Marco Freitas

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Marco Freitas
Personal information
Full name Marco Luis Verissimo de Freitas
Date of birth (1972-08-29) 29 August 1972 (age 51)
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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Marco Freitas". Glórias do Passado (in Portuguese). 26 July 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Marco Freitas". Foradejogo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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]

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