Marcos Gomes de Araujo, better known as Marquinhos (born 23 March 1976), is a former Brazilian footballer. He has spent his career playing mostly in the J1 League. Biography Marquinhos started his professional career in Spain with Segunda División side CD Ourense. Then he played with several Brazilian and Japanese teams. He became the J. League Top Scorer top scorer in the 2008 season with 21 goals to his name as Kashima Antlers won the title for the second year in a row. Marquinhos was awarded J. League Most Valuable Player on 22 December 2008, becoming the second Antlers player to win the highest J.League award after former Brazilian star Jorginho. On 22 January 2011, Marquinhos left Kashima to join Vegalta Sendai on a permanent deal but left that club on 9 April 2011, suffering emotional instability from the deadly earthquake and tsunami on 11 March. He played for Sendai in only one league match. On 11 January 2012, Marquinhos returned to the Japanese League to sign with his former club Yokohama F. Marinos. Club statistics Awards and honours Club Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League: 1 2003 Kashima Antlers J1 League: 3 2007, 2008, 2009 Emperor's Cup: 1 2007 Japanese Super Cup: 2 2009, 2010 Individual J.League Most Valuable Player: 1 2008 J.League Top Scorer: 1 2008 J.League Best XI: 1 2008 References External links 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Mato Grosso do Sul CD Ourense footballers Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Tokyo Verdy players Yokohama F. Marinos players JEF United Chiba players Shimizu S-Pulse players Kashima Antlers players Vegalta Sendai players Vissel Kobe players J1 League Player of the Year winners Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players J1 League players Expatriate footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian footballers Operário Ferroviário Esporte Clube players Association football forwards