Marcos Vinicius Amaral Alves (born 17 June 1994), known as Marcão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for China Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Vinicius Amaral Alves | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Tietê, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wuhan Three Towns | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006 | São Paulo | ||
| 2011–2012 | Ituano | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Ituano | 16 | (6) |
| 2015 | → Guarani de Palhoça (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Bragantino (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Gyeongnam FC (loan) | 12 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Gyeongnam FC | 51 | (41) |
| 2019–2021 | Hebei China Fortune | 46 | (23) |
| 2021– | Wuhan Three Towns | 19 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2021 | |||
Born in Tietê of São Paulo, he joined São Paulo FC youth team at the age of 12. However, Marcão, who was not interested in football, quit the sport after six months and turned to basketball. At the age of 17, he joined the Ituano FC Open Test and started playing football again.[1]
Marcão joined Gyeongnam FC on one-year loan on 20 December 2016.[2] He eventually made a full transfer to Gyeongnam on a three-year deal on 17 May 2017.[3] He scored 22 goals in the league and helped his team win the K League Challenge on 14 October, and confirmed the promotion to K League 1 the following year. In the K League Challenge awards ceremony after the end of the season, he won the season's best 11, MVP and top score.[1] he made his first K league 1 debut with his first hat-trick in the first match against Sangju Sangmu FC on 4 March 2018.
On 21 February 2019, Marcão transferred to Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune.[4]
On 19 July 2021, Marcão joined China League One club Wuhan Three Towns.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ituano | 2013 | — | — | — | 30[lower-alpha 1] | 10 | 30 | 10 | ||||
| 2014 | Série D | 7 | 1 | — | — | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2015 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 15[lower-alpha 3] | 8 | 16 | 8 | ||||
| 2016 | Série D | 9 | 5 | — | — | 10[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 19 | 6 | |||
| Total | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | 60 | 19 | 77 | 25 | |||
| Guarani de Palhoça (loan) | 2015 | — | — | — | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Bragantino (loan) | 2016 | Série B | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Gyeongnam FC (loan) | 2017 | K League 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 7 | ||
| Gyeongnam FC | 2017 | K League 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 16 | ||
| 2018 | K League 1 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 26 | |||
| Total | 51 | 41 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 52 | 42 | ||||
| Hebei China Fortune | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 11 | ||
| 2020 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 46 | 23 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 47 | 23 | ||||
| Wuhan Three Towns | 2021 | China League One | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 12 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 88 | 4 | 2 | — | 67 | 19 | 217 | 109 | |||
Ituano
Gyeongnam FC