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Marco Ferreira

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Ferreira.
Marco Ferreira
Personal information
Full name Marco Júlio Castanheira Afonso Alves Ferreira[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-12) 12 March 1978 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth Vimioso, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1988–1989 GD Parada
1989–1992 Bragança
1994–1996 Águia Vimioso
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Tirsense 17 (2)
1997 Atlético Madrid B 4 (0)
1998 Yokohama Flügels
1998–1999 Paços Ferreira 19 (0)
1999–2002 Vitória Setúbal 89 (14)
2003–2005 Porto 23 (3)
2004–2005 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 21 (3)
2005 → Penafiel (loan) 7 (1)
2006–2008 Benfica 5 (0)
2007 → Leicester City (loan) 0 (0)
2008 → Belenenses (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2010 Ethnikos Piraeus 32 (5)
Total 223 (28)
International career
2002 Portugal 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Júlio Castanheira Afonso Alves Ferreira (born 12 March 1978) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a winger.

He amassed Primeira Liga totals of 127 games and 15 goals over the course of eight seasons, representing mainly in the competition Vitória de Setúbal and Porto. He also played professionally in Spain, Japan, England and Greece.

Club career

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Ferreira was born in Vimioso in the Bragança District, and started his career at F.C. Tirsense in the Segunda Liga. In 1998 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, but only lasted a few months in Spain, finishing the season at Yokohama Flügels in the J1 League.[2][3]

Ferreira would go on to represent F.C. Paços de Ferreira – also in the Portuguese second division – spending the following three and a half seasons as a key player at Primeira Liga club Vitória de Setúbal.[4][3] In January 2003 he joined FC Porto,[5] being part of the José Mourinho-led squad that defeated Celtic in the final of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, coming on for Capucho in the 98th minute.[6][7] He also featured in several UEFA Champions League games in the following campaign but was not selected for the decisive match, and added two consecutive league championships during his tenure with the northerners.[8]

After that, Ferreira was loaned to Vitória de Guimarães for 2004–05. He made the same move the following year, now to F.C. Penafiel, but was released in January 2006 and promptly signed for S.L. Benfica, until June 2009; while in Lisbon, he was unable to establish himself as a first-team player, and was placed on the transfer list.[3]

On 31 August 2007, Ferreira joined English side Leicester City on loan until the end of the year,[9] but his contract was terminated in December after he became unsettled, making no competitive appearances (he was an unused substitute in a 3–2 away win over Nottingham Forest in the second round of the League Cup on 18 September).[10][11] He finished the season with C.F. Os Belenenses, where he was coached by his former Setúbal manager Jorge Jesus.[3]

Ferreira signed with Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. in August 2008. He spent 18 months at the Greek second division club, being released and retiring at the age of 32; it was also in this country where he met his second wife, Athina.[3]

International career

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Ferreira's debut for Portugal came in a 1–1 friendly draw against Tunisia on 12 October 2002, playing six minutes after taking the place of Luís Figo.[12] He went on to earn a further two caps that year.[3]

Honours

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Porto

References

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  1. ^ a b c Marco Ferreira at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Caetano, Filipe (24 May 2004). "O outro lado do Dragão: Marco Ferreira, o «japonês»" [The other side of the Dragon: Marco Ferreira, the "Japanese"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (21 April 2018). "Marco Ferreira: "Há uma frase do Eurico que me ficou: 'És um homenzinho. O futebol dá-te mulheres, mas as mulheres não te dão futebol"" [Marco Ferreira: "These words by Eurico stuck with me: 'You're a grown man now. Football gives you women, but women do not give you football"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Marco Ferreira: O «herói» do Vimioso que alimenta o sonho" [Marco Ferreira: The Vimioso "hero" nursing the dream]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 March 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  5. ^ "A hora de Marco Ferreira" [Marco Ferreira's time]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 January 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Porto end Celtic's Uefa dream". BBC Sport. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  7. ^ "Uefa Cup final player ratings". BBC Sport. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b Caetano, Filipe (22 April 2006). "F.C. Porto campeão: afinal há vida depois de Mourinho" [Champions F.C. Porto: there's life after Mourinho after all] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Leicester recruit Benfica winger". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  10. ^ "Nottingham Forest 2–3 Leicester". BBC Sport. 18 September 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  11. ^ Acedo, Francisco (19 December 2007). "Ferreira returns to Portugal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Sílvio é o 14.º a estrear-se com Agostinho Oliveira" [Sílvio is debutant number 14 with Agostinho Oliveira]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  13. ^ a b Mendes, Nuno (17 December 2023). "Marco Ferreira: do feitio especial de Conceição ao Amorim relações-públicas como poucos" [Marco Ferreira: from Conceição's special character to one-of-a-kind public relations Amorim] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Marco Ferreira terminou época" [Marco Ferreira ended season]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 May 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  15. ^ Madureira, Nuno (15 June 2003). "F.C. Porto-U. Leiria, 1–0 (crónica)" [F.C. Porto-U. Leiria, 1–0 (report)] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
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