Sérgio Marakis

Sérgio Marakis
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Romeu Marakis
Date of birth	11 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Nacional
Number	21
Youth career
1999–2006	Marítimo
2006–2008	Sporting CP
2008–2009	Oeiras
2009–2010	Marítimo
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2015	Marítimo B
2011–2015	Marítimo
2014–2015	→ Portimonense (loan)
2015	Ermis
2017–2018	União Madeira
2018–2019	Nacional
2019–2020	Cova Piedade
2020–2021	Argeș Pitești
2021–2022	Horn
2022–	Nacional
International career
2007	Portugal U16
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:57, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Sérgio Romeu Marakis (born 11 November 1991) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for C.D. Nacional.

He achieved 130 appearances and three goals in the two professional divisions of Portuguese football, where he represented Marítimo, Portimonense, União, Nacional and Cova da Piedade. He also had brief spells in Cyprus, Romania and Austria.

Club career

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Marakis was raised in Portugal, where he played as a youth mainly for C.S. Marítimo, and also briefly for Sporting CP.^[2] After playing in the former's reserves in the third division, he was called up to the first team at the end of the 2010–11 season,^[3] making his debut as a 60th-minute substitute for Rafael Miranda in a 0–2 home loss against champions FC Porto on the last day.^[4]

Marakis scored his first professional goal on 24 February 2013 in the reserves' 2–1 away defeat to Portimonense S.C. in the Segunda Liga,^[5] and got off the mark for the first team on 19 April the following year, in a 3–1 win over Académica de Coimbra at the Estádio dos Barreiros.^[6] For the 2014–15 campaign he was loaned to Portimonense, where he was ruled out by a knee injury from October to March.^[7]

After an unsuccessful 18 months at Ermis Aradippou FC in the Cypriot First Division, Marakis returned to Madeira with second-tier C.F. União in January 2017.^[8] Six months later, he became club captain.^[2] In January 2018, he terminated his contract due to delayed wages and signed an 18-month deal with a third side from the island, C.D. Nacional.^[9]

In July 2019, after winning the second division and then suffering relegation, Marakis moved on to C.D. Cova da Piedade.^[10] He subsequently went back abroad, with FC Argeș Pitești of the Romanian Liga I^[11] and SV Horn of the 2. Liga (Austria).^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sérgio Marakis" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "SA's Marakis named Madeira captain". Kick Off. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
^ "Marakis chamado para Portimão" [Marakis called up for Portimão]. Record (in Portuguese). 6 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Villas-Boas, Cristina (14 May 2011). "Marítimo-FC Porto: e ninguém lhes ganhou… (CRÓNICA)" [Marítimo-FC Porto: and nobody beat them… (REPORT)] (in Portuguese). Relvado. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Portimonense-Marítimo B, 2–1: Primeira derrota de Ivo Vieira" [Portimonense-Marítimo B, 2–1: Ivo Vieira's first defeat]. Record (in Portuguese). 24 February 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Ruela, João (19 April 2014). "Marítimo vence Académica e sobe ao 6.º lugar" [Marítimo beat Académica and rise to 6th place]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Marakis de volta após meia época de fora" [Marakis back after half a season out]. Record (in Portuguese). 17 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Sérgio Marakis reforça União da Madeira e Luís Carlos já está disponível" [Sérgio Marakis bolsters União da Madeira and Luís Carlos is already available]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Pestana, Emanuel (24 January 2018). "Marakis é reforço" [Marakis is an addition]. Record (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Sérgio Marakis reforça o meio-campo do Cova da Piedade" [Sérgio Marakis bolsters Cova da Piedade's midfield]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ Ionel, Marius (11 September 2020). "FC Argeș: A venit Cătălin Barbu, Malele și Marakis. A plecat Matiș" [FC Argeș: Cătălin Barbu, Malele and Marakis came. Matiș left]. Jurnalul de Arges (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "SV Horn verpflichtet Sérgio Marakis" [SV Horn sign Sérgio Marakis] (in German). 90 Minuten. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.