Marcos Vinícius Santos Miranda, sometimes known as Marcão, (born 6 March 1992) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a

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for Amazonas.

Career

Youth career

Born in

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, Brazil, Marcos Miranda started his career at

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. As the club was associated with agent company

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, Miranda moved to Italy along with other players. Miranda was signed by

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. He was the member of Allievi Nazionali under-17 team in 2008–09 season. In July 2009, few days before the bankruptcy of Treviso, he was signed by

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for €250,000, signing 5-year contract.ACF Fiorentina Report and Accounts on 31 December 2009 In June

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also returned to Treviso from ''La Viola'' for €60,000. Miranda was the backup keeper of Andrea Seculin in Primavera under-20 team. The other backup keeper were Andrea Tozzo (2009–10) and

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(until January 2011). Miranda finished as the runner-up of

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as unused sub. Miranda also won 2010–11

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again as unused bench. The team finished as the losing semi-finalists of the Primavera league. In

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, Marcos Miranda was awarded no.12 shirt as fourth keeper of the first team (or fifth counting injured

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), behind

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and Seculin. Miranda was in the pre-season camp of the first team in July 2010. Miranda also got a shirt number during

2009–10 Serie A The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that w ...

, as no.33. Miranda received a few call-up from the first team since April 2010, took the fourth keeper role from Scuffia. Miranda's fourth choice role was ended in January 2011 after Scuffia reacquired the role, and followed by the signing of Neto.

Pro Vercelli

Marcos Miranda did not receive a call-up to ''La Viola's 2011 pre-season camp. In August 2011 Miranda left for

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along with Pietro Iemmello. Miranda was an overage member of Berretti under-19 team He also became the backup of Alex Valentini in the first team. Miranda also played once in 2011–12 Coppa Italia Lega Pro, in the first round of knock-out stage. In May he played the last round of the league for the first team, a 0–0 draw with

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. He returned to backup role in promotion playoffs, which Pro Vercelli was the winner. In June 2012 Pro Vercelli was gifted half of the registration rights of Miranda for a peppercorn of €50, as well as the temporary deal of Iemmello was renewed. On 21 June 2013 it was confirmed that Pro Vercelli got the remain 50% registration rights as ''La Viola'' neither formed any agreement with Pro Vercelli before the deadline nor submit a mandatory bid to the league office afterwards. On 2 September 2013 Pro Vercelli swapped keeper Miranda with keeper Aniello Ambrosio of Sorrento, both in definitive deal.

Sorrento

Marcos Miranda was the understudy of Giuseppe Polizzi in

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Chievo

In summer 2014 he was signed by

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. On 23 July 2014 he was signed by Istra 1961, where he played for the third-tier reserve team until the end of his loan in the summer of 2015.

Brasil de Pelotas

He returned to Brazil in 2016, and had spells in state competitions with

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, Operário-MT and Interporto, before signing with

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in December 2017.

References

External links

Football.it Profile
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