Marcos Camozzato (born June 17, 1983 in
Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande do Sul
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) is a retired
Brazilian
football
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er who last played for
Roeselare in the
Belgian Second Division
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.
Career
He started in the youth categories of
Internacional, known only by his first name, Marcos. Inter's president at the time,
Fernando Carvalho, suggested the change to only Camozzatto, the surname of his
Italian origins, because it could be more attractive for the
European leagues, where the boy could get
dual citizenship (in a similar case of his fellows from Inter's youth team,
Rafael Sobis and
Marcelo Labarthe – differently from them, he would be known only by his surname).
On 16 June 2010,
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. signed the
Brazilian
right-back from League rival
Standard Liège on a three-year contract.
Honours
;
Standard Liège
*
Belgian First Division A
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:
2007–08,
2008–09
*
Belgian Super Cup:
2008
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,
2009
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References
1983 births
Footballers from Porto Alegre
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Sport Club Internacional players
Standard Liège players
Club Brugge KV players
Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players
K.S.V. Roeselare players
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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Men's association football defenders