José Carlos Coentrão Marafona (born 8 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Paços de Ferreira Paços de Ferreira () is a city in the Porto District, in the north of Portugal. The population of the city in 2011 was 7491, while its municipality had 56,340 inhabitants, in an area of 70.99 km². Sometimes referred to as the ''Capital do ...

. He made 111

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appearances for

Moreirense Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaquim d ...

and

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, as well as more than 150 in the second tier for Varzim,

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, Moreirense and Paços. He also spent several years with

Alanyaspor Alanyaspor Kulübü, known as Corendon Alanyaspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Alanya in Antalya Province. Formed in 1948, the club colours are orange and green. Home matches are play ...

in the Turkish

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. Marafona earned one

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for

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in 2017.

Club career

Born in

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, Marafona joined neighbouring

Varzim SC Varzim Sport Club () is a Portuguese football club based in Póvoa de Varzim. The club was founded on 25 December 1915, and has played at the Estádio do Varzim Sport Club since its foundation. The club plays in Liga 3, following relegation in ...

'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 for

C.S. Marítimo Club Sport Marítimo MH M (), commonly known as Marítimo or Marítimo da Madeira, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in the city of Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Established in 1910, Marítimo is best known for its football team ...

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

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( 2–1 home win). In late August 2013, Marafona joined

Moreirense FC Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joaqui ...

, contributing 25 games in his first season as his team returned to the

after one year out. He made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 17 August 2014, keeping a

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in a 1–0 away victory over

C.D. Nacional Clube Desportivo Nacional (), commonly known as Nacional da Madeira and sometimes just Nacional, is a Portuguese football club based in Funchal, on the island of Madeira. Founded on 8 December 1910, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal , P ...

. Marafona signed for two years with F.C. Paços de Ferreira also in the top flight, in July 2015. In late January of the following year, however, he moved to

S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...

of the same league as his previous contract contained a clause that he was to be released if a bigger team showed interest in acquiring his services. He took part in 14 official matches with the latter until the end of the season, including the final of the

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where he saved two

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attempts against

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, Order of Prince Henry, MHIH, Order of Merit (Portugal), OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional association footbal ...

(

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and

Maxi Pereira Victorio Maximiliano "Maxi" Pereira Páez (; born 8 June 1984) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He played with Defensor in Uruguay, joining Benfica in 2007 and going on to remain with the club for eight ...

) 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

club

on a two-year contract. In the summer of 2022 he, fellow veteran goalkeeper

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and compatriot

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were told they could leave; academy graduate Yusuf Karagöz became first choice. On 4 January 2023, Marafona returned to Paços Ferreira on a five-month deal. Despite their relegation, his contract was renewed.

International career

On 31 March 2015, at nearly 28 years of age, Marafona was called up to the Portugal national team for the first time, remaining an unused substitute as

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featured in goal in the 0–2 friendly defeat against

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. His debut arrived nearly two years later, in a 2–3 loss to

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also in an exhibition game.

Career statistics

Honours

Moreirense * Segunda Liga: 2013–14 Braga *

: 2015–16

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marafona, Jose 1987 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Vila do Conde Men's association football goalkeepers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Varzim S.C. players C.S. Marítimo players C.D. Aves players Moreirense F.C. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players S.C. Braga players Süper Lig players Alanyaspor footballers Portugal men's international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey