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Ceará (footballer)

Ceará
Ceara.jpg
Ceará in 2008.
Personal information
Full name Marcos Venâncio de Albuquerque
Date of birth (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 37)
Place of birth Crato, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Right Wingback
Club information
Current team
Internacional
Number 3
Youth career
1999 Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Santos 4 (0)
2000 Portuguesa Santista
2000 São José
2001 Santa Cruz 19 (0)
2002 Botafogo 0 (0)
2002–2003 Coritiba 32 (1)
2004–2005 São Caetano 26 (1)
2005–2007 Internacional 55 (3)
2007–2012 Paris Saint-Germain 140 (2)
2010 Paris Saint-Germain B 1 (0)
2012–2015 Cruzeiro 82 (2)
2016 Coritiba 6 (0)
2016–2017 Internacional 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2016 (UTC).

Marcos Venâncio de Albuquerque (born 16 June 1980 in Crato), commonly known as Ceará, is a Brazilian right wingback.

Ceará began his football career in the city of Crato in the state where Ceará was born. Ceará began his football career when he joined Gama youth academy and earned a nickname Ceará. In 1999, he joined Brazilian side Santos where he spent one year and then joined various Brazilian clubs in the lower division like Associação Atlética Portuguesa and São José. In 2001, Ceará joined Santa Cruz where the club became 25th place in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, which resulted relegation to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. At Santa Cruz, He made 19 league appearance. The following year, He joined Botafogo where he played against Sport Club do Recife in the Brazil Cup which resulted 1–1 draw. In the second leg, Sport Club do Recife won 7–2 to go through to the next round.

Ceará career changed when he joined Coritiba where he stayws for two years. In 2003, Ceará and his teammate led the Coritiba win the Campeonato Paranaense and finished fifth in the league.

In 2004, Ceará joined Associação Desportiva São Caetano. At São Caetano, Ceará broke into the first team and the club was able to achieve success when they won Campeonato Paulista. In the same season, Ceará was the skilled defensive player who has been increasingly used at the time as well as left-right-back, making 26 appearance and score 1. The Club was able to win the moment a major trophy in club history, Campeonato Paulista. This was the peak of the team, thereafter the results are in decline, especially after the deprivation of São Caetano points due to the death of Serginho who collapsed in the field in a match against São Paulo on 27 October 2004.


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