Marcos Antônio Malachias Júnior ( bg, Маркос Антонио Малашиас Жуниор; born 30 April 1982), commonly known as Marquinhos, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Marquinhos started his career at Guaçuano in 2004. In February 2006 he signed with Bulgarian club

Belasitsa Petrich OFC Belasitsa ( bg, ОФК Беласица Петрич) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Petrich, currently playing in the Second League. The team was founded in 1923. They play at the Stadion Tsar Samuil in Petrich, which has ...

from Guaçuano. He made his debut for the club on 4 March 2006 in an

A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

match against

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. Marquinhos made 13 league appearances to the end of the season, scoring five goals, helping the club avoid relegation. In the following 2006–07 season he finished the league campaign with 12 goals in 28 appearances. On 28 May 2007, Marquinhos moved to

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. The deal was reported to be worth around €150,000. Marquinhos's competitive debut for the club came in CSKA's opening match at away to

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

on 11 August. On 8 March 2008, Marquinhos scored his first CSKA goal in a 3–1 away win over his previously club

Belasitsa Belasica ( Macedonian and Bulgarian: , also translit. ''Belasitsa'' or ''Belasitza'', Ottoman Turkish: بلش Turkish: ''Beleş''), Belles ( el, Μπέλλες, ''Bélles'') or Kerkini (, ''Kerkíni'';), is a mountain range in the region of M ...

. He scored the equalizing goal in the 1–1 away draw against Derry City on 6 August 2009 to enable his team to progress to the next stage of the

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. He suffered an injury in December 2009, which took him out of play for a couple of months. On 4 November 2010, Marquinhos scored the winning goal against

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in a 2–1 away victory of

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group stage. On 25 May 2011, he assisted

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in a 1–0 win over

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...

in the

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. Marquinhos announced retirement on 16 December 2016 after leaving

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and would start studying in NSA and focus on manager career. However, in March 2017 he joined the amateur Brazilian club Cascavel. On 9 January 2018 Maquinhos returned again from retirement to play for the Brazilian club Caldense in

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International career

On 27 May 2011, Marquinhos was named to Bulgaria's squad for the friendly game against

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and Euro 2012 qualifier against

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, just days after receiving citizenship from his adopted country. He debuted in an unofficial match against

on 31 May appearing as a substitute for the second half. His official debut came on 4 June against Montenegro; Marquinhos was booked in the 54th minute and the match was drawn 1–1.

Career statistics

Club

''As of 15 December 2016''

International

Honours

Club

CSKA Sofia *

: 2007–08 *

: 2010–11 *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquinhos 1982 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Brazilian men's footballers Bulgarian men's footballers Bulgaria men's international footballers Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers América Futebol Clube (MG) players OFC Belasitsa Petrich players PFC CSKA Sofia players Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Changchun Yatai F.C. players FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC Montana players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Chinese Super League players Cypriot First Division players Brazilian emigrants to Bulgaria Naturalised citizens of Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in China Footballers from Campinas