Marco Baixinho

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Costa and the second or paternal family name is Baixinho.

Marco João Costa Baixinho (born 11 July 1989) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays mainly as a central defender for U.D. Leiria.

Marco Baixinho

Personal information
Full name	Marco João Costa Baixinho[1]
Date of birth	(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth	Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	União Leiria
Number	6
Youth career
1998–2005	Sporting CP
2005–2006	Benfica
2006–2007	Alverca
2007–2008	Oeiras
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2011	Carregado	69	(7)
2011–2015	Mafra	116	(1)
2015–2022	Paços Ferreira	166	(9)
2022–2023	Anorthosis	34	(2)
2023–	União Leiria	22	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024

Club career

Born in Arruda dos Vinhos, Lisbon District, Baixinho spent most of his youth career at Sporting CP and briefly rivals S.L. Benfica.^[2] He made his senior debut with A.D. Carregado in the third division in the 2008–09 season, winning promotion^[3] and then making his professional debut in the second,^[4] suffering instant relegation.^[5]

In the summer of 2011, Baixinho joined C.D. Mafra also of the third tier.^[6] On 23 June 2015, after four seasons of regular game time concluding with winning the title, he signed a two-year deal at Primeira Liga club F.C. Paços de Ferreira under his former Mafra manager Jorge Simão.^[7]

Baixinho extended his contract in January 2016, to last until July 2019.^[8] He scored his first top-flight goal on 5 December that year, opening a 2–1 home win over Boavista F.C. while playing in defensive midfield.^[2] After Paços were relegated in 2018, he netted four times to help them bounce back as champions (five in all competitions) and then signed a new deal in June 2019.^[9]

At the end of the 2021–22 campaign, having failed to agree terms for a new deal, the 33-year-old Baixinho left the Estádio da Mata Real.^[10] On 13 July 2022, he signed a two-year contract with Anorthosis Famagusta FC of the Cypriot First Division.^[11]

Baixinho returned to his homeland in July 2023, agreeing to a two-year deal at U.D. Leiria, recently promoted to division two.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 May 2023^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carregado	2009–10	Liga de Honra	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Mafra	2011–12	Campeonato de Portugal	29	0	—		—		—		29	0
	2012–13		27	0	—		—		—		27	0
	2013–14		32	1	—		—		—		32	1
	2014–15		28	0	—		—		—		28	0
	Total		116	1	—		—		—		116	1
Paços Ferreira	2015–16	Primeira Liga	21	0	3	0	—		—		24	0
	2016–17	Primeira Liga	23	1	3	0	—		—		26	1
	2017–18	Primeira Liga	15	1	2	0	—		—		17	1
	2018–19	LigaPro	33	4	4	1	—		—		37	5
	2019–20	Primeira Liga	25	3	6	0	—		—		31	3
	2020–21	Primeira Liga	23	0	3	0	—		—		26	0
	2021–22	Primeira Liga	26	0	2	0	4[lower-alpha 1]	0	—		32	0
	Total		166	9	23	1	4	0	—		193	10
Anorthosis	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	34	2	3	0	—		—		37	1
Career total			310	12	26	1	4	0	0	0	316	13

1. Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Mafra

• Campeonato Nacional de Seniores: 2014–15

Paços Ferreira

• LigaPro: 2018–19^[14]

References

1. "Marco Baixinho" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
2. "Marco Baixinho defende equipa rigorosa para pontuar em Braga" [Marco Baixinho believes that rigorous team will earn points in Braga]. Record (in Portuguese). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
3. "Carregado: Concelho está em festa com subida inédita" [Carregado: Municipality parties with first-ever promotion]. Record (in Portuguese). 15 July 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
4. "Carregado-Beira-Mar, 0–2: Aveirenses isolam-se no comando" [Carregado-Beira-Mar, 0–2: Men from Aveiro alone in first place]. Record (in Portuguese). 10 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
5. "Honra: Beira Mar campeão; Portimonense sobe; D. Chaves desce" [Honour: Beira Mar champions; Portimonense promoted; D. Chaves relegated] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
6. Ramos, Cid (15 July 2011). "Veríssimo ruma para o Mafra" [Veríssimo heads for Mafra] (in Portuguese). O Derbie. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
7. "Marco Baixinho dá o salto para o Paços" [Marco Baixinho takes the leap to Paços] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
8. "Marco Baixinho renovou contrato" [Marco Baixinho renewed contract]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 15 January 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
9. Morais, Pedro (4 June 2019). "Marco Baixinho renova com o P. Ferreira" [Marco Baixinho renews with P. Ferreira]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
10. Calção, Armindo (25 June 2022). "Um adeus de peso ao Paços de Ferreira após sete anos no clube" [Top-notch farewell at Paços de Ferreira after seven years at the club]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
11. "Έναρξη συνεργασίας με Marco Baixinho" [Beginning of cooperation with Marco Baixinho] (in Greek). Anorthosis Famagusta. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
12. "Marco Baixinho: bem-vindo" [Marco Baixinho: welcome] (in Portuguese). U.D. Leiria. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
13. Marco Baixinho at Soccerway
14. Isaac, Francisco (22 May 2019). "II Liga: Os melhores, os piores, as surpresas e os do costume" [II League: The best, the worst, the surprises and the usual ones] (in Portuguese). SAPO. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

External links

• Marco Baixinho at ForaDeJogo (archived)