Maicon Pereira Roque

Maicon
Personal information
Full name	Maicon Pereira Roque
Date of birth	14 September 1988 (age 23)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Porto
Number	4
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 27 February 2012 (UTC).; † Appearances (Goals).;

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Maicon Pereira Roque (born 14 September 1988), simply Maicon, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for F.C. Porto in the Portuguese first division, as a central defender.

[edit] Football career

Born in São Paulo, Maicon started off his career with Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, moving the following season to modest Associação Desportiva Cabofriense.^[1]

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;^[2] he appeared in only four games in his first year.

After Bruno Alves left for FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Maicon became a first-team regular in 2010–11, playing in 37 official games as Porto won the treble (including eight in the victorious run in the UEFA Europa League). In the following season - under new manager Vítor Pereira - after Cristian Săpunaru's injury, he beat competition from Uruguayan Jorge Fucile and began being often utilized as a right back.