Marcao

Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira (born 5 June 1996), commonly known as Marcao, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Turkish club Galatasaray.

Club Career

Avai

Marcao was born in Londrina, Parana, Marcao started his career with Avai. He made his senior debut on 12 April 2014 at the age of 17, starting in a 1–4 Campeonato Catarinense away loss against Chapecoense.

Atletico Paranaense

Marcao subsequently moved to Atletico Paranaense, and made his debut for the club on 5 February 2015 by starting in a 1–3 loss at Rio Branco for the Campeonato Paranaense championship.

Guaratingueta (loan)

On 31 July he was loaned to Serie C club Guaratingueta, after a partnership between both clubs was established.

Ferroviaria (loan)

On 15 December 2015 Marcao was loaned to Ferroviaria, along with other Atletico teammates. After being a regular starter he returned to Furacao, now being definitely assigned to the first team.

Marcao made his Serie A debut on 26 June 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Nikao in a 2–0 home win against Gremio.

Galatasaray

2018-2019 Season

On 14 January 2019, Marcao moved to Turkish side Galatasaray on a three and a half year contract for an initial fee of €4 million. He played his first official match with Galatasaray in the 18th week of the 2018-19 season, in the Ankaragucu match, which was played at Turk Telekom Stadium and Galatasaray won 6-0. Marcao, who started the match in the starting 11, remained on the field for 90 minutes.

After being included in the team, he played for 90 minutes in all 10 league matches. He could not play in the Fenerbahce 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

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