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Renato Margaça

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Renato Margaça
Margaça in action for Omonia in 2014
Personal information
Full name Renato João Inácio Margaça[1]
Date of birth (1985-07-17) 17 July 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Covilhã, Portugal[1]
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, left-back
Team information
Current team
Omonoia29M
Number 99
Youth career
1994–2001 Aek larnaca
2002–2004 Ael Limassol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Ael Limassol 2 (0)
2005 Aek larnaca 6 (0)
2006–2007 Apoel Fc 41 (27)
2007–2008 Ael Limassol 36 (1)
2008–2010 Omonoia 60 (6)
2010–2011 Apoel 31 (1)
2011–2018 Omonia 165 (17)
2018–2019 Apoel 30 (1)
2019–2021 Barcelona 77 (1)
2021–2023 Omonoia29M 26 (1)
International career
2002–2003 Portugal U18 18 (1)
2003–2004 Portugal U19 1 (0)
2017–2019 Cyprus 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Renato João Inácio Margaça (Greek: Ρενάτο Μαργκάσα; born 17 July 1985) is a professional footballer. Mainly a midfielder, he can also operate as a left-back.

Club career

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Born in Covilhã, Margaça's input at the professional level in his country consisted of six Segunda Liga games with F.C. Alverca in 2004–05. At the end of the season the club folded, and he went on to resume his career in the lower leagues.[2]

In the summer of 2008, Margaça moved to the Cypriot First Division where he remained more than one decade. He started out at Doxa Katokopias FC, signing with AEK Larnaca FC two years later.

On 8 July 2017, six years after arriving there, the 32-year-old Margaça renewed his contract with AC Omonia until June 2020.[3]

International career

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At youth level, Margaça earned 11 caps for Portugal.[4] On 17 March 2017, after being awarded the country's citizenship, he was called up to the Cyprus national team,[5] making his debut five days later in a 3–1 friendly win over Kazakhstan where he was involved in two of the goals.[6][2]

Career statistics

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As of 9 May 2021
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Alverca 2004–05[7] Segunda Liga 6 0 1 0 7 0
Torreense 2005–06[7] Segunda Divisão 18 6 0 0 18 6
Fátima 2005–06[7] 6 0 0 0 6 0
Torreense 2006–07[7] 23 4 1 1 24 5
Mafra 2007–08[7] 36 4 1 0 37 4
Doxa 2008–09[8] Cypriot First Division 32 3 32 3
2009–10[8] 28 3 28 3
Total 60 6 60 6
AEK Larnaca 2010–11[8] Cypriot First Division 31 0 0 0 31 0
Omonia 2011–12[8] 19 1 5 1 3[a] 0 27 2
2012–13[8] 17 1 3 0 2[a] 0 22 1
2013–14[8] 29 1 3 0 1[a] 0 33 1
2014–15[8] 27 0 4 0 2[a] 0 33 0
2015–16[8] 18 1 4 2 6[a] 0 28 3
2016–17[8] 33 4 4 0 37 4
2017–18[8] 22 3 2 0 24 3
Total 165 11 25 3 14 0 204 14
Nea Salamina 2018–19[8] Cypriot First Division 30 1 2 0 32 1
Anorthosis 2019–20[8] 11 0 1 0 12 0
2020–21[8] 26 1 5 0 1 0 32 1
Total 37 1 6 0 1 0 44 1
Career total 412 33 36 4 15 0 432 37
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

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Omonia

Anorthosis

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "R. Margaça" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Rodrigues, Berta (24 March 2017). "Do Alverca e das memórias de Ronaldo e Moutinho à seleção do Chipre" [From Alverca and memories of Ronaldo and Moutinho to Cyprus national team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Ανανέωση συνεργασίας με Ρενάτο Μαργκάσα" [Cooperation with Renato Margaça renewed] (in Greek). AC Omonia. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Η κλήση της Εθνικής Ανδρών" [Men's national team callup] (in Greek). Cyprus Football Association. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  6. ^ Kaperonis, Sarantos (23 March 2017). "Friendly win for Cyprus". Agona Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e Renato Margaça at ForaDeJogo (archived) Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "R. Margaça". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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