Marcos Vinicius Amaral Alves (born 17 June 1994), known as Marcão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a

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for China Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.

Club career

Early life

Born in Tietê of São Paulo, he joined

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youth team at the age of 12. However, Marcão, who was not interested in football, quit the sport after six months and turned to basketball. At the age of 17, he joined the Ituano FC Open Test and started playing football again.

Gyeongnam FC

Marcão joined Gyeongnam FC on one-year loan on 20 December 2016. He eventually made a full transfer to Gyeongnam on a three-year deal on 17 May 2017. He scored 22 goals in the league and helped his team win the

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on 14 October, and confirmed the promotion to K League 1 the following year. In the K League Challenge awards ceremony after the end of the season, he won the season's best 11, MVP and top score. he made his first K league 1 debut with his first hat-trick in the first match against

Sangju Sangmu FC Gimcheon Sangmu FC ( Hangul: 김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja: 金泉尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional association football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean foot ...

on 4 March 2018.

Hebei China Fortune

On 21 February 2019, Marcão transferred to Chinese Super League side

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Wuhan Three Towns

On 19 July 2021, Marcão joined China League One club Wuhan Three Towns.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Ituano *

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Gyeongnam FC * K League 2:

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Wuhan Three Towns * Chinese Super League:

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Individual

* K League 2 Most Valuable Player:

* K League 2 Top scorer:

* K League 2 Best XI:

* K League 1 Most Valuable Player:

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* K League 1 Top scorer:

* K League 1 Best XI:

* Chinese Super League top scorer:

References

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