Marco Caneira

Marco António Simões Caneira (born 9 February 1979) is a Portuguese former professional footballer. Preferably a central defender, he was equally at ease on the right or left flank.[2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Simões and the second or paternal family name is Caneira.
Marco Caneira
Personal information
Full name Marco António Simões Caneira[1]
Date of birth (1979-02-09) 9 February 1979[1]
Place of birth Negrais, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1990–1997 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Sporting CP 1 (0)
1996–1997 → Lourinhanense (loan)
1998 → Salgueiros (loan) 1 (0)
1998–1999 → Beira-Mar (loan) 12 (0)
1999–2000 → Alverca (loan) 17 (0)
2000–2003 Inter Milan 0 (0)
2000–2001 → Reggina (loan) 22 (0)
2001–2002 → Benfica (loan) 27 (0)
2002–2003 → Bordeaux (loan) 30 (0)
2003–2005 Bordeaux 35 (0)
2004–2005 → Valencia (loan) 22 (1)
2005–2008 Valencia 24 (0)
2006–2007 → Sporting CP (loan) 40 (1)
2008–2011 Sporting CP 28 (0)
2011–2015 Videoton 67 (1)
2016–2019 Negrais
2021 Atlético Malveira 2 (0)
Total 328 (3)
International career
1999–2001 Portugal U21 17 (0)
2002–2008 Portugal 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A youth graduate at Sporting CP, he started his career at the club, also appearing briefly for Benfica in his country, and represented Valencia in La Liga for a couple of years before returning to Sporting. Over ten seasons, he amassed Primeira Liga totals of 126 matches and one goal. He retired in 2015, after a four-year stint with Videoton.

Internationally, Caneira appeared for Portugal at two World Cups and earned 25 caps in six years.

Club career

Early years

Born in the village of Negrais in Sintra, Lisbon, Caneira began his career at the Sporting CP youth system, eventually graduating to the senior squad and making his first-team debut while still only a junior (aged 17). After signing a professional contract, he immediately went on loan to fellow Primeira Liga club S.C. Beira-Mar.[3]

Caneira, along with fellow Sporting players Paulo Costa and Vasco Faísca, was then involved in a somewhat complicated 2000 transfer between F.C. Alverca, who now owned 50% of their rights, and Inter Milan. He was immediately sent to Reggina Calcio, in a co-ownership bid.[4][5] After a season, he was bought back from Reggina[6] and sent to S.L. Benfica on a one-year-long loan.[7]

Bordeaux and Valencia

Caneira left for another loan spell in summer 2001, this time with FC Girondins de Bordeaux. At the end of the campaign, the French signed him to a four-year contract.[8]

After his second season, Caneira was loaned out again, this time to Valencia CF which had faced Bordeaux twice in the 2003–04 edition of the UEFA Champions League.[9] The move was made permanent on 13 June 2005.[10]

Sporting CP

After one and a half seasons at Valencia, Caneira returned to Portugal and Sporting in January 2006,[11] where he displayed consistent defensive performances, also scoring a rare goal against former owners Inter Milan in the following season's Champions League, in a 12 September home win (1–0).[12] In August 2007, although he had reached an agreement for a further five-year loan with the Lions,[13] he returned to the Quique Sánchez Flores-led team.

After appearing rarely on the second Valencia stint, Caneira returned for a third one with Sporting, for €3.5 million, signing a four-year deal on 25 June 2008.[14] He appeared in 32 official games in his first season (21 in the league, helping his team to the second place), but fell out of favour in the following years, inclusively not being given a jersey for the 2010–11 campaign,[15] and he left the club in June 2011.

Later career

On the last day of the 2011 summer transfer window, the 32-year-old Caneira signed with Videoton FC in Hungary, sharing teams with three compatriots including former international teammate Paulo Sousa, who acted as the club's manager. On 25 October 2012 he scored only his fourth goal as a professional, netting from close range after a corner kick in an eventual 2–1 home victory against FC Basel in the UEFA Europa League group stage.[16]

Caneira left the Sóstói Stadion at the end of the 2014–15 season, having contributed only three appearances to the club's second Nemzeti Bajnokság I conquest. After one year out football, the 36-year-old came out of retirement and joined amateurs SRD Negrais in the Lisbon Football Association.[17]

International career

A Portugal international since 2002, Caneira was selected for the squad that appeared in that year's FIFA World Cup, but did not play in the tournament held in Japan and South Korea. He made his debut on 27 March, in a 1–4 friendly loss to Finland in Porto.[18]

