Marco Abreu

Marco Abreu
Personal information
Full name	Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu
Date of birth	8 December 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth	Lubango, Angola
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Viseu e Benfica
1990–1991	Drizes
1991–1993	Oliveira Frades
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994	Sampedrense
1994–1998	Académico Viseu
1998–1999	União Madeira
2000	Trofense
2000–2001	Varzim
2001–2003	Covilhã
2003–2004	Ovarense
2004–2005	Olhanense
2005–2007	Portimonense
2007–2010	Espinho
2010–2014	Avanca
Total
National team
2006	Angola
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu (born 8 December 1974) is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a left back.

Football career[]

Abreu was born in Lubango, Huíla Province, to a White African-Portuguese family. He left for Portugal at the age of two and, during his professional career, represented Académico de Viseu FC, C.F. União, C.D. Trofense, Varzim SC, S.C. Covilhã, A.D. Ovarense, S.C. Olhanense, Portimonense S.C. and S.C. Espinho, playing mainly in the second division where he amassed totals of 204 games and nine goals over the course of nine seasons; he added 154/15 in the third level.

Internationally, Abreu appeared for Angola at the 2006 FIFA World Cup as a replacement for suspended Yamba Asha,^[1] but made no appearances in the tournament held in Germany. He had made his debut at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, where he was also injured.