Jose Marafona

Jose Carlos Coentrao Marafona (born 8 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Alanyaspor.

Club Career

Born in Vila do Conde, Marafona joined neighbouring Varzim SC's youth system in 2001, aged 14. After making only five Segunda Liga appearances in his first two seasons as a senior, he eventually became first choice.

Marafona signed with C.S. Maritimo in the summer of 2010, being then loaned to C.D. Aves and representing the club over two second-tier campaigns. He appeared in only one competitive match with the former side, precisely against Aves in the domestic League Cup (2–1 home win).

In late August 2013, Marafona joined Moreirense FC, contributing 25 appearances in his first season as his team returned to the Primeira Liga after one year out. He made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 17 August 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory over C.D. Nacional.

Marafona signed for two years with F.C. Pacos de Ferreira also in the top flight, in July 2015. In late January of the following year, however, he joined fellow league club S.C. Braga as his previous contract contained a clause that he was to be released if a bigger team showed interest in acquiring his services. He appeared in 14 competitive games with the latter until the end of the season, including the final of the Taca de Portugal where he saved two penalty shootout attempts against FC Porto (Hector Herrera and Maxi Pereira) in an eventual 4–2 win (2–2 after 120 minutes).

Marafona missed the entire 2017–18 campaign, due to a knee injury. On 28 May 2019, he joined Turkish Super Lig club Alanyaspor on a two-year contract.

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