Marcos Paulo "Marcão" dos Santos (born 25 May 1976) is a Brazilian male

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He was a member of the Brazil men's national handball team, playing as a goalkeeper. He was a part of the team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. On club level he played for Metodista in Brazil. His brother Maik Ferreira dos Santos was also an international handball player who competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

Titles

* Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship: **''

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

'' * South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship: **''

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Individual awards and achievements

Best Goalkeeper

* Liga Nacional de Handebol 2016 * 2017 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship

References

1976 births Living people Brazilian male handball players Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Brazil Sportspeople from Santo André, São Paulo Handball players from São Paulo (state) Pan American Games gold medalists in handball Pan American Games silver medalists in handball Pan American Games handball players for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Handball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2003 Pan American Games Handball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Esporte Clube Pinheiros sportspeople {{Brazil-handball-bio-stub