Marco Vasconcelos

Marco Paulo Pereira Vasconcelos (born 7 November 1971) is a male badminton player from Portugal.^[1] Vasconcelos played a big role in helping the Portuguese team to win bronze at the Helvetia Cup in 2005.

Marco Vasconcelos
Personal information
Country	Portugal
Born	(1971-11-07) November 7, 1971 (age 53) Funchal, Portugal
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles and doubles
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Portugal Helvetia Cup 2005 Agros Mixed team
BWF profile

In his home country he won 15 titles at the Portuguese National Badminton Championships. Vasconcelos is currently coaching the Brazil national badminton team.

Career

Vasconcelos played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, losing in the round of 32 to Richard Vaughan of Great Britain. He also competed in the men's singles at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics, falling in the round of 64 on both occasions.^[1]

Achievements

BWF/IBF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Iceland International	Magnus Sahlberg	16–21, 21–18, 11–21	Runner-up
2007	Fiji International	Nicholas Kidd		Winner
2007	Australia International	John Moody	16–21, 22–20	Runner-up
2007	Iceland International	Petr Koukal	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1990	Israel International	Ricardo Fernandes			Winner
1995	Spanish International	Hugo Rodrigues	Broddi Kristjánsson Árni Þór Hallgrímson		Runner-up
2004	Italian International	Alexandre Paixão	Daniel Damgaard-Pedersen Christopher Bruun Jensen	11–15, 14–17	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament