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Maicon Pereira de Oliveira

マイコン・ペレイラ・デ・オリベイラ　/　まいこん・ぺれいら・で・おりべいら

Association football player from Brazil

May 8, 1988 – February 8, 2014　・　Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro
association football player

My Take

What stays with me about Maicon Pereira de Oliveira is the brevity of it all. A Rio-born forward who took the unglamorous road east to the Ukrainian Premier League, he was building a career far from home when he died at just 25 in 2014. I have a soft spot for footballers who chase the game across borders into leagues that rarely make headlines back home. There is a quiet courage in that. The record is thin, but I would rather remember the striker who dared to roam than let his name fade entirely. A short life, but a genuine one spent chasing goals.

Overview

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira (8 May 1988 – 8 February 2014) commonly known as Maicon, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward in the Ukrainian Premier League for most of his professional career.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Maicon Pereira de Oliveira
Name (Japanese): マイコン・ペレイラ・デ・オリベイラ
Reading: まいこん・ぺれいら・で・おりべいら
Born: May 8, 1988 – February 8, 2014
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dragon
Origin: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 185 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9

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