Marco Freitas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Luis Verissimo de Freitas | ||
Date of birth | 29 August 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Benguela, Angola | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1985−1989 | Machico | ||
1989−1991 | Nacional | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991−1995 | Nacional | 62 | (5) |
1991−1992 | → Machico (loan) | ||
1995−1998 | Vitória de Guimarães | 62 | (3) |
1998−2003 | Benfica | 1 | (0) |
1998−1999 | → Alverca (loan) | 30 | (3) |
1999−2000 | Benfica B | 1 | (0) |
2000−2001 | → Alverca (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2001−2003 | → Salgueiros (loan) | 22 | (1) |
2003−2004 | Felgueiras | 24 | (0) |
2004−2005 | Pontassolense | 24 | (3) |
2005−2008 | Machico | 37 | (0) |
Total | 272 | (15) | |
International career | |||
2001−2002 | Angola | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marco Luis Verissimo de Freitas (born 29 August 1972), known as Marco Freitas, is an Angolan footballer of Portuguese descent who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Born in Benguela, Angola, Freitas emigrated to Madeira as a 13-year-old, joining A.D. Machico youth ranks, where he would spend four seasons, moving to C.D. Nacional in 1989. He returned to his former team in his debut season as a professional in 1991-92. He returned to Nacional in the following seasons, where he became a regular used player, amassing over sixty league caps in the second tier.[1]
In 1995, he joined Vitória S.C., where he had, arguably, the best years of his career, being an important player in a team that reach two consecutive fifth-place finishes, plus a club best, third place in 1997-98. His performances led him to S.L. Benfica in 1998, being immediately loaned out to farm team, F.C. Alverca.[2]
In Alverca, Freitas was a regular starter, partnering in the midfield with Jamir Gomes and Nandinho, and helping the club remain in the top tier.[1][2]
He returned to Benfica in the next year, debuting on 31 October 1999, in an away loss against Alverca. He was mostly a reserve player, almost never being used by Jupp Heynckes.[3][4] Still under contract with Benfica, Freitas returned to Alverca in 2000, spending one year there, now mostly as a bench player, moving to S.C. Salgueiros for the two remaining years of his contract.[5][2]
The later years of his career, were spent on the second tier, and third tier, retiring in 2008.[1][2]
International career
[edit]Freitas was on the course to join the Portugal national team in 1996, but it never materialize. He debuted for the Angola national team in 2001, making three caps.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Marco Freitas". Glórias do Passado (in Portuguese). 26 July 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "Marco Freitas". Foradejogo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Marco Freitas é forte hipótese para o Benfica B" [Marco Freitas could play for Benfica B]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 November 1999. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Marco Freitas recusa ficar no Benfica sem jogar" [Marco Freitas refuses to stay at Benfica without playing]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 2000. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Marco Freitas, Tiago e Ernesto na apresentação" [Marco Freitas, Tiago and Ernesto presented]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 July 2001. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
External links
[edit]- Marco Freitas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marco Freitas at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Benguela
- Angolan people of Portuguese descent
- Angolan men's footballers
- Angolan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Men's association football midfielders
- C.D. Nacional players
- Vitória S.C. players
- S.L. Benfica footballers
- F.C. Alverca players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- S.C. Salgueiros players
- F.C. Felgueiras players
- Angola men's international footballers
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Segunda Divisão players