Marco Caneira

Marco Caneira

Personal information
Full name	Marco António Simões Caneira
Date of birth	9 February 1979 (1979-02-09) (age 32)
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Videoton
Number	4
Youth career
1992–1997	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2000	Sporting CP	1	(0)
1996–1997	→ Lourinhanense (loan)
1998	→ Salgueiros (loan)	3	(0)
1998–1999	→ Beira-Mar (loan)	12	(0)
1999–2000	→ Alverca (loan)	17	(0)
2000–2003	Inter	0	(0)
2000–2001	→ Reggina (co-ownership)	22	(0)
2001–2002	→ Benfica (loan)	27	(0)
2002–2003	→ Bordeaux (loan)	30	(0)
2003–2005	Bordeaux	35	(0)
2004–2005	→ Valencia (loan)	22	(1)
2005–2007	Valencia	40	(1)
2008–2011	Sporting CP	28	(0)
2011–	Videoton	8	(0)
National team
1999–2001	Portugal U21	19	(0)
2002–2008	Portugal	25	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco António Simões Caneira (born 9 February 1979) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Videoton FC in Hungary. He preferably plays as a central defender, but is equally at ease on the right or the left flank.

A youth graduate at Sporting, he started his career at the club, also appearing briefly for Benfica in his country, and represented Valencia in La Liga for a couple of years before returning to Sporting to end his career.

Internationally, Caneira appeared for Portugal at two World Cups.

Club career

Early years

Born in Sintra, Lisbon, Caneira began his career at the Sporting Clube de Portugal youth system, eventually graduating to the senior squad, making his first-team debuts while still only a junior (aged 17). After signing a professional contract, he immediately went on loan to fellow top division outfit S.C. Beira-Mar.

Caneira, along with fellow Sporting players Paulo Costa and Vasco Faísca, was then involved in a somewhat complicated 2000 transfer between F.C. Alverca, who had gained 50% of their rights, and F.C. Internazionale Milano. He was immediately sent to Reggina Calcio, in a co-ownership bid.^[1][2] After a season, he was bought back from Reggina^[3] and sent to S.L. Benfica, on a two-year long loan.

Bordeaux / Valencia

After 2001–02, however, Caneira left for another loan spell, this time with Ligue 1 giants FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he enjoyed a successful season. Indeed, at the end of the campaign, the club officially signed him from Inter, handing him a four-year contract.^[4]

After his second season at Bordeaux, Caneira was loaned out again, this time to Valencia CF, which the French had faced twice in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League.^[5] His move became permanent in summer 2005.^[6]

Sporting

After one 1/2 seasons at Valencia, Caneira returned to Portugal and Sporting in January 2006,^[7] where he displayed consistent defensive performances, also scoring a rare goal against former owners Inter Milan in the following season's Champions League, in a September 12 home win (1–0).^[8] In August 2007, although he had reached an agreement for a further five-year loan with the Lions,^[9] he returned to Quique Flores's Valencia.

After appearing rarely on the second Valencia stint, Caneira returned for a third one with Sporting, for €3.5 million, signing a four-year contract on 25 June 2008.^[10] He appeared in 32 official games in his first season (21 in the league, helping his team to the second place), but fell out of favour in the following years, inclusively not being given a jersey for the 2010–11 campaign, and he left the club in June 2011.

Late career

In the very last day of the 2011 summer transfer window, 32-year old Caneira signed with Videoton FC in Hungary, sharing teams with three compatriots, including former international teammate Paulo Sousa, who acted as the club's manager.

International career

A Portuguese international since 2002, Caneira was selected for the squad that appeared in that year's FIFA World Cup, but did not play in the tournament held in Japan and South Korea.

Left out of the squad for UEFA Euro 2004, he returned for the 2006 World Cup, playing in Portugal's last group stage match against Mexico (2–1 win).

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
1995/96	Sporting	Primeira Liga	1	0
1996/97			0	0
1997/98	Salgueiros	Primeira Liga	3	0
1998/99	Beira-Mar	Primeira Liga	12	0
1999/00	Alverca	Primeira Liga	17	0
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		League Cup		Europe		Total
2000/01	Reggina	Serie A	22	0
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2001/02	Benfica	Primeira Liga	27	0
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
2002/03	Bordeaux	Ligue 1	30	0
2003/04			35	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
2004/05	Valencia	La Liga	22	1
2005/06			5	0
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2005/06	Sporting	Primeira Liga	15	1
2006/07			25	0
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Copa de la Liga		Europe		Total
2007/08	Valencia	La Liga	19	0
Portugal			League		Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		Europe		Total
2008/09	Sporting	Primeira Liga	21	0
2009/10			7	0
2010/11
Country	Portugal		128	1
	Italy		22	0
	France		65	0
	Spain		46	1
Total			261	2

International

Portugal national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	2	0
2003	2	0
2004	1	0
2005	6	0
2006	6	0
2007	5	0
2008	2	0
Total	24	0

Honours

Club

• Sporting:
  • Portuguese Cup: 1998–99, 2006–07

• Valencia:
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2004
  • Spanish Cup: 2007–08

Orders

• Medal of Merit, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (House of Braganza)^[11]

Personal

On 16 January 2005, Caneira's 8-month daughter was victim of sudden death, shortly before Valencia's La Liga match against CA Osasuna. The two teams finally decided on playing the game, which ended 0–0.^[12]

References

1. ^ "Joint contracts: Kallon and Zanetti back to Inter". Inter Milan. 28 June 2001. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=en&N=708. Retrieved 10 August 2009. 
2. ^ "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan]" (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?L=it&N=90. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
3. ^ "Jugovic al Monaco, ripresi Paulo Costa e Caneira: ma potrebbero andare al Benfica [Jugovic to Monaco, Paulo Costa and Caneira rebought: could go to Benfica]" (in Italian). Inter Milan. 24 July 2001. http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=3576&L=it. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
4. ^ "Bordeaux backing Portuguese duo". UEFA.com. 4 July 2003. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=79230.html. Retrieved 10 June 2008. 
5. ^ "Valencia secure Caneira loan". UEFA.com. 27 July 2004. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=210332.html. Retrieved 10 June 2008. 
6. ^ "Mora increases Valencia options". UEFA.com. 13 June 2005. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/news/kind=1/newsid=309472.html. Retrieved 10 June 2008. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Caneira heads home to Sporting". UEFA.com. 3 January 2006. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=382194.html. Retrieved 10 June 2008. 
8. ^ Caneira strike sends Inter crashing; UEFA.com, 12 September 2006
9. ^ Sporting extend Caneira stay; UEFA.com, 29 July 2006
10. ^ Lisbon giants move to strengthen; UEFA.com, 25 June 2008
11. ^ "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança]" (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. http://cristianosantosronaldo.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html. Retrieved 30 August 2006. 
12. ^ "First division, day 19". Soccer Spain. 17 January 2005. http://www.soccer-spain.com/ssdocs/archive2004/news/n121.html. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 

External links

• Stats and profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• PortuGOAL profile
• Marco Caneira French league stats at LFP.fr (French)
• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Marco Caneira at National-Football-Teams.com
• Marco Caneira – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Caneira, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	Portuguese footballer
Date of birth	9 February 1979
Place of birth	Sintra, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death