| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Plínio Diniz Paixão | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitória, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Como | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | Caxias-ES | ||
| 2002–2002 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 2003 | Vitória | ||
| 2004 | Caxias-ES | ||
| 2004–2007 | Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2008 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Monza (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Livorno | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Crotone (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Livorno (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| 2010-2011 | → Eupen (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011- | Como | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 January 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marcus Plínio Diniz Paixão (born 1 August 1987), commonly known as Marcus Diniz, is a Brazilian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Como.
Diniz started his career at Caxias Futebol Clube, of the Itararé quarter. He spent nine years there before transferring to the youth system of Vasco da Gama. He then moved to Vitória, eventually returning to Caxias in 2004.
He signed with Milan in late 2004 and has been a featured player in Milan's youth system. Milan decided to loan him to Serie C1 club Monza to get some first team experience.
At the beginning of the 2008–09 season he was transferred at Serie B club Livorno, on a co-ownership deal.[1] In January he was sent on loan to Crotone.
In June 2009, Milan re-acquired Diniz back from Livorno, in exchange for Romano Perticone,[2] though letting them keep the Brazilian on loan.[3]
At the start of the 2010–11 season, Diniz joined Parma on a new loan spell,[4] which however was interrupted after only one month and the player was sent on another loan to Belgian side Eupen.[5]