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Marcos Antônio
	Marcos Antônio during training in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Antônio Elias Santos
Date of birth	25 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Alagoinhas, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2001	Corinthians Alagoano
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2003	Porto B
2003	→ Académica de Coimbra (loan)
2003–2006	Gil Vicente
2006–2007	→ U.D. Leiria (loan)
2007–2009	Auxerre
2008–2009	→ PAOK (loan)
2010	Belenenses
2010–2012	Rapid București
2012–2013	1. FC Nürnberg
2014–2018	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcos Antônio Elias Santos (born 25 May 1983), known as Marcos Antônio, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

Career

Marcos António was born in Alagoinhas, Brazil.

On 21 August 2002, FC Porto signed him but loaned him to Académica in January 2003. He then played for Gil Vicente for three seasons, and then for U.D. Leiria, before joining AJ Auxerre in summer 2007.

PAOK

He signed a one-year contract on loan, but PAOK FC had an option to buy him out after its expiration.^[1] Marcos Antonio scored the first goal for PAOK in the 2008–09 Greek Superleague in his first appearance. He finished the season at PAOK and then returned to Auxerre.

In April 2009, Marcos António was diagnosed with throat cancer.^[2] He had first complained about a sore throat two months earlier, but did not discover the cause until his wife insisted that he visit an otolaryngologist.^[3]

Belenenses

In January 2010, he left Auxerre and returned to Portugal, where he signed for C.F. Os Belenenses.^[3]^[4]

Rapid București

Marcos António scored two goals in a 5–0 win against FC Petrolul Ploieşti in the Romanian Cup. He scored another goal in a 2–0 win against Sportul Studențesc in the Liga I.

1. FC Nürnberg

In June 2012, he signed a contract with 1. FC Nürnberg until 2014.^[5] He made his debut for Der Club in the DFB-Pokal against TSV Havelse.^[6] On 29 September 2012, he made his Bundesliga debut against VfB Stuttgart, but made two bad errors early in the game, and was substituted after 16 minutes.^[7]^[8] It would be the only Bundesliga appearance of his career.

Johor Darul Ta'zim

In April 2014, he signed a contract with Johor Darul Ta'zim to replace Baihakki Khaizan in their defense. He played for his new club in a home game against title rival, Pahang FA, in the FA Cup semi-final first leg, keeping the visitor's forward, Dickson Nwakaeme, at bay. He almost got his first goal for his new club, but his header on the far post was not on target. He finally scored his first goal in the Malaysia Super League to help JDT beat Pahang 2–0 in the 36th minute.