minho side in early January 2012, with only one competitive appearance to his credit, a 4–0 away win against F.C. Arouca in the 2010–11 edition of the

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. After being released by Braga, 36-year-old Marcos joined C.D. Feirense of the second level. He returned to his first club Paraná the following

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, achieving promotion to the Série A in

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and retiring immediately after; during his two spells, he appeared in an all-time best 367 matches for the team based at the ''

Estádio Vila Capanema Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, better known as Estádio Vila Capanema (Portuguese for ''Capanema Borough Stadium''), is the main stadium of Paraná Clube in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The other stadium is Estádio Vila Olímpica, currently be ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcos 1976 births Living people Footballers from Paraná (state) Brazilian footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Paraná Clube players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players C.S. Marítimo players S.C. Braga players C.D. Feirense players A.C. Renate players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy