Maicon Pereira Roque
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Maicon Pereira Roque simply Maicon, is a Brazil
ian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.
, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
, moving the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense
.
Maicon had his first abroad adventure in the 2008–09 season, 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 league giants and title holders F.C. Porto, in a contract running until 2014.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.
Football career
Born in São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...
, moving the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense
Associação Desportiva Cabofriense, or Cabofriense as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Cabo Frio in Rio de Janeiro, founded on January 2, 1997.Home stadium is the Correão stadium, capacity 12,000.-History:...
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Maicon had his first abroad adventure in the 2008–09 season, being a defensive mainstay for Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
's C.D. Nacional, which again qualified for European competition. Courtesy of those solid performances, on 4 June 2009, he moved to league giants and title holders F.C. Porto, in a contract running until 2014.