Marco João Costa Baixinho (born 11 July 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a central defender for Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta.
![]() | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Marco João Costa Baixinho[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 33)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal[1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Anorthosis | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2005 | Sporting CP | ||
2005–2006 | Benfica | ||
2006–2007 | Alverca | ||
2007–2008 | Oeiras | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Carregado | 69 | (7) |
2011–2015 | Mafra | 116 | (1) |
2015–2022 | Paços Ferreira | 166 | (9) |
2022– | Anorthosis | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:25, 28 October 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Arruda dos Vinhos, Lisbon District, Baixinho spent most of his youth career at Sporting CP and briefly rivals S.L. Benfica.[2] He made his senior debut with A.D. Carregado in the third division in the 2008–09 season, winning promotion[3] and then making his professional debut in the second,[4] suffering instant relegation.[5]
In the summer of 2011, Baixinho joined C.D. Mafra also of the third tier.[6] On 23 June 2015, after four seasons of regular game time concluding with winning the title, he signed a two-year deal at Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira under his former Mafra manager Jorge Simão.[7]
Baixinho extended his contract in January 2016, to last until July 2019.[8] He scored his first top-flight goal on 5 December that year, opening a 2–1 home win over Boavista F.C. while playing in defensive midfield.[2] After Paços were relegated in 2018, he netted four times to help them bounce back as champions (five in all competitions) and then signed a new deal in June 2019.[9]
At the end of the 2021–22 campaign, having failed to agree terms for a new deal, the 33-year-old Baixinho left the Estádio da Mata Real.[10] On 13 July 2022, he signed a two-year contract with Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. of the Cypriot First Division.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Carregado | 2009–10 | Liga de Honra | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Mafra | 2011–12 | Campeonato de Portugal | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
2012–13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
2014–15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Total | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 1 | ||
Paços Ferreira | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
2018–19 | LigaPro | 33 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | |
2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
Total | 166 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 10 | ||
Anorthosis | 2022–23 | Cypriot First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career total | 296 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 | 11 |
Mafra
Paços Ferreira
Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. – current squad | |
---|---|
|