Marcos Gomes de Araujo, better known as Marquinhos (born 23 March 1976), is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a forward.
Marquinhos started his professional career in Spain with Segunda División side CD Ourense.
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.
[2] 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.
On 11 January 2012, Marquinhos returned to the Japanese League to sign with his former club Yokohama F. Marinos.