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.
.jpg) Margaça in action for Omonia in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renato João Inácio Margaça[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Covilhã, Portugal[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2001 | Torreense | ||
| 2002–2004 | Alverca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Alverca | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | Fátima | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Torreense | 41 | (10) |
| 2007–2008 | Mafra | 36 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | Doxa | 60 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | AEK Larnaca | 31 | (0) |
| 2011–2018 | Omonia | 165 | (11) |
| 2018–2019 | Nea Salamina | 30 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Anorthosis | 37 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Nea Salamina | 26 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Portugal U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Cyprus | 21 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:13, 16 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
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
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
- 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 | ||
Honours
Omonia
References
External links
- Renato Margaça at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Renato Margaça at National-Football-Teams.com
- Renato Margaça at EU-Football.info
