Márcio Luiz Adurens, known as Marcinho or Márcio Luiz, (born 31 July 1981) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Club career

Marcinho grew up in Brazil's

São Paulo FC São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

, where he played alongside players such as

Kaká Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (; born 22 April 1982), commonly known as Kaká () or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional Association football, footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In his prime at A.C. Milan, AC Mil ...

and

Júlio Baptista Júlio César Clemente Pereira Baptista (born 1 October 1981) is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder or a forward. Baptista is nicknamed "The Beast" due to his size and physical presence on the ...

. He helped

to the 1999 Campeão Paulista de Juniores title and scored the winning goal in the final of the 2000

Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior The Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior (or ''São Paulo Youth Football Cup'', in English), also known as Copa São Paulo de Juniores (''São Paulo Youth Cup'') and Copinha (''Little Cup''), is a cup competition played by Brazilian under-20 assoc ...

. Overseas he has had spells at

Portuguese Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

outfit Naval 1º de Maio and Hapoel Nazareth Illit, helping the Israeli club to reach the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

for the first time in its history. In 2007, Marcinho signed a one-year deal to play for

Queensland Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional Association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's Australian soccer league system ...

of the Hyundai

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in Australia.

References

External links

Queensland Roar profile

at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcinho 1981 births Living people Associação Naval 1º de Maio players A-League Men players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brisbane Roar FC players São Paulo FC players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Santos, São Paulo 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen