{{short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1988)}} {{for|the Brazilian politician|Marcos Rocha (politician)}} {{Portuguese name|Rocha|Aquino}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marcos Rocha | image = MarcosRochaPalmeiras2018 (cropped2).jpg | upright = | caption = Marcos Rocha playing for Palmeiras in 2018 | full_name = Marcos Luis Rocha Aquino<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce233/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Palmeiras (BRA) |publisher=FIFA |page=25 |date=4 July 2025 |access-date=18 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713085533/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce233/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|12|11|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA"/> | birth_place = Sete Lagoas, Brazil | height = 1.76 m<ref name="FIFA"/> | position = Right-back | currentclub = Grêmio | clubnumber = 14 | youthyears1 = 2005 | youthclubs1 = Bela Vista | youthyears2 = 2005–2008 | youthclubs2 = Atlético Mineiro | years1 = 2008–2019 | clubs1 = Atlético Mineiro | caps1 = 227 | goals1 = 10 | years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → Uberlândia (loan) | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = → CRB (loan) | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 3 | years4 = 2010 | clubs4 = → Ponte Preta (loan) | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2010–2011 | clubs5 = → América Mineiro (loan) | caps5 = 68 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = → Palmeiras (loan) | caps6 = 34 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2019–2025 | clubs7 = Palmeiras | caps7 = 221 | goals7 = 6 | years8 = 2025– | clubs8 = Grêmio | caps8 = 19 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = Brazil | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 7 April 2026 | nationalteam-update = 07:59, 24 February 2023 (UTC) }}
'''Marcos Luis Rocha Aquino''' (born 11 December 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.
==Club career== 200px|thumb|Marcos Rocha with Atlético Mineiro in 2012
Born in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Marcos Rocha joined Atlético Mineiro's youth setup in 2005, from hometown's Bela Vista FC. He was promoted to the main squad in 2008, but made his senior debuts while on loan at Uberlândia EC.
Marcos Rocha made his professional debuts late in the year, representing CRB also in a temporary deal. He returned to Atlético in January 2009, mainly as a backup to Sheslon; after the latter's injury he made his debut for ''Galo'', starting in a 3–0 away win against Social on 7 February 2009, for the Campeonato Mineiro championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Times/Atletico_MG/0,,MUL991551-9859,00-COM+DOIS+GOLS+DE+FALTA+DE+TARDELLI+ATLETICO+VENCE+A+PRIMEIRA+NO+ESTADUAL.html|title=Com dois gols de falta de Tardelli, Atlético vence a primeira no Estadual|trans-title=With two free kick goals from Tardelli, Atlético wins the first in state league|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=7 February 2009|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref>
Marcos Rocha made his Série A debut on 16 May 2009, replacing Jonílson in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 home win against Grêmio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Futebol/0,,CCF29973-9825,00.html|title=Atlético-MG vence no reencontro de Celso Roth com o Grêmio|trans-title=Atlético-MG wins in Celso Roth's reincounter with Grêmio|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=16 May 2009|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> He appeared in ten matches during the campaign, scoring once (against Avaí on 20 August).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Futebol/0,,CCF30516-9825,00.html|title=Avaí arranca empate em BH e não deixa o Atlético-MG chegar ao G-4|trans-title=Avaí gets draw in ''BH'' and does not let Atlético-MG arrive at ''G-4''|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=20 August 2009|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref>
On 25 February 2010, Marcos Rocha was loaned to Ponte Preta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.otempo.com.br/superfc/futebol/lateral-direito-marcos-rocha-do-atl%C3%A9tico-%C3%A9-emprestado-%C3%A0-ponte-preta-1.171417|title=Lateral-direito Marcos Rocha, do Atlético, é emprestado à Ponte Preta|trans-title=Right-back Marcos Rocha, from Atlético, is loaned to Ponte Preta|publisher=O Tempo|language=pt|date=25 February 2010|access-date=28 November 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135213/http://www.otempo.com.br/superfc/futebol/lateral-direito-marcos-rocha-do-atl%C3%A9tico-%C3%A9-emprestado-%C3%A0-ponte-preta-1.171417|url-status=dead}}</ref> After appearing sparingly he moved to América Mineiro, featuring regularly over the course of nearly two years.
On 30 November 2011, it was confirmed that Marcos Rocha would return to Atlético.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esporte.ig.com.br/futebol/marcos-rocha-volta-e-e-primeiro-reforco-do-atleticomg-para-2012/n1597389590798.html|title=Marcos Rocha volta e é primeiro reforço do Atlético-MG para 2012|trans-title=Marcos Rocha returns and is Atlético-MG's first addition to 2012|publisher=IG|language=pt|date=30 November 2011|access-date=28 November 2014}}</ref> He was immediately elected as first-choice, and was among the squad which won the state league twice, the Copa Libertadores in 2013, and the Recopa Sudamericana and Copa do Brasil in 2014.
On 10 January 2019, Marcos Rocha signed a four-year contract with Palmeiras.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/times/palmeiras/palmeiras-confirma-contratacao-de-marcos-rocha/|title=Marcos Rocha assina com o Palmeiras por quatro anos|trans-title=Marcos Rocha signs with Palmeiras for four years|publisher=Gazeta Esportiva|language=pt-BR|date=10 January 2019|accessdate=6 December 2021}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|28 May 2024}}{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|State League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="10"|Atlético Mineiro |2009 |rowspan="7"|Série A |10||1||9||0||2||1||1{{efn|name=COS|Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana}}||0||colspan="2"|—||22||2 |- |2012 |34||1||13||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||51||3 |- |2013 |29||2||13||1||2||2||13{{efn|name=COL|Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores}}||0||2{{efn|name=FCW|Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||59||5 |- |2014 |20||0||8||0||6||0||6{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|name=RES|Appearance(s) in Recopa Sudamericana}}||0||42||0 |- |2015 |22||2||8||1||2||0||3{{efn|name=COL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||35||3 |- |2016 |15||0||10||0||3||0||10{{efn|name=COL}}||0||1{{efn|name=PRL|Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga}}||0||39||0 |- |2017 |21||0||14||0||3||0||7{{efn|name=COL}}||0||4{{efn|name=PRL}}||0||49||0 |- |2010 |Série B |28||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||3 |- |2011 |Série A |30||2||10||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !209!!11!!85!!4!!22!!3!!40!!0!!9!!0!!365!!18 |- |CRB (loan) |2008 |Série B |27||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||3 |- |Ponte Preta (loan) |2010 |Série A |0||0||9||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||0 |- |Palmeiras (loan) |2018 |Série A |20||1||14||0||5||0||3{{efn|name=COL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||42||1 |- |rowspan="8"|Palmeiras |2019 |rowspan="7"|Série A |30||2||7||0||2||0||7{{efn|name=COL}}||1||colspan="2"|—||46||3 |- |2020 |22||0||12||2||6||0||9{{efn|name=COL}}||0||1{{efn|name=FCW}}||0||50||2 |- |2021 |22||0||1||0||1||0||10{{efn|name=COL}}||1||4{{efn|Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil}}||0||38||1 |- |2022 |28||0||10||0||4||0||8{{efn|name=COL}}||0||2{{efn|Two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil}}||0||52||0 |- |2023 |20||1||13||0||3||0||6{{efn|name=COL}}||1||1||0||43||2 |- |2024 |28||0||14||0||2||0||6{{efn|name=COL}}||0||1||0||51||0 |- |2025 |0||0||11||0||0||0||0{{efn|name=COL}}||0||0||0||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !150!!3!!68!!2!!18!!0!!46!!3!!9!!0!!291!!8 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !406!!18!!176!!6!!48!!3!!89!!3!!18!!0!!737!!30 |} {{notelist}}
===International=== {{updated|6 December 2021}}<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|52221|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="1"|Brazil |2013||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!2!!0 |}
==Honours== '''Atlético Mineiro''' *Campeonato Mineiro: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 *Copa Libertadores: 2013 *Recopa Sudamericana: 2014 *Copa do Brasil: 2014
'''Palmeiras''' *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2018, 2022, 2023 *Campeonato Paulista: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 *Copa Libertadores: 2020, 2021 *Recopa Sudamericana: 2022 *Copa do Brasil: 2020 *Supercopa do Brasil: 2023
'''Grêmio''' *Campeonato Gaúcho: 2026
