Marco Caneira

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Simões and the second or paternal family name is Caneira.
Marco Caneira
Personal information
Full nameMarco António Simões Caneira
Date of birth9 February 1979
Place of birthSintra, Portugal
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Videoton
Number4
Youth career
1990–1997Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–2000Sporting CP1(0)
1996–1997Lourinhanense (loan)
1998Salgueiros (loan)3(0)
1998–1999Beira-Mar (loan)12(0)
1999–2000Alverca (loan)17(0)
2000–2003Inter Milan0(0)
2000–2001Reggina (co-ownership)22(0)
2001–2002Benfica (loan)27(0)
2002–2003Bordeaux (loan)30(0)
2003–2005Bordeaux35(0)
2004–2005Valencia (loan)22(1)
2005–2008Valencia24(0)
2006–2007Sporting CP (loan)40(1)
2008–2011Sporting CP28(0)
2011–Videoton65(1)
National team
1999–2001Portugal U2117(0)
2002–2008Portugal25(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2014.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marco António Simões Caneira (born 9 February 1979) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Videoton FC in Hungary. He preferably plays as a central defender, but is equally at ease on the right or the left flank.

A youth graduate at Sporting, he started his career at the club, also appearing briefly for Benfica in his country, and represented Valencia in La Liga for a couple of years before returning to Sporting. Over the course of ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 126 games and one goal.

Internationally, Caneira appeared for Portugal at two World Cups and gained 25 caps in six years.

Club career

Early years

Born in Sintra, Lisbon, Caneira began his career at the Sporting Clube de Portugal youth system, eventually graduating to the senior squad and making his first-team debuts while still only a junior (aged 17). After signing a professional contract, he immediately went on loan to fellow top division outfit S.C. Beira-Mar.

Caneira, along with fellow Sporting players Paulo Costa and Vasco Faísca, was then involved in a somewhat complicated 2000 transfer between F.C. Alverca, who had gained 50% of their rights, and F.C. Internazionale Milano. He was immediately sent to Reggina Calcio, in a co-ownership bid.[1][2] After a season he was bought back from Reggina[3] and sent to S.L. Benfica, on a two-year-long loan.

Bordeaux / Valencia

After 2001–02, however, Caneira left for another loan spell, this time with Ligue 1 giants FC Girondins de Bordeaux, where he enjoyed a successful season. Indeed, at the end of the campaign, the club officially signed him from Inter, handing him a four-year contract.[4]

After his second season at Bordeaux Caneira was loaned out again, this time to Valencia CF, which the French had faced twice in the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League.[5] His move became permanent in summer 2005.[6]

Sporting

After one 1/2 seasons at Valencia, Caneira returned to Portugal and Sporting in January 2006,[7] where he displayed consistent defensive performances, also scoring a rare goal against former owners Inter Milan in the following season's Champions League, in a 12 September home win (1–0).[8] In August 2007, although he had reached an agreement for a further five-year loan with the Lions,[9] he returned to the Quique Flores-led team.

After appearing rarely on the second Valencia stint, Caneira returned for a third one with Sporting, for 3.5 million, signing a four-year contract on 25 June 2008.[10] He appeared in 32 official games in his first season (21 in the league, helping his team to the second place), but fell out of favour in the following years, inclusively not being given a jersey for the 2010–11 campaign, and he left the club in June 2011.

Late career

In the very last day of the 2011 summer transfer window, 32-year-old Caneira signed with Videoton FC in Hungary, sharing teams with three compatriots, including former international teammate Paulo Sousa, who acted as the club's manager. On 25 October 2012 he scored only his fourth goal as a professional, netting from close range after a corner kick in an eventual 2–1 home win against FC Basel for the season's UEFA Europa League.[11]

International career

A Portuguese international since 2002, Caneira was selected for the squad that appeared in that year's FIFA World Cup, but did not play in the tournament held in Japan and South Korea. He made his debut on 27 March, in a 1–4 friendly loss to Finland in Porto.[12]

Left out of the squad for UEFA Euro 2004 he returned for the 2006 World Cup, playing in Portugal's last group stage match against Mexico (2–1 win).

Honours

Club

Sporting
Beira-Mar
Valencia

Orders

Statistics

Club

As of 26 October 2014[14][15]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
1995/96SportingPrimeira Liga10
1996/9700
1997/98SalgueirosPrimeira Liga30
1998/99Beira-MarPrimeira Liga120
1999/00AlvercaPrimeira Liga170
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2000/01RegginaSerie A220
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2001/02BenficaPrimeira Liga270
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2002/03BordeauxLigue 130040340
2003/0435050400
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2004/05ValenciaLa Liga22160280
2005/06502070
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2005/06SportingPrimeira Liga151
2006/0725051301
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2007/08ValenciaLa Liga1906040290
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2008/09SportingPrimeira Liga210103060310
2009/10701050130
2010/11
Hungary League Hungarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011/12VideotonNemzeti Bajnokság I210506000320
2012/132014050111402
2013/142302010010360
2014/151031300071
Country Portugal 128120301611492
Italy 220
France 65090740
Spain 46160120641
Hungary 6511412401211153
Total 32632212704924246

International

Portugal
YearAppsGoals
200220
200320
200410
200560
200660
200750
200820
Total240

Personal life

On 16 January 2005, Caneira's 8-month daughter was victim of sudden death, shortly before Valencia's La Liga match against CA Osasuna. The two teams finally decided on playing the game, which ended 0–0.[16]

References

  1. "Joint contracts: Kallon and Zanetti back to Inter". Inter Milan. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  2. "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito" [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  3. "Jugovic al Monaco, ripresi Paulo Costa e Caneira: ma potrebbero andare al Benfica" [Jugovic to Monaco, Paulo Costa and Caneira rebought: could go to Benfica] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. "Bordeaux backing Portuguese duo". UEFA.com. 4 July 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  5. "Valencia secure Caneira loan". UEFA.com. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  6. "Mora increases Valencia options". UEFA.com. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  7. "Caneira heads home to Sporting". UEFA.com. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  8. Caneira strike sends Inter crashing; UEFA.com, 12 September 2006
  9. Sporting extend Caneira stay; UEFA.com, 29 July 2006
  10. Lisbon giants move to strengthen; UEFA.com, 25 June 2008
  11. Clinical Videoton pick off Basel; UEFA.com, 25 October 2012
  12. "Portugal frente à Finlândia: Com a leveza da camisola nova" [Portugal against Finland: As light as the new shirt] (in Portuguese). Record. 28 March 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  13. "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança] (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
  14. "Marco Caneira". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  15. "Marco Caneira". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  16. "First division, day 19". Soccer Spain. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

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