Marcos Assunção

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Personal information
Marcos Assunção
Full name	Marcos do Santos Assunção
Date of birth	July 25, 1976 (1976-07-25) (age 31)
Place of birth	Caieiras, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Al-Ahli
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2002 2002–2007 2007–present	Rio Branco Santos FC CR Flamengo Santos FC A.S. Roma Real Betis Al-Ahli	00? 0(?) 033 0(3) 042 0(7) 000 0(0) 055 0(9) 137 (23) 0012 0(1)
National team²
1998-2000	Brazil	011 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcos Assunção, fullname Marcos do Santos Assunção (born 25 July 1976 in Caieiras, São Paulo), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central midfielder. Assunção, a world-class dead-ball specialist, currently plays in United Arab Emirates's Al-Ahli.

1 Career
2 Honours
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Beginnings

Assunção began his career at Rio Branco, where he stayed from 1993 through to 1995. He then played for Santos from 1996 to 1998, where he scored 3 goals in 33 league games, and moved to Flamengo in the 1998 season. 1998 season has been a successful season where he scored 5 goals in 21 games. His performances eventually earned him a spot in the Italian Serie A.

[edit] A.S. Roma

Assunção moved to A.S. Roma in 1999. In the 1999/2000 season, Assunção scored 1 goal in 21 appearances in league games, and 1 goal in 5 games at UEFA Cup. Assunção eventually scored 9 goals in 55 league games during his three year stay. During his time at Roma he proved himself to be a threat at set pieces. He helped the team to win the 2000-01 Scudetto.

[edit] Real Betis

After making a move to the Spanish club Real Betis in August 2002, Assunção made 137 La Liga appearances and scored 23 league goals, many from free-kicks, which have an extremely quick airspeed compared to many other players who take free kicks, many preferring to place freekicks with less speed. During the 2005/2006 season he made two appearances in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, five appearances from six group stage matches in the same competition, but failed to appear in the UEFA Cup due to injury. His debut at Betis was one of the most spectacular ever seen in a Verdiblanco shirt as he scored a 40 yard goal with his weaker left foot, then precided to strike the woodwork on no less than 3 occasions. On the 25 July 2006, his 30th birthday, Assunção became a citizen of Spain due to his time spent at Betis. Ironically, the 2006-07 season would be his last in Spain. On 22 August 2007 Assunção left Real Betis by mutual consent, having failed to fit into Hector Cuper's plans. He gave a press conference in which he said goodbye to the club and fans, saying that he would not join another Spanish club.

[edit] International

Assunção has made 11 appearances for the Brazilian national side. He made his debut against El Salvador, and scored a goal against Russia on 18.11.98, as Brazil won 5-1. Assunção was dropped from Seleção after a poor performance during a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Chile, which Brazil lost 3-0, and was never called-up since.