Maricá (footballer)

Maricá

Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Silva de Souza Júnior
Date of birth	(1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Maricá, Brazil
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
–1997	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2005	Vasco da Gama	135	(3)
2001	→ Santa Cruz (loan)
2001	→ AEK Athens (loan)	11	(0)
2002	→ Internacional (loan)
2003	→ América-SP (loan)
2003	→ Avaí (loan)
2005–2006	Aris	16	(1)
2006	Brasiliense
2007	Bahia
2007	Goytacaz
2008	Metropolitano
2009	Mesquita
2009	Ypiranga de Erechim
2010	Cabense
2011	União Rondonópolis
2011–2012	Independência-AC
2012	Angra dos Reis
2015	Nacional Borbense
International career
1995	Brazil U17	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023

Sérgio Silva de Souza Júnior (born 24 September 1979), better known as Maricá, is a Brazilian former professional footballer, who played as a right back.^[1]

Career

Player of the under-17 team at the 1995 World Cup,^[2] he had a meteoric rise at Vasco, standing out mainly in the 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro campaign. He played for several years at Vasco, accumulating titles, but after being sold to AEK Athens, he was unable to repeat his previous achievements, moving from club to club over the years.^[3]

Honours

Vasco da Gama

• Campeonato Brasileiro: 1997, 2000
• Copa Libertadores: 1998
• Campeonato Carioca: 1998
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1999
• Copa Mercosur: 2000

References

1. "Multicampeão pelo Vasco, Maricá completa 44 anos neste domingo". NetVasco (in Portuguese). 24 September 2023.
2. "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-17 (U-17 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 1985-2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. "Especial do Tri: Os gritos de Antônio Lopes com Maricá". CR Vasco da Gama (in Portuguese). 16 December 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

External links

• Maricá at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)