Marinho (footballer, born 1983)

Marinho
Personal information
Full nameMário Rui Correia Tomás
Date of birth26 April 1983
Place of birthLisbon, Portugal
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
Académica
Number20
Youth career
1992–1994Chelas
1994–2002Sporting CP
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2002Sporting B1(0)
2002–2003União Santiago
2003–2004Vilafranquense36(5)
2004–2006Olivais Moscavide59(4)
2006–2007Fátima42(13)
2008–2011Naval98(10)
2011–Académica90(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mário Rui Correia Tomás, commonly known as Marinho (born 26 April 1983 in Lisbon), is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académica de Coimbra as a winger.

Football career

After unsuccessfully emerging through Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth system, Marinho went on to play in the lower leagues until 2006, with União Sport Clube, U.D. Vilafranquense and C.D. Olivais e Moscavide. In 2006 he signed with C.D. Fátima, scoring ten goals in 29 games in his first season to help the club promote to the second division; additionally, in the following campaign's League Cup, he helped to a 2–1 shock win at former employers Sporting (albeit in an eventual 4–4 aggregate loss).

Courtesy of his solid performances Marinho moved in January 2008 to the top level, with Associação Naval 1º de Maio, being cast into the starting XI in his first years but losing that status subsequently. On 10 April 2011 he netted his second goal of the season in a 2–1 home win against S.L. Benfica,[1] but the Figueira da Foz team eventually returned to the second level after a six-year stay.

In late June 2011 Marinho signed a three-year contract with fellow top-divisioner Académica de Coimbra, arriving on a free transfer.[2] On 20 May of the following year he scored against former side Sporting in the third minute of the campaign's Portuguese Cup final, the game's only as the Students won the tournament for the second time, the first in 73 years.[3][4]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Porto hold off Portimonense fight-back; PortuGOAL, 10 April 2011
  2. ↑ "Marinho assina por três épocas" [Marinho signs for three seasons]. A Bola. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Académica derrota Sporting e conquista Taça de Portugal" [Académica beats Sporting and wins Portuguese Cup] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 20 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Académica shock Sporting to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.

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