Maycon Carvalho Inez (born 21 July 1986) is a Brazilian

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player who last played for

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Playing career

ASA de Arapiraca & Nova Iguacu

Maycon has played for ASA de Arapiraca in the Brazilian Série B and Nova Iguacu with whom he helped reach the finals of the 2011 Guanabara Trophy scoring 5 of the club's 12 goals. He also competed in the Rio Trophy where they faced eventual champions

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Melbourne Heart

Maycon moved to Australia, signing with

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side

Melbourne Heart Melbourne City Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, South-Eastern region of Melbourne, Victoria. They compete in the A-League Men, the Australian soccer ...

. He will be the second Melbourne Heart player to wear the number 9 shirt, after former striker

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. He scored his first goal for Heart, in the Round 4, 1–1 draw with

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. On 6 April 2012 it was announced that he would be leaving the club for

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Pahang FA

Maycon was recommended by former

player,

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, who was assistant coach of Melbourne Heart, after Pahang was searching for a striker to partner

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. After two successful trial matches, Pahang agreed to sign him from Melbourne Heart to help them become runner-up of

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and secure promotion to Malaysia Super League. However, after

secured promotion to Malaysian Super League 2013, "The Elephants" decided against renewing his contract for the upcoming season.

Playing style

He is known for his pace and ability to position himself inside the 18-yard box.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maycon 1986 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers A-League Men players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Agremiação Sportiva Arapiraquense players Nova Iguaçu FC players Sri Pahang FC players K League 2 players Goyang Zaicro FC players Men's association football forwards People from São Fidélis 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen