Marco Soares

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Marco Soares
Personal information
Soares (in the background) playing for Cape Verde against Catalonia (2013)
Full name	Marco Paulo Silva Soares
Date of birth	(1984-06-16) 16 June 1984
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Omonia
Number	60
Youth career
1997–1998	Sporting CP
1998–2003	Barreirense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2003–2006	Barreirense	96	(8)
2006–2012	União Leiria	67	(3)
2006–2007	→ Olhanense (loan)	15	(2)
2008	→ Pandurii (loan)	1	(0)
2012–	Omonia	26	(3)
National team^‡
2006–	Cape Verde	31	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2013

Marco Paulo da Silva Soares (born 16 June 1984 in Setúbal) is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays for AC Omonia in Cyprus, as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Soares started playing professionally with F.C. Barreirense, competing two seasons in the third division and one in the second. In 2006 he signed for U.D. Leiria, but only made two first division appearances in his first two years combined, also serving two loans in the process, one of them in Romania with CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

Soares returned to Leiria for the 2008–09 campaign, helping União return to the top flight after a one-year absence. Eventually, he would also gain team captaincy.

On 31 October 2010, during a 1–2 home loss against Sporting Clube de Portugal – where he started his youth career in 1997 – Soares fractured his left leg while attempting a shot, being sidelined for four months.

International career

Soares opted to represent Cape Verde internationally. He was a member of the squad in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign and, after the national team was eliminated, was called up for friendlies with Malta and Angola, in August 2009.^[1]

On 24 May 2010, he appeared in a friendly in Covilhã with Portugal – who was preparing for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa – playing the entire match as the minnows (ranked 117th) managed a 0–0 draw.^[2]

Honours

Omonia

Cypriot Supercup: 2012

References

↑ "Selecção nacional de futebol: divulgada lista para amistosos com Malta e Angola" [National football team: list for friendlies with Malta and Angola released] (in Portuguese). Expresso das Ilhas. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
↑ "Portugal held to 0–0 draw by Cape Verde". USA Today. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2010.

External links

Stats and profile at Zerozero
Stats at ForaDeJogo
Marco Soares at National-Football-Teams.com
Marco Soares – FIFA competition record

v t e AC Omonia – current squad

2 Alabi 3 Fernandes 4 José 7 Efrem 8 Roushias 9 Gikiewicz 13 Cherfa 17 Scaramozzino 18 Charalambous 19 Filiotis 20 Platini 21 Assis 22 Rubio 23 J. Paulo 28 Margaça 30 Schembri 31 Moreira 33 Chadjivasilis 40 Kyriakou 44 Leo 77 Taylor 80 Katelaris 83 Brooks 88 Serginho 96 Therapontos 99 Hadjifrangiskou

v t e Cape Verde squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Vozinha 2 Sténio 3 F. Varela 4 Ramos 5 Babanco 6 Nando 7 Platini 8 T. Varela 9 Rambé 10 Nhuck 11 Tavares 12 Fock 13 Josimar 14 Gegé 15 Soares 16 Rilly 17 Ronny 18 Nivaldo 19 Pecks 20 Mendes 21 Djaniny 22 Silva 23 Carlitos Coach: Antunes

Persondata
Name	Soares, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	Cape Verdean footballer
Date of birth	16 June 1984
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
Date of death
Place of death

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