Marcão (footballer, born 1996)


Marcos do Nascimento Teixeira, commonly known as Marcão, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Galatasaray.

Club career

Marcão was born in Londrina, Paraná, Marcão started his career with Avaí. He made his senior debut on 12 April 2014 at the age of 17, starting in a 1–4 Campeonato Catarinense away loss against Chapecoense.
Marcão subsequently moved to Atlético Paranaense, and made his debut for the club on 5 February 2015 by starting in a 1–3 loss at Rio Branco for the Campeonato Paranaense championship. On 31 July he was loaned to Série C club Guaratinguetá, after a partnership between both clubs was established.
On 15 December 2015 Marcão was loaned to Ferroviária, along with other Atlético teammates. After being a regular starter he returned to Furacão, now being definitely assigned to the first team.
Marcão made his Série A debut on 26 June 2016, coming on as a late substitute for Nikão in a 2–0 home win against Grêmio.

Galatasaray

On 14 January 2019, Marcão moved to Turkish side Galatasaray on a three and a half year contract for an initial fee of €4 million.

Personal life

His older brother Dionatan was also a professional footballer before he died of a heart attack at the age of 25.

Honours

;Galatasaray