Márcio Mossoró

Márcio Mossoró

Mossoró with İstanbul Başakşehir in 2016
Personal information
Full name	José Márcio da Costa[1]
Date of birth	(1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth	Mossoró, Brazil[1]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2001	Ferroviário
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002	Santa Catarina
2003–2005	Paulista	18	(3)
2005–2008	Internacional	32	(1)
2007–2008	→ Marítimo (loan)	30	(7)
2008–2013	Braga	124	(13)
2013–2014	Al-Ahli	24	(6)
2014–2019	İstanbul Başakşehir	150	(19)
2019–2021	Göztepe	39	(2)
2021	Altay	16	(0)
2022	América-RN	2	(0)
2022–2023	Potiguar Mossoró	21	(3)
Total		456	(54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Márcio da Costa (born 4 July 1983), known as Márcio Mossoró, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

His nickname stemmed for his birthplace.^[2] He spent most of his professional career in Portugal, representing mainly Braga where he appeared in 175 official matches over five seasons. In 2014 he signed with İstanbul Başakşehir from Turkey, where he also endured a lengthy spell.

Club career

Born in Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró began his professional career at Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) in 1999, before moving to Santa Catarina Clube and then Paulista Futebol Clube.^[3] Shortly after, he broke into the first team, and helped to qualification for the final of the Campeonato Paulista, being defeated by Associação Desportiva São Caetano.^[4]

In 2005, Mossoró played a key role for the side as they won the Copa do Brasil.^[2] He was then transferred to Sport Club Internacional of Porto Alegre for the second half of the season, making his Série A debut in the process.^[3]

Mossoró was loaned to C.S. Marítimo of Portugal in July 2007.^[5] His performances, which included braces in Primeira Liga wins against Associação Naval 1º de Maio (3–0)^[6] and S.C. Braga (4–1)^[7] were impressive enough to earn him a permanent €1 million deal with the latter club, which signed the player to a four-year contract at the end of the campaign.^[8]

During his first two years, Mossoró was a very important first-team member when available, helping the Minho side to finish a best-ever runner-up in 2009–10. Following a 31 October 2009 scuffle at the end of the 2–0 home win against S.L. Benfica – with his team then in the lead – he was suspended for three games^[9] and also suffered a serious injury in the final stretch,^[10] with Braga eventually being surpassed in the table by that opponent.^[11][12]

Mossoró left the Estádio Municipal de Braga in June 2013, aged 30.^[11] Subsequently, he represented Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah), İstanbul Başakşehir F.K.^[13] and Göztepe SK, with the last two clubs hailing from the Turkish Süper Lig;^[14] in that nation, he also appeared for TFF First League's Altay SK,^[15] achieving promotion in his only season.^[16]

Honours

Paulista

• Copa do Brasil: 2005^[2]

Internacional

• Copa Libertadores: 2006^[3]
• Recopa Sudamericana: 2007

Braga

• Taça da Liga: 2012–13^[17]
• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2010–11^[18]

References

1. "Marcio Mossoró" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
2. Craque de Mossoró (Star from Mossoró); Record, 22 April 2008 (in Portuguese)
3. Ele jogou na 5ª divisão e foi campeão da Libertadores com o Inter. Hoje, arrebenta na Champions League (He played in the 5th division and was champion of Libertadores with Inter. Today, he makes it happen in the Champions League); ESPN Brazil, 1 August 2017 (in Portuguese)
4. "Com apenas 15 anos, São Caetano é campeão paulista" [Aged only 15, São Caetano are paulista champions] (in Portuguese). Universo Online. 18 April 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
5. Márcio Mossoró deixa o Internacional e vai jogar em Portugal (Márcio Mossoró leaves Internacional and will play in Portugal); Universo Online, 20 July 2007 (in Portuguese)
6. Naval-Marítimo, 0–3 (Mossoró 13' e 41', e Anderson 90'+5) (Naval-Marítimo, 0–3 (Mossoró 13' and 41', and Anderson 90'+5)); Record, 13 April 2008 (in Portuguese)
7. Marítimo goleia Braga por 4–1 (Marítimo rout Braga 4–1); Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, 20 April 2008 (in Portuguese)
8. Braga acerta contratação de Márcio Mossoró (Braga complete signing of Márcio Mossoró); Clic RBS, 2008 (in Portuguese)
9. Braga ataca justiça da Liga após castigos a Vandinho e Mossoró (Braga attack League justice following Vandinho and Mossoró bans); Público, 3 February 2010 (in Portuguese)
10. Mossoró já foi operado (Mossoró has already undergone surgery); Record, 28 March 2010 (in Portuguese)
11. Mossoró: «Saio de coração partido» (Mossoró: "I leave with a broken heart"); Record, 29 June 2013 (in Portuguese)
12. Alan: «Título? Difícil, mas toda a gente sonha» (Alan: "Title? Hard, but everybody dreams"); Mais Futebol, 13 November 2015 (in Portuguese)
13. Başakşehir'den 3 bomba birden! (Başakşehir get 3 bombs!); Habertürk, 1 July 2014 (in Turkish)
14. "Mossoro resmen Göztepe'de" [Mossoró officially in Göztepe] (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
15. Márcio Mossoró troca de clube na Turquia e espera ajudar Altay a chegar à elite (Márcio Mossoró changes club in Turkey and hopes to help Altay to reach the elite); Globo Esporte, 27 January 2021 (in Portuguese)
16. Márcio Mossoró fecha ciclo na Turquia e revela sonho de jogar o Brasileirão (Márcio Mossoró completes cycle in Turkey and discloses dream of playing the Brasileirão); Globo Esporte, 4 August 2021 (in Portuguese)
17. Sp. Braga derrota FC Porto no [sic] final da Taça da Liga (Sp. Braga defeat FC Porto in League Cup final); Relvado, 13 April 2013 (in Portuguese)
18. Europa League final: Porto 1–0 Braga; BBC Sport, 18 May 2011

External links

• Márcio Mossoró at Sambafoot (archived)
• Márcio Mossoró at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Márcio Mossoró at the Turkish Football Federation
• Márcio Mossoró at Soccerway