Nélson Marcos
Nélson training with Betis in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nélson Augusto Tomar Marcos | ||
| Date of birth | 10 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Sal, Cape Verde | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Alcorcón | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Batuque | |||
| 2000–2002 | Vilanovense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Vilanovense | 32 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Salgueiros | 27 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Boavista | 23 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Benfica | 72 | (0) |
| 2008–2013 | Betis | 81 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Osasuna (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Palermo | 8 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Almería (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Belenenses | 28 | (0) |
| 2015– | Alcorcón | 43 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Portugal | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2017. |
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Nélson Augusto Tomar Marcos (born 10 June 1983), known simply as Nélson, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club AD Alcorcón as a right back.
After making a name for himself at Benfica, appearing in 107 official games during three seasons, he went on to spend the vast majority of his career in Spain, representing Betis, Osasuna and Almería.
Born in Sal, Cape Verde, Nélson started his professional career with Vilanovense FC. He began making a name in the Primeira Liga with Boavista FC, having joined from soon-to-be-extinct S.C. Salgueiros also in Porto.
In May 2005, Nélson was involved in a car crash along with countryman and former Boavista player José Bosingwa, who represented FC Porto at the time. The latter, behind the wheel of his jeep at the time of the accident, was travelling too quickly and due to wet conditions he crashed the car into an embankment which was followed by the car bursting into flames; one passenger required his foot to be amputated, whilst the other three were unharmed.
Nélson signed with S.L. Benfica from Boavista for €1.5 million in the 2005 summer, on a five-year contract. He made the right-back spot his own upon his arrival, making twenty-five appearances during his first season; in the 2006–07 campaign, he was also a starter.
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