'''Individual''' * Bola de Prata: 2012, 2014, 2022 * Troféu Guara: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 e 2016 * Troféu Globo Minas: 2013, 2015, 2016 e 2017 * Campeonato Mineiro Team of the year: 2010, 2011, 2016 e 2017 *Best Right-back in Brazil: 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazeta |first=T. V. |title=Destaques do Brasileirão 2014 são premiados com o Troféu Mesa Redonda - TV Gazeta - Você por perto. Tudo certo! |url=https://www.tvgazeta.com.br/mesa-redonda/trofeu-mesa-redonda-2014/ |access-date=9 September 2023 |website=www.tvgazeta.com.br |date=15 December 2014 |language=pt-BR}}</ref> 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acompanhe os melhores momentos do Troféu Mesa Redonda - Gazeta Esportiva |url=https://www.gazetaesportiva.com/institucional/confira-os-melhores-momentos-do-trofeu-mesa-redonda/ |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=www.gazetaesportiva.com |date=16 December 2019 }}</ref> * Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2012, 2013, 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=Conheça os grandes vencedores do futebol brasileiro |trans-title=Meet the big winners of Brazilian football |url=http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2012/11/23/Conhe%C3%A7a%20os%20grandes%20vencedores%20do%20futebol%20brasileiro |date=23 November 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012 |publisher=CBF |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130141048/http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2012/11/23/Conhe%C3%A7a%20os%20grandes%20vencedores%20do%20futebol%20brasileiro |archive-date=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2013 |trans-title=Best eleven of 2013 Brazilian League |url=http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2013/12/09/Os%20melhores%20do%20campeonato%20s%C3%A3o%20homenageados%20na%20festa%20da%20Premia%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Brasileir%C3%A3o%202013#ad-image-0 |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=9 December 2013 |publisher=CBF |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218112421/http://www.cbf.com.br/Not%C3%ADcias/2013/12/09/Os%20melhores%20do%20campeonato%20s%C3%A3o%20homenageados%20na%20festa%20da%20Premia%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20Brasileir%C3%A3o%202013#ad-image-0 |archive-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Éverton Ribeiro leva o bi no Craque do Brasileirão; veja lista de premiados |url=http://sportv.globo.com/site/programas/bem-amigos/noticia/2014/12/everton-ribeiro-leva-o-bi-no-craque-do-brasileirao-veja-lista-de-premiados.html |date=1 December 2014 |access-date=1 December 2014 |publisher=sportv.com |language=pt}}</ref> 2015, 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmeiras domina seleção do Brasileiro e Endrick é eleito a revelação |url=https://placar.abril.com.br/brasileirao/palmeiras-domina-selecao-do-brasileiro-e-endrick-e-eleito-a-revelacao/ |access-date=27 November 2022 |website=Placar - O futebol sem barreiras para você |language=pt-BR}}</ref> * South American Team of the Year: 2013 *Campeonato Paulista Team of the Year: 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://futebolpaulista.com.br/Noticias/Detalhe.aspx?Noticia=7158|title=Com domínio do Palmeiras, Seleção é premiada recheada de finalistas|trans-title=With prevalence of Palmeiras, Best XI is awarded full of finalists|publisher=Federação Paulista de Futebol|language=pt|date=9 April 2018|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308060423/http://www.atletico.com.br/site/time/profissional_detalhe/208 |date=8 March 2014 |title=Atlético Mineiro official profile}} {{in lang|pt}} *{{Soccerway|marcos-luis-rocha-aquino/73083}}
{{Grêmio FBPA squad}} {{Navboxes |title= Awards |bg= gold |fg= navy |list1= {{2013 South American Team of the Year}} {{2012 Bola de Prata}} {{2014 Bola de Prata}} {{2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year}} {{2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year}} {{2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year}} {{2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year}} {{2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year}} {{2022 Bola de Prata}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rocha, Marcos}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Category:Brazilian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Sete Lagoas Category:Men's association football full-backs Category:Brazil men's international footballers Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Category:Clube Atlético Mineiro players Category:Copa Libertadores–winning players Category:Uberlândia Esporte Clube players Category:Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Category:Clube de Regatas Brasil players Category:América Futebol Clube (MG) players Category:SE Palmeiras players Category:Grêmio FBPA players