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Marco Filipe Lopes Paixão (born 19 September 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Altay.

Marco Paixão

Personal information
Full name	Marco Filipe Lopes Paixão[1]
Date of birth	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth	Sesimbra, Portugal[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Altay
Number	19
Youth career
1994–1995	Alfarim
1995–2003	Sesimbra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Sesimbra
2005–2006	Porto B	9	(0)
2006–2007	Guijuelo	37	(9)
2007–2008	Logroñés	38	(9)
2008–2009	Cultural Leonesa	33	(13)
2009–2011	Hamilton Academical	51	(6)
2012	Naft Tehran	16	(3)
2012–2013	Ethnikos Achna	31	(15)
2013–2015	Śląsk Wrocław	57	(27)
2015	Sparta Prague	3	(0)
2016–2018	Lechia Gdańsk	66	(34)
2018–	Altay	130	(80)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:58, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Sesimbra, Setúbal District, Paixão spent his early career in Portugal and Spain, playing with lowly teams in both countries – his hometown's G.D. Sesimbra, FC Porto B,[2] CD Guijuelo, Logroñés CF and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa.

In 2007–08, he suffered relegation from Segunda División B with Logroñés, and in the following season scored 13 goals for Leonesa.[3]

Hamilton Academical

Paixão's first taste of professional football came in 2009 as he signed for Scottish Premier League club Hamilton Academical on 6 August, alongside twin brother Flávio.[4] He made his league debut late in the month, against Aberdeen.[5]

On 11 April 2011, it was announced that Paixão would leave at the end of the campaign.[6] However, just three days later, he was released from his contract with immediate effect, alongside his sibling.[7] He appeared in 56 official matches for the Accies, scoring six goals.

Naft Tehran

On 5 January 2012, Paixão joined his brother in Iran after signing with Naft Tehran F.C. until the end of the season.[8] He made his debut in a 3–1 home loss against Foolad F.C. five days later,[9] scoring his first goal in a 1–0 win over Malavan F.C. on 8 February.[10]

Ethnikos and Poland

In the summer of 2012, Paixão joined Cypriot side Ethnikos Achna FC. He netted his first goal for his new club on 3 November, in a 1–1 draw at AEL Limassol.[11]

In June 2013, Paixão signed a two-year contract with Śląsk Wrocław in Poland.[12] He scored a career-best 21 goals in 2013–14, but his team could only qualify for the relegation play-offs.[13]

In June 2015, Paixão put pen to paper to a two-year deal at AC Sparta Prague.[14] The following January, after being barely used by the Czech club, he returned to the Ekstraklasa with Lechia Gdańsk after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract;[15] his twin joined him a month later.[16]

Paixão concluded the 2016–17 season with hat-tricks in 4–0 home wins over Jagiellonia Białystok and Pogoń Szczecin. This brought his final tally to 18, joint with Lech Poznań's Marcin Robak as the top scorer.[17]

In March 2018, Paixão was removed from the first team when manager Piotr Stokowiec accused him of feigning an injury,[18] and when his contract expired in June, he moved to Altay S.K. in the TFF First League.[19] He was top scorer in his first season with the İzmir-based team, netting 29 times in 33 games.[20]

International career

During their spell in Poland, both Paixão and his sibling were repeatedly poised to be called up to the Portugal national team, but nothing came of it.[21]

Personal life

Paixão's twin brother Flávio was also a footballer, Marco being the older by five minutes.[22]

Career statistics

As of 16 April 2020[23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamilton Academical	2009–10	Scottish Premier League	33	5	2	1	1	0	—		36	6
	2010–11		18	1	2	0	1	0	—		21	1
	Total		51	6	4	1	2	0	0	0	57	7
Naft Tehran	2011–12	Persian Gulf Cup	16	3	0	0	—		—		16	3
Ethnikos Achna	2012–13	Cypriot First Division	31	15	2	0	—		—		33	15
Śląsk Wrocław	2013–14	Ekstraklasa	37	21	2	0	—		5	5	44	26
	2014–15		20	6	2	1	—		—		22	7
	Total		57	27	4	1	0	0	5	5	66	33
Sparta Prague	2015–16	Czech First League	3	0	1	0	—		2	0	6	0
Lechia Gdańsk	2015–16	Ekstraklasa	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2016–17		35	18	2	0	—		—		37	18
	2017–18		27	16	0	0	—		—		27	16
	Total		65	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	67	34
Altay	2018–19	TFF First League	33	29	2	1	—		—		35	30
	2019–20		27	17	1	0	—		—		28	17
	Total		60	46	3	1	0	0	0	0	63	47
Career total			233	113	13	3	2	0	7	5	253	121

Honours

Individual

• Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2016–17 (18 goals, joint with Marcin Robak)[24]
• TFF First League top scorer: 2018–19 (29 goals),[25] 2019–20 (22 goals)[26] 2020–21 (22 goals)[27]

References

External links

• Marco Paixão at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Marco Paixão at BDFutbol
• Marco Paixão at Soccerbase
• Persian League stats
• Marco Paixão at 90minut.pl (in Polish)

На других языках

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[de] Marco Paixão

Marco Filipe Lopes Paixão (* 19. September 1984 in Sesimbra) ist ein portugiesischer Fußballspieler, der als Stürmer fungiert.

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- [en] Marco Paixão

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[it] Marco Paixão

Marco Filipe Lopes Paixão (Sesimbra, 19 settembre 1984) è un calciatore portoghese, attaccante dell'Altay.

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