![]() Maicon with Porto in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Maicon Pereira Roque | ||
Date of birth | 14 September 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Barretos, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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São Paulo | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | Cruzeiro | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2009 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
2007 | → Cabofriense (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Nacional (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2009–2016 | Porto | 116 | (11) |
2013 | Porto B | 1 | (1) |
2016 | → São Paulo (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2016– | São Paulo | 17 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:33, 14 August 2016 (UTC). |
Maicon Pereira Roque (born 14 September 1988), known simply as Maicon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for São Paulo FC as a central defender.
Born in Barretos, São Paulo, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. He moved the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense.
Maicon had his first abroad adventure in the 2008–09 campaign, being a defensive mainstay for Madeira's C.D. Nacional which again qualified for European competition. Courtesy of those solid performances, on 4 June 2009, he moved to Primeira Liga champions FC Porto, in a contract running until 2014; he appeared in only four games in his first year.
After Bruno Alves left for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Maicon became a first-team regular in 2010–11, playing in 37 official games as Porto won the treble (including eight in the victorious run in the UEFA Europa League). In the following season – under new manager Vítor Pereira – after Cristian Săpunaru's injury, he beat competition from Jorge Fucile and began being often utilized as a right back.