Marcus Vinicius Vieira de Souza (born May 31, 1984), commonly known as Marquinhos Vieira, or simply Marquinhos, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player for CR Vasco da Gama (basketball) in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). He also represents the senior Brazilian national team.

At a height of tall, and a weight of ,Marcus De Sousa Marquinhos CM 207 KG 102 .Marquinhos Marcus Vinícius Vieira de Sousa Altura / Peso 2.07 / 102 kg . he can play shooting guard, small forward, and power forward.

Professional career

Early career In the 2004–05 season, Vieira played professionally in the Italian 2nd Division, with Premiata Montegranaro. He played professionally with São Carlos Clube Basquete in Brazil, in the 2005–06 season. Vieira was a second round NBA draft choice of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, in the 2006 NBA draft, chosen 43rd overall.

NBA Vieira played in a total of 26 NBA games with the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, scoring 50 points. He spent part of the 2006–07 NBA season with the NBA Development League's Tulsa 66ers, for whom he played 13 games. In 2008, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies, only to be waived 2 days later.Grizzlies waive Marcus Vinicius. nba.com (February 28, 2008)

National team career Vieira has also been a member of the senior men's Brazilian national basketball team. With Brazil, he has played at the following major tournaments: the 2007 Pan American Games, the 2007 FIBA AmeriCup, the 2010 FIBA World Cup, the 2011 FIBA AmeriCup, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the 2015 FIBA AmeriCup, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.Marquinhos VIEIRA (BRA).

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

| style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 13 || 0 || 7.9 || .467 || .429 || .714 || .8 || .4 || .2 || .1 || 1.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:left;"| New Orleans | 13 || 0 || 5.3 || .450 || .417 || .455 || .6 || .2 || .1 || .1 || 2.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career | 26 || 0 || 6.6 || .457 || .421 || .571 || .7 || .3 || .1 || .1 || 1.9

NBB

Regular season †Denotes seasons in which Marquinhos won NBB championship*Led the league

Season Team 2009Pinheiros 28 37.8 .563 .363 .812 5.4 4.7 1.7 .3 22.3 2010–11Pinheiros 27 33.0 .644 .358 .811 3.7 3.4 1.4 .5 20.4 2011–12Pinheiros 28 31.5 .582 .412 .794 3.8 2.4 1.2 .2 18.0 2012–13†Flamengo 34 31.0 .617 .433 .795 4.6 2.5 1.2 .2 20.7 2013–14†Flamengo 16 26.7 .517 .376 .860 3.5 2.4 .9 .3 14.8 2014–15†Flamengo 28 27.8 .539 .459 .821 4.5 2.6 .9 .2 16.3 2015–16†Flamengo 28 26.9 .492 .381 .791 3.9 3.1 1.3 .2 15.6 2016–17 Flamengo 27 31.1 .534 .389 .782 3.7 3.3 .7 .1 18.6 2017–18 Flamengo 27 28.6 .636 .371 .790 3.8 3.2 .8 .2 18.6 2018–19†Flamengo 26 26.9 .561 .383 .821 4.5 3.1 .6 .2 15.4 Career 270 30.4 .576 .393 .804 4.2 3.1 1.1 .2 18.3 All-Star 7 – – – – – – – – –

Playoffs Season Team 2009Pinheiros 3 40.0 .472 .571 .789 6.7 5.3 2.3 .0 28.3 2011Pinheiros 9 36.2 .534 .434 .938 3.7 2.9 1.8 .3 24.7 2012Pinheiros 10 35.0 .403 .404 .683 4.2 4.4 1.1 .2 15.4 2013†Flamengo 9 33.0 .540 .429 .857 4.9 3.0 .7 .2 18.6 2014†Flamengo 9 33.3 .456 .414 .864 2.9 2.1 .7 .0 17.0 2015†Flamengo 10 27.6 .494 .417 .912 4.6 2.8 1.5 .2 16.9 2016†Flamengo 13 27.6 .549 .371 .872 4.2 3.2 1.1 .4 16.5 2017Flamengo 5 29.9 .548 .367 .750 5.8 4.0 1.4 .4 19.4 2018Flamengo 7 29.4 .472 .350 .789 3.1 4.0 1.0 .0 15.1 2019†Flamengo 12 30.8 .538 .306 .734 3.8 3.6 1.3 .3 15.7 Career 87 31.7 .503 .396 .822 4.2 3.4 1.2 .2 17.7

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References

External links

Marquinhos Vieira at LatinBasket.com Marquinhos Vieira at ESPN.com Marquinhos Vieira at Lega Basket Marquinhos at Novo Basquete Brasil