Marcos Paulo (footballer, born 1977)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is da Costa.

Marcos Paulo

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Paulo Alves da Costa
Date of birth	(1977-05-11) 11 May 1977
Place of birth	Doresópolis, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2001	Cruzeiro	69	(1)
2001–2002	Udinese	14	(1)
2002	Cruzeiro	0	(0)
2002–2003	Sporting CP	3	(0)
2003	Grêmio	15	(0)
2003–2004	Maccabi Haifa	17	(1)
2004–2005	Guarani	13	(2)
2005	Metalist Kharkiv	1	(0)
2006–2007	Portuguesa	25	(0)
2007	Yokohama FC	11	(0)
2008–2009	Shimizu S-Pulse	37	(1)
2010	Portuguesa	17	(1)
2011	Fortaleza	0	(0)
International career‡
1999–2000	Brazil U-23	15	(1)
1999–2000	Brazil	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2010

Marcos Paulo Alves da Costa (born 11 May 1977), known as Marcos Paulo, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. At international level, he played for the Brazil national football team.

Career

Although he had shown great potential as a youngster, after spells with several European clubs, such as Udinese, Sporting CP, and Maccabi Haifa, he found himself back in Brazil playing in the second division. At international level, he played 18 times for the Brazil national team and scored two goals (this figure includes under-23 games such as the Olympics). On 27 July 2007, he joined J1 League side Yokohama FC on loan, and following Yokohama's relegation from the J1 League, on 28 December of the same year he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse.

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2007	Yokohama FC	J1 League	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	J1 League	20	1	1	0	5	0	26	1
2009			17	0	2	1	4	0	23	1
Country	Japan		48	1	3	1	9	0	60	2
Total			48	1	3	1	9	0	60	2

International

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	2	1
2000	1	0
Total	3	1

External links

• Marcos Paulo at Sambafoot (archived)
• Marcos Paulo at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Marcos Paulo at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)