Márcio Ivanildo da Silva (born 25 March 1981 in

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), known as Marcinho, is a Brazilian

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who plays for Cajazeirense as an

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Club career

Brazil / Marítimo

In his country, Marcinho started playing for Campo Limpo and

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. In January 2004 he joined

Clube de Regatas Brasil Clube de Regatas Brasil, commonly referred to as CRB, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Maceió, Alagoas. It competes in the Série B, the second tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Alagoano, the top fligh ...

and then was loaned out to

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube (), commonly known simply as Santos or Santos FC and nicknamed the ''Peixe'' (; "fish"), is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a '' bairro'' in the city of Santos. It is also the team with the most goals i ...

, with which he competed in the Série A in the 2004 season, starting in only three of his appearances but contributing relatively to the national championship conquest. Marcinho arrived in

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in January 2005, signing with

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. During his spell in

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he never appeared in less than 27

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games when playing complete seasons, his best output being six goals in 29 matches in 2008–09 as his team finished in ninth position; he also competed in that year's

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, scoring in a 1–2 first round away loss against

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(1–3 on aggregate).

APOEL

In late December 2009 Marcinho signed with

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in the

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, amidst interest of French teams

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and

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. He netted seven times from 25 appearances in his first full campaign, as the

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

-based side won the national championship. Marcinho appeared in 11 matches in the

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, in the club's surprising quarter-finals run in the competition. The 31-year-old was released in late May 2012, after his contract was not renewed.

Later years

On 19 June 2012, Marcinho signed for one year with

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in Bulgaria. On 14 June of the following year, he agreed to a one-year deal with

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Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...

."ΚΥΡΙΟΣ" Ο ΜΑΡΣΙΝΙΟ ("Mister" Marcinho)
; Anorthosis Famagusta, 14 June 2013

Honours

Santos * Série A:

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APOEL *

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: 2011 Botafogo-PB *

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References

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Futpédia profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marcinho 1981 births Living people Brazilian footballers Association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Santos FC players Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense players Murici Futebol Clube players Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players Primeira Liga players C.S. Marítimo players Cypriot First Division players APOEL FC players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Levski Sofia players Campinense Clube players Associação Atlética de Altos players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus