Marco Caneira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco António Simões Caneira | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Negrais, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1997 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | Sporting CP | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Lourinhanense (loan) | ||
| 1998 | → Salgueiros (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Alverca (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2000–2003 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Reggina (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Benfica (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Bordeaux | 35 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Valencia (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Valencia | 24 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Sporting CP (loan) | 40 | (1) |
| 2008–2011 | Sporting CP | 28 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Videoton | 67 | (1) |
| Total | 326 | (3) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2001 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (0) |
| 2002–2008 | Portugal | 25 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Marco António Simões Caneira (born 9 February 1979) is a retired Portuguese professional footballer. He played preferably as a central defender, but was 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; he retired in 2015, after a four-year stint with Videoton.
Internationally, Caneira appeared for Portugal at two World Cups and gained 25 caps in six years.
Born in the village of Negrais 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 Primeira Liga club 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. After a season he was bought back from Reggina and sent to S.L. Benfica, on a two-year-long loan.
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