Left out of the squad for UEFA Euro 2004, Caneira returned for the 2006 World Cup, playing in Portugal's last group stage match against Mexico (2–1 win).[19]

Personal life

On 16 January 2005, Caneira's 8-month-old daughter was a victim of sudden death, shortly before Valencia's La Liga match against CA Osasuna, which ended 0–0.[20]

In October 2009, while still an active player, Caneira ran for office in the Almargem do Bispo civil parish in his native Sintra, losing the election by 32 votes.[21]

Career statistics

Club

[22][23][24]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
1995–96Sporting CPPrimeira Liga10
1996–9700
1997–98SalgueirosPrimeira Liga10
1998–99Beira-MarPrimeira Liga1200160
1999–2000AlvercaPrimeira Liga170
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2000–01RegginaSerie A220
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2001–02BenficaPrimeira Liga27020290
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2002–03BordeauxLigue 130040340
2003–0435050400
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2004–05ValenciaLa Liga2211060291
2005–06503080
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2005–06Sporting CPPrimeira Liga15140191
2006–072505051351
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2007–08ValenciaLa Liga1906040290
Portugal League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Europe Total
2008–09Sporting CPPrimeira Liga210103060310
2009–10701040120
2010–11
Hungary League Hungarian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2011–12VideotonNemzeti Bajnokság I210506000320
2012–132014050111402
2013–142302010010360
2014–15307000100
CountryPortugal 126180301611532
Italy 220220
France 65090740
Spain 46170130661
Hungary 6711112801211183
Total 32632613105024336

International
Portugal[25]
YearAppsGoals
200220
200320
200410
200570
200660
200750
200820
Total250

Honours

Club

Sporting CP

Beira-Mar

Valencia

Videoton

International

Portugal

Orders

References
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  2. Mendes, Manuel (3 September 2005). "Crise à esquerda no futebol português" [Left crisis in Portuguese football]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. Cartaxana, João (29 October 1999). "Marco Caneira, Alhandra e Paulo Costa culpam Paulo de Abreu e Carlos Janela pela saída do Sporting" [Marco Caneira, Alhandra and Paulo Costa blame Paulo de Abreu and Carlos Janela for Sporting departure]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. "Joint contracts: Kallon and Zanetti back to Inter". Inter Milan. 28 June 2001. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. "Tre giovani Portoghesi in prestito" [Three Portuguese youngsters on loan] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 21 June 2000. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  6. "Jugovic al Monaco, ripresi Paulo Costa e Caneira: ma potrebbero andare al Benfica" [Jugovic to Monaco, Paulo Costa and Caneira rebought: could go to Benfica] (in Italian). Inter Milan. 24 July 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. Magalhães, Magda (1 August 2001). "Benfica: Acordo total com o Inter por Caneira" [Benfica: Total agreement with Inter for Caneira] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  8. "Bordeaux backing Portuguese duo". UEFA. 4 July 2003. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  9. "Valencia secure Caneira loan". UEFA. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  10. "Mora increases Valencia options". UEFA. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  11. "Caneira heads home to Sporting". UEFA. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. Hunter, Graham (12 September 2006). "Caneira strike sends Inter crashing". UEFA. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  13. "Sporting extend Caneira stay". UEFA. 29 July 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  14. "Lisbon giants move to strengthen". UEFA. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  15. Roseiro, Bruno (6 April 2011). ""Regresso de Caneira vira uma página negra no Sporting"" ["Caneira return turns black page at Sporting"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  16. "Clinical Videoton pick off Basel". UEFA. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  17. "Olha quem voltou! Caneira, o do Negrais" [Look who's back! Caneira, the Negrais guy] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  18. Tadeia, António (28 March 2002). "Portugal frente à Finlândia: Com a leveza da camisola nova" [Portugal against Finland: As light as the new shirt]. Record (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  19. "Portugal 2–1 Mexico". BBC Sport. 21 June 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  20. "First division, day 19". Soccer Spain. 17 January 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  21. Machado, Alexandra (12 October 2009). "Caneira perde Junta de Freguesia por 32 votos" [Caneira loses civil parish by 32 votes]. Jornal de Negócios (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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  25. "Marco Caneira". European Football. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  26. "Selecção distinguida pelo Duque de Bragança" [National team honoured by Duke of Bragança] (in Portuguese). Cristiano Ronaldo News. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006.
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