Marcone Amaral Costa

Marcone

Personal information
Full name	Marcone Amaral Costa Júnior
Date of birth	5 April 1978 (1978-04-05) (age 33)
Place of birth	Poções, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Al-Jaish
Number	3
Youth career
1994–1996	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	Vitória	10	(0)
1998–1999	Venezia	0	(0)
1998–1999	→ Bellinzona (loan)	-	(-)
1999	Vitória	0	(0)
1999–2000	?	-	(-)
2000–2001	Vitória	8	(0)
2001	Vila Nova	-	(-)
2002	Vitória	0	(0)
2003	Estrela do Norte	0	(0)
2004	União Barbarense	0	(0)
2004	Marília	4	(0)
2004–2008	Al-Shamal	86	(1)
2008–2011	Al-Gharafa	24	(3)
2011-	Al-Jaish	6	(0)
National team
2008–	Qatar	15	(1)
2010	Qatar Olympic	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcone Amaral Costa Jr.^[1] known as Marcone (born 5 April 1978) is a naturalized Qatari footballer who plays for Al-Jaish. His name also misspelled as Marconi.

Biography

Brazil

Born in Poções, Bahia, Marcone started his career at state capital Salvador. He made his Série A debut in 1997 season, played 10 games. After played for the team at 1998 Copa do Brasil and 1998 Campeonato Baiano, he was signed by Italian club A.C. Venezia along with Bilica and Tácio,^[2] however at that time Italian Football Federation imposed a quota on how many non-EU player that a team to keep and field them, thus Marcone was loaned to Swiss side Bellinzona.^[3]

He then returned to Vitória and played in 1999 Copa do Brasil and 1999 Campeonato Baiano. He left the club before the start of 1999 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He returned to the team for Copa João Havelange. After played for the team at 2001 Copa do Brasil and 2001 Campeonato Baiano, he was transferred to Vila Nova of 2001 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

In 2003 he left for Estrela do Norte. After played for União Barbarense at 2004 Copa do Brasil and 2004 Campeonato Paulista, he left for Marília.^[4] He played 4 games in 2004 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B,^[5] all as substitutes.

Qatar

In July 2004 he left for Qatari side Al-Shamal.^[5] He then left for Al-Gharafa. He only played twice in 2010 AFC Champions League, on group stage match 6 and the succeeding round of 16 match.

In July 2011, it was announced on the QFA website that Marcone had left Al-Gharafa to join the recently promoted Al-Jaish.^[6]

International career

Marcone played for Qatar after lived for the county for more than 2 years (FIFA requirement). He played 9 games in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

He was the captain of Qatar team at 2010 Asian Games as one of the three overage players.

International goals

Scores and results list Qatar's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 August 2011	Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3-1	Lost	Friendly

Honours

Regional

• Campeonato do Nordeste: 1997, 1999

State

• Copa Espírito Santo: 2003
• Campeonato Baiano: 1997, 2000

References

1. ^ His surname is Amaral Costa, a composite of paternal surname and maternal surname. The last one (i.e. Costa), is usually the paternal one in Portuguese name but vice versa may happened, in although rare. However, it is common that the first one (i.e. Amaral) is the paternal surname in Spanish name. When lack of information, he may refer as Marcone or Mr.Costa; Júnior is a suffix as Marcone II is rarely used in Portuguese language.
2. ^ Laudisa, Carlo; Contessa, Michele (20 June 1998). "Parma, finalmente Sartor" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/giugno/20/Parma_finalmente_Sartor_ga_0_9806207090.shtml. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
3. ^ Tosi, Andrea; Contessa, Michele (20 August 1998). "Bologna, Ingesson comincia a scaldarsi " qui mi sento al top della mia parabola "" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1998/agosto/20/Bologna_Ingesson_comincia_scaldarsi_qui_ga_0_9808208131.shtml. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
4. ^ "Marília contrata zagueiro Marcone" (in Portuguese). Terra Brasil. 2 April 2004. http://esportes.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI287831-EI2020,00-Marilia+contrata+zagueiro+Marcone.html. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Viudes, Rodrigo (2 July 2004). "Marcone vai jogar no Golfo Pérsico" (in Portuguese). Marília AC. http://www.mariliaac.com.br/site/pg.asp?pagina=detalhe_artigo&codigo=1258. Retrieved 16 December 2010. 
6. ^ Al Jaish launch pre season camping

External links

• Player profile - QSL.com.qa
• Futpedia (Portuguese)
• CBF (Portuguese)
• CBF - Site Oficial da Seleção Brasileira de Futbol (Portuguese)
• Marcone – FIFA competition record
• Marcone at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Costa Junior, Marcone Amaral
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Date of birth	5 April 1978
Place of birth	Poções, Brazil
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