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Marcos Antônio Malachias Júnior

マルコス・アントニオ・マラシアス・ジュニオール　/　まるこす・あんとにお・まらしあす・じゅにおーる

Association football player from Brazil

April 30, 1982 (age 44)　・　Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo
association football player

My Take

Marquinhos is the kind of footballer whose story interests me more than his stat line. Born in Barueri, Brazil, he ended up representing Bulgaria internationally, and that single fact says a lot about how modern football scatters talent across borders. A 184 cm midfielder carries the unglamorous burden of linking defense to attack, and doing so far from home, under a flag he adopted, takes real adaptability. I find these naturalized careers quietly fascinating. They remind me that a player's identity is rarely as simple as the country of his birth, and that football itself is a kind of migration.

Overview

Marcos Antônio Malachias Júnior (Bulgarian: Маркос Антонио Малашиас Жуниор; born 30 April 1982), commonly known as Marquinhos, is a retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he represented the Bulgaria national team.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Marcos Antônio Malachias Júnior
Name (Japanese): マルコス・アントニオ・マラシアス・ジュニオール
Reading: まるこす・あんとにお・まらしあす・じゅにおーる
Born: April 30, 1982 (age 44)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dog
Origin: Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Blood type: Private
Height: 184 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%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

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