Renato Margaça

Renato João Inácio Margaça (Greek: Ρενάτο Μαργκάσα; born 17 July 1985) is a former professional footballer. Mainly a midfielder, he could also operate as a left-back. Born in Portugal, he represented the Cyprus national team.

Renato Margaça

Margaça in action for Omonia in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Renato João Inácio Margaça[1]
Date of birth	(1985-07-17) 17 July 1985 (age 40)[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)
Total		468	(33)
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

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

1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Omonia

• Cypriot Cup: 2011–12^[8]
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2012^[8]

Anorthosis

• Cypriot Cup: 2020–21^[8]