Marlon Rezende Emídio Costa (born 20 January 1995) is a Bissau-Guinean footballer playing in Portugal's Liga 3 who plays for Oriental Dragon FC as a midfielder.[1]

Marlon Costa
Personal information
Full name Marlon Rezende Emídio Costa
Date of birth (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oriental Dragon FC
Number 4
Youth career
Mavegro FC
FC Tigres de Fronteira
2012—2014 Vitória Setúbal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014—2016 Vitória Setúbal 1 (0)
2014—2015Pinhalnovense (loan) 25 (1)
2015Sacavenense (loan) 7 (0)
2015Reguengos (loan) 1 (0)
2016—2017 S.C. Farense
2016Real (loan) 14 (0)
2017—2018 Real 9 (0)
2017—2018Camacha (loan) 13 (0)
2018—2019 Portimonense U23 21 (0)
2019—2020 Pinhalnovense 24 (2)
2020— Oriental Dragon FC 38 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:54, 9 November 2021 (CDT)

Football career

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Prior to leaving Guinea-Bissau to play in the Portuguese league, Costa played in youth leagues for Mavegro FC and FC Tigres de Fronteira; in Portugal, he joined Vitória Setúbal's non-professional teams.[2][3] He later signed on with Vitória Setúbal professionally.[4][5] He debuted on 12 January 2014 in a 2013–14 Primeira Liga match against Olhanense.[6] During this time, he was loaned to Pinhalnovense, Sacavenense, and Reguengos.[2][7][8] In 2016, he signed a 1.5 year contract with S.C. Farense.[9] Farense loaned Costa to Real SC between February and June 2016 before trading him in 2017.[10][11][12] Real SC subsequently loaned him to Camacha.[13][2]

After a season, he left Real SC and Camacha for Portimonense's U23 team for a year before joining their professional team.[13][14][15][16][17] In 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Oriental Dragon FC.[1][18] He debuted for this team on 17 September 2021.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Moreirense carimbou passagem, mas Oriental Dragon vendeu cara a derrota" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  2. ^ a b c Lopes, Gervasio (2020-01-17). "MARLON COSTA NO 11 DA 17.ª JORNADA DA SÉRIE D DO CAMPEONATO DE PORTUGAL" (in Portuguese). Sou Djurtu. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  3. ^ Alves, Armando (2016-01-29). "Marlon Costa vai rodar no Campeonato de Portugal" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. ^ "Esta Liga não é para miúdos. E as outras?" (in Portuguese). Mais Futbol. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  5. ^ "SC Olhanense - Vitória Setúbal" (in Portuguese). L'avenir.net. n.d. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  6. ^ "Olhanense 2-1 V. Setúbal". ZeroZero. 12 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Campeonato Portugal Prio 1617 Guia Série G". issuu (in Portuguese). Antonio Cardoso. 2016-09-25. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  8. ^ "Ao minuto" (in Portuguese). Sapo Desporto. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  9. ^ Alves, Armando (2016-01-06). "Marlon Costa garantido para o miolo" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  10. ^ "II Liga: Real renova com Jorge Bernardo por mais um ano" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  11. ^ "Real Massamá prepara a estreia com mais uma renovação" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 2017-06-08. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  12. ^ "Real SC renova com o treinador e cinco jogadores" (in Portuguese). Record. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ^ a b Alves, Armando (2018-08-17). "Nova equipa de sub-23 do Portimonense arranca com 26 jogadores" (in Portuguese). Record. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  14. ^ "CAMPEONATO DE PORTUGAL»» Armacenenses 1 Pinhalnovense 4" (in Portuguese). Jornal de Desporto. 2019. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  15. ^ "Campeonato de Portugal Serie D 19/20 - Championnat Journee 8" (in French). Le Ball onrong. 2019-10-27. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  16. ^ Torres, Carmo (2020-03-10). "Alverca com vitória sofrida no Pinhalnovense" (in Portuguese). Diario Distrito. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  17. ^ "Estágio do Jogador já colocou 16 futebolistas" (in Portuguese). 19 Estagio do jogador. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  18. ^ "Moreirense precisou de prolongamento para eliminar Oriental Dragon" (in Portuguese). JN. 2021-10-16. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  19. ^ "JUARY ESTREIA NA LIGA 3 PELO AMORA NO JOGO FRENTE AO ORIENTAL DRAGON" (in Portuguese). GloboGB. 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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