António José Marreco de Gouveia (born 25 July 1987), known as Tozé Marreco, is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a striker, currently

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of C.D. Tondela.

Playing career

Youth

Born in

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, Marreco began his youth career at local

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, subsequently moving to another club in the region, C.F. União de Coimbra. At União, he played in several attacking positions including in

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, but was ultimately dispensed with at the end of the 2001–02 season, going on to finish his development with regional giants Académica de Coimbra, where he was a prolific goal scorer.

Professionals

In January 2007, after starting professionally with F.C. Pampilhosa, Marreco signed for CA Mirandense also in the third division. On 12 August, a phone call from his agent Jorge Baidek offered an invitation from Dutch

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, and he agreed to a contract later in the month. He had a very successful

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, being the second-best Portuguese scorer abroad only trailing

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while also helping his team to the promotion playoffs (finally without success) and the quarter-finals of the KNVB Cup, where they lost to eventuals winner

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. Marreco joined

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in the Spanish Segunda División in the summer of 2008, but did not play any competitive matches with the Basques. On 22 January 2009 he moved to

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on a three-year deal, making his debut two days later in a 6–0 friendly rout of

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where he scored twice. On 30 June 2009, Marreco signed a two-year contract with Servette FC of the Swiss Challenge League. He then returned to his country, being loaned to

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in a

-long move. In his debut as starter, on 28 October 2010, he scored a

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in a 3–2 home win against Portimonense S.C. in the second round of the Taça da Liga. Marreco continued competing mainly in the Segunda Liga the following years, with C.F. União, Associação Naval 1º de Maio and C.D. Tondela (two spells). In between, he also made a total of nine Primeira Liga appearances for

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and S.C. Olhanense, failing to find the net. In 2014–15, his second stint with Tondela, Marreco was crowned the competition joint-top scorer at 23 goals, helping the

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-based club reach the top flight for the first time in its history. On 31 August 2015, he signed with

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side

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, but was loaned back to his country's second tier with

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in February. In July 2016, Marreco returned to Académica after 11 years away, joining a club that had just been relegated from the top division. Having been loaned halfway through his first season to fellow league team F.C. Famalicão, he terminated his contract by mutual consent in June 2018. In December 2018, Marreco dropped down a level and signed for

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Coaching career

After coaching in the youth ranks of Académica, Marreco was appointed at F.C. Oliveira do Hospital of the Campeonato de Portugal in June 2020. In his first season as a senior manager, he led the team to promotion to Liga 3; they avoided relegation in the following campaign. On 15 June 2022, Marreco returned to Tondela as manager for the upcoming second-tier season. His debut for the newly relegated side was a 3–0 loss to FC Porto in the

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on 30 July.

Honours

Tondela * Segunda Liga: 2014–15 Individual * Segunda Liga Player of the Year: 2014–15

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marreco, Toze 1987 births Living people People from Miranda do Corvo Sportspeople from Coimbra District Portuguese footballers Association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players FC Pampilhosa players C.D. Aves players C.F. União players Associação Naval 1º de Maio players S.C. Beira-Mar players C.D. Tondela players S.C. Olhanense players G.D. Chaves players F.C. Famalicão players Lusitânia F.C. players Eerste Divisie players PEC Zwolle players Deportivo Alavés players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra players Swiss Challenge League players Servette FC players Belgian First Division A players Royal Excel Mouscron players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Belgium Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Portuguese football managers Liga Portugal 2 managers C.D. Tondela managers