Marcos Roberto Silveira dos Reis (born 4 August 1973), known as Marcos, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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. He was the starting goalkeeper of the

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-winning Brazilian squad and is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Brazilian goalkeepers of all time. Marcos spent his entire professional career at

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in the Série A (and briefly in Série B) from 1992 until his retirement in January 2012, and became one of the club's greatest idols, being nicknamed ''São Marcos'' ("Saint Mark" in Portuguese).

Club career

He played for

since 1992 and was the first goalkeeper since 1999 after an injury of Velloso, the first-choice goalkeeper at the time. With outstanding performances in the

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he helped the team conquer the title, after beating Palmeiras' arch rivals

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in the penalty shoot-outs in the quarter-final. Since then he was nicknamed São Marcos. In 2000 once again he faced

in the Libertadores, this time at the semi-final level, and again eliminated the rivals in the penalty shoot-out. In 2002, after a fantastic World Cup participation with Brazil's team, he received a proposal from the English team

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and actually went to

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to sign but then disappeared, leaving Arsenal midfielder and fellow Brazilian, Edu, wondering where he had gone, therefore the deal never happened. When he eventually surfaced, he stated that he would rather play the

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(second division) with Palmeiras than play in any European team just for the money. In 2008, he helped Palmeiras win the

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. Marcos played his 400th match for

on 21 September 2008 in a

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match between his club and Vasco. He was given a special shirt for playing his 400th match. The number 400 was printed on the back, with his name and the writings "O melhor goleiro do Brasil" (The best goalkeeper in Brazil). On the front, all the titles that he has won along with Palmeiras and Brazil's national team are printed. On 4 January 2012, at the age of 38, Marcos announced his retirement from football, due to his advanced age and the many injuries that marked his career. Marcos is one of the greatest idols of Palmeiras' fans, alongside

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and

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International career

Marcos debuted for

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in a match against

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on 13 November 1999. Previously, he was included in Brazil's squad for the

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and the

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as a second-choice goalkeeper. He remained as Brazil's backup goalkeeper as

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and

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were preferred ahead of him. He became Brazil's starting goalkeeper in the

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and retained that position after the tournament, relegating Dida to the bench. He was subsequently included in Brazil's squad for

as the first-choice goalkeeper, replacing

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. He started every game in the tournament and played every minute of Brazil's matches in the tournament. He had four clean sheets, conceded only four goals in seven matches, and helped Brazil win the World Cup for a record fifth time.

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and Stefan Szymanski reported in their book ''Soccernomics'' that Marcos spent the entire tournament in severe pain from a prior broken wrist injury that did not properly heal, unable to train fully or even catch the ball in some matches. According to Marcos' agent, Marcos hid the injury from manager

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through the tournament. However, after a series of injuries that affected his career, Marcos lost his place in the team after the World Cup. He made only four more international appearances after the World Cup, and was left out of Brazil's squad for the

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and the

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. In 2005, he was called again and included in the squad for the

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. He made one appearance in the tournament, starting in a 2–2 draw against

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during the group stage, which turned out to be his last appearance for Brazil. On 6 October 2005, Marcos announced his retirement from international football, but continued to play for Palmeiras, the only team he has played for in his career. However, he would later go back on his decision to retire from the national team, and announced himself as still available for selection. He was placed on standby lists for the

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and the

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, but did not manage to get a place in the final list of either competitions.

Style of play

While writing for ''

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'' in 2009, Tim Vickery described Marcos with the following words: "Tall, athletic, commanding, good under pressure," while also praising him for his longevity. Nicknamed ''São Marcos'' ("Saint Mark" in Portuguese), he was also known for his penalty–stopping abilities, and is regarded by pundits as one of the greatest Brazilian goalkeepers of all time.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Palmeiras *

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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: 1993, 1994, 1996,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

; runner-up:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

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* Brazilian Champions Cup: 2000 * Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1993, 2000 * Intercontinental Cup Runners-up:

Brazil U20 *

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Brazil *

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

Individual *Copa Libertadores Most Valuable Player: 1999 *Copa Libertadores Best Goalkeeper: 1999 *Copa Libertadores Final Most Valuable Player: 1999 *Copa Libertadores Best Newcomer: 1999 *Campeonato Paulista Best Goalkeeper: 1999,

, 2008 *Copa Mercosur Best Goalkeeper:

*Torneio Rio – São Paulo Best Goalkeeper: 2000 *Best Latin American Goalkeeper: 1999, 2002 *

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fourth place: 2002 *Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Most Valuable Player: 2003 *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Goalkeeper of the Year:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

External links

Palmeiras official profile
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