Marcão (footballer, born 1996)
Brazilian footballer
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Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira (born 5 June 1996), commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Sevilla.
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Marcão with Galatasaray in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Londrina, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sevilla | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Avaí | |||
| 2014–2015 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Avaí | 0 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Atlético Paranaense | 23 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Guaratinguetá (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Ferroviária (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Atlético Goianiense (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Chaves | 17 | (2) |
| 2019–2022 | Galatasaray | 106 | (0) |
| 2022– | Sevilla | 37 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 December 2025 | |||
Career
Avaí
Marcão was born in Londrina, Paraná, and started his career with Avaí. He made his senior debut on 12 April 2014 at the age of 17, starting in a 4–1 Campeonato Catarinense away loss against Chapecoense.
Atlético Paranaense
Marcão subsequently moved to Atlético Paranaense, and made his debut for the club on 5 February 2015 by starting in a 3–1 loss at Rio Branco for the Campeonato Paranaense championship.[2]
Guaratinguetá (loan)
On 31 July 2015, he was loaned to Série C club Guaratinguetá, after a partnership between both clubs was established.[3]
Ferroviária (loan)
On 15 December 2015, Marcão was loaned to Ferroviária, along with other Atlético teammates.[4] After being a regular starter he returned to Furacão, now being definitely assigned to the first team.[5]
Marcão made his Série A debut on 26 June 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Nikão in a 2–0 home win against Grêmio.[6]
Galatasaray
2018–19 season
On 14 January 2019, Marcão moved to Turkish side Galatasaray on a three-and-a-half-year contract for an initial fee of €4 million.[7] He played his first official match with Galatasaray in the 18th week of the 2018–19 season, in the Ankaragücü match, which was played at Türk Telekom Stadium and Galatasaray won 6–0. Marcão, who started the match in the starting 11, remained on the field for 90 minutes.[8]
After being included in the team, he played for 90 minutes in all ten league matches. He could not play in the Fenerbahçe derby, the 28th week of the league, due to a card penalty.
With the Benfica match he played on 14 February 2019, he made his first UEFA Europa League match of his career. He finished the year with 21 matches, 15 of which were in the Super League. When the season was completed, he won his first Super League and Turkish Cup championship with Galatasaray.
2019–20 season
He started the 2019–20 football year with the Denizlispor match in the first week. In the 34th and 43rd times of the match, he was repeatedly banned from the game by receiving a yellow card. He could not find the opportunity to play in the second week due to his penalty. While he played for 90 minutes in the next seven matches, he missed the 10th week Çaykur Rizespor match again due to his penalty. He played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time with the Club Brugge match on 18 September 2019.
He stayed on the field for 90 minutes in all six matches played by Galatasaray football team in the Champions League. He finished the season with a total of 39 matches, 28 of which were league games. In addition, he won the TFF Super Cup for the first time in his career with the Akhisar Belediyespor match played on 7 August 2019 and Galatasaray won 3–1. A centre-back, Marcão wore only Galatasaray jersey in the super league.
2020–21 season
While Galatasaray lost the league championship with goal difference, Marcão became the most stable player of the Yellow-Red team in the Super League throughout the season. The Brazilian football player stayed on the field for 3325 minutes in 37 matches, all of them in the first 11.[9]
2021–22 season
On 22 May 2021, Galatasaray extended Marcão's contract for two more years. The club announced the official announcement.[10] During the game against Giresunspor on 16 August 2021, he was sent off for headbutting and punching his teammate Kerem Aktürkoğlu.[11]
Sevilla
On 8 July 2022, Sevilla announced the signing of Marcão on a five-year contract subject to a medical.[12]
Personal life
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Avaí | 2014 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Athletico Paranaense | 2015 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5[d] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Série A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Série A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Guaratinguetá (loan) | 2015 | Série C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Ferroviária (loan) | 2016 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 14[e] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Atlético Goianiense (loan) | 2017 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rio Ave (loan) | 2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Chaves | 2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||
| Galatasaray | 2018–19 | Süper Lig | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[f] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 6[g] | 0 | 1[h] | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[f] | 1 | — | 42 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12[i] | 1 | — | 39 | 1 | |||
| Total | 106 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 2 | |||
| Sevilla | 2022–23 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6[j] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | La Liga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 202 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 289 | 8 | ||
- Includes Copa do Brasil, Taça de Portugal, Turkish Cup and Copa del Rey
- Includes Taça da Liga
- Appearance in Campeonato Catarinense
- Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
- Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
Galatasaray
Sevilla
Individual
