Marco Almeida (footballer born 1977)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco António Bernardo Parcana Almeida | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Barreiro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1995 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Sporting CP | 5 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | → Casa Pia (loan) | ||
| 1996–1997 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | ||
| 1998–1999 | → Campomaiorense (loan) | 21 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Southampton (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Campomaiorense | 20 | (1) |
| 2001–2004 | Alverca | 76 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Ciudad Murcia | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Maia | 23 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Portimonense | 24 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Nea Salamis | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Lourosa | 9 | (2) |
| 2009–2011 | Akritas Chlorakas | 36 | (2) |
| Total | 221 | (17) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–1997 | Portugal U20 | 14 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Portugal U21 | 18 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marco António Bernardo Parcana Almeida (born 4 April 1977) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a central defender.
He started his career with Sporting, going on to amass Primeira Liga totals of 90 games and five goals over the course of six seasons, also representing in the competition Campomaiorense and Alverca. He also competed professionally in England, Spain and Cyprus.
Almeida was born in Barreiro, Setúbal District, and played youth football with Sporting Clube de Portugal. He started his senior career with Casa Pia A.C. on loan, moving to Sporting Clube Lourinhanense in 1996 as the latter acted as farm team to the Primeira Liga giants. For the 1998–99 season, still in the top division, he was again loaned, now to S.C. Campomaiorense.
In July 1999, Almeida was signed by Southampton's manager Dave Jones on a year's loan, with a view to a permanent move. After impressing in pre-season friendlies he made his first-team debut as a 71st-minute substitute for Claus Lundekvam in a Premier League match against Arsenal at the Dell, on 19 September 1999: within eight minutes, he was alongside fellow substitute Thierry Henry just outside the Southampton area, when the latter received a pass from Tony Adams. He stumbled while trying to clear the ball, allowing Henry to wrap his foot around the ball and send a rocket of a shot into the far corner of the Southampton net, in what was the Frenchman's first goal in English football.
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