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Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva

マルシオ・ミランダ・フレイタス・ロシャ・ダ・シルバ　/　まるしお・みらんだ・ふれいたす・ろしゃ・だ・しるば

Association football player from Brazil

March 20, 1981 (age 45)　・　Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo
association football player
association football coach

My Take

I find Marcinho a quietly compelling figure precisely because he sits outside the spotlight. A Campinas-born attacking midfielder turned coach, he represents the vast Brazilian footballing middle class that exports skill across the world without ever becoming a household name. What interests me most is the pivot from scorer to teacher: forwards rarely make patient coaches, yet he chose to stay in the game on the harder, less glamorous side of the touchline. At 172 cm he clearly survived on craft rather than physique, and that tells me he understands the game in his feet. I respect careers built on intelligence over headlines.

Overview

Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva (born 20 March 1981), commonly known as Marcinho, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as either an attacking midfielder or a forward.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva
Name (Japanese): マルシオ・ミランダ・フレイタス・ロシャ・ダ・シルバ
Reading: まるしお・みらんだ・ふれいたす・ろしゃ・だ・しるば
Born: March 20, 1981 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rooster
Origin: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 172 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

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

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