Márcio Nobre

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=September 2015}} {{more footnotes needed|date=September 2015}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Portuguese name|Ferreira|Nobre}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Márcio Nobre<br />Mert Nobre | image = Nobre'13-14.JPG | caption = Nobre playing for Kayserispor in 2014 | full_name = Márcio Ferreira Nobre | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|6}} | birth_place = Jateí, Brazil | height = 1.83 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1999–2002 | clubs1 = Paraná | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 67 | years2 = 2002–2004 | clubs2 = Cruzeiro | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2003 | clubs3 = → Kashiwa Reysol (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2004–2006 | clubs4 = Fenerbahçe | caps4 = 80 | goals4 = 46 | years5 = 2006–2011 | clubs5 = Beşiktaş | caps5 = 127 | goals5 = 35 | years6 = 2011–2013 | clubs6 = Mersin İdmanyurdu | caps6 = 56 | goals6 = 23 | years7 = 2013–2015 | clubs7 = Kayserispor | caps7 = 53 | goals7 = 21 | years8 = 2015–2016 | clubs8 = FC Wil | caps8 = 24 | goals8 = 7 | years9 = 2016–2018 | clubs9 = BB Erzurumspor | caps9 = 59 | goals9 = 25 | clubs10 = Gençlerbirliği | caps10 = 25 | goals10 = 6 | years10 = 2018–2019 | totalcaps = 502 | totalgoals = 233 | manageryears1 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs1 = Akhisar Belediyespor (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2020 | managerclubs2 = Hatayspor (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2020 | managerclubs3 = Gençlerbirliği | manageryears4 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs4 = Altay (assistant) | manageryears5 = 2022 | managerclubs5 = Altay | manageryears6 = 2022 | managerclubs6 = Çorum }} '''Márcio Ferreira Nobre''' (born November 6, 1980), also known as '''Mert Nobre''', is a Brazilian professional football manager and former footballer.

Nobre spent about 15 years in Turkey as a football player. He acquired Turkish citizenship in 2006, adopting the given name Mert upon acquisition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nobre de Türk vatandaşı|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/nobre-de-turk-vatandasi-4928355|work=hurriyet.com.tr|language=tr|date=16 August 2006|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> Nobre also got his first managerial job in Turkey, when he was named the manager of Gençlerbirliği in August 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gençlerbirliği'nde Nobre dönemi|url=https://www.ntvspor.net/futbol/genclerbirligi-nde-nobre-donemi-5f2811bbdf911b19987ed3ea|work=ntvspor.net|language=tr|date=3 August 2020|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{Expand section|date=January 2022}}

===Managerial record=== {{updated|match played 30 October 2022}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Managerial record by team and tenure |- !rowspan="2"| Team !rowspan="2"| Nat !rowspan="2"| From !rowspan="2"| To !colspan="8"|Record |- !{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}} !{{Tooltip|W|Games won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |- | Gençlerbirliği |{{flagicon|TUR}} |4 August 2020 |10 November 2020 {{WDL|7|1|2|4|for=5|against=9|diff=yes}} |- | Altay |{{flagicon|TUR}} |13 January 2022 |26 January 2022 {{WDL|3|0|0|3|for=1|against=5|diff=yes}} |- | Çorum |{{flagicon|TUR}} |14 July 2022 |31 October 2022 {{WDL|12|5|2|5|for=19|against=17|diff=yes}} |- !colspan="4"|Total {{WDLtot|22|6|4|12|for=25|against=31|diff=yes}} |}

== Club career == Márcio Ferreira Nobre began his professional football career in his native Brazil, debuting for Paraná Clube in 1999. Following his success at Paraná, he secured a move to Cruzeiro in 2003, though his time there was brief and included a short loan spell in Japan with J.League side Kashiwa Reysol.

In January 2004, Nobre made a pivotal career move by joining Turkish giants Fenerbahçe. He quickly adapted to the Süper Lig, becoming a prolific striker. Over two and a half seasons, he scored 46 league goals in 80 appearances and helped Fenerbahçe secure consecutive Süper Lig titles in the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile Mert Nobre |url=https://www.besoccer.com/player/marcio-ferreira-perreira-nobre-14219 |access-date=March 14, 2026 |website=BeSoccer}}</ref>

Seeking a new challenge, Nobre controversially transferred to Fenerbahçe's fierce Istanbul rivals, Beşiktaş, in 2006. He remained with Beşiktaş for five years, making over 120 league appearances. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in the club's domestic success, winning the Süper Lig in the 2008–09 season and multiple Turkish Cup titles, notably featuring as a substitute in the 2009 cup final victory over his former club Fenerbahçe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beşiktaş crowned as Turkish Cup winners |url=https://www.tff.org/default.aspx?pageID=471&ftxtID=7067&2586pg=14 |access-date=March 14, 2026 |website=Turkish Football Federation (TFF)}}</ref>

Nobre left Beşiktaş in 2011 and spent the remainder of his playing career transitioning between several Turkish clubs, with a brief stint in Switzerland. He played for Mersin İdmanyurdu (2011–2013) and Kayserispor (2013–2015), maintaining steady goalscoring numbers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mert Nobre (Nobre M.) Stats |url=https://www.flashscore.com/player/nobre-mert/pWIikEyn/ |access-date=March 14, 2026 |website=Flashscore}}</ref> In 2015, he joined Swiss Challenge League side FC Wil, scoring 7 goals in 24 appearances, before returning to Turkey a year later to join BB Erzurumspor. He concluded his playing career with Gençlerbirliği in the TFF First League, retiring in 2019 at the age of 38 to transition into a managerial career.

== International career == Despite being born in Brazil and maintaining a high profile in top-flight football, Márcio Nobre never received a call-up to the Brazil national football team at any level.

In 2006, after meeting the necessary residency requirements during his successful tenure in Turkish football, Nobre acquired Turkish citizenship. Upon his naturalization, he adopted the Turkish first name "Mert" to comply with local customs for naturalized players, becoming officially known as Mert Nobre within the country.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.openedition.org/septentrion/117115 |title=Nationalism, europeanization and football: Turkish fandom transformed? |publisher=Presses universitaires du Septentrion |access-date=March 14, 2026}}</ref> His naturalization occurred during a period when the Turkey national football team was actively considering integrating foreign-born players from the Süper Lig, a trend highlighted by the successful integration of his fellow Brazilian, Mehmet Aurélio. However, despite gaining citizenship and remaining an eligible, high-profile striker in Turkey for several more years, Nobre was never capped for the Turkish national team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mert Nobre » Profile |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe3393/mert-nobre/ |access-date=March 14, 2026 |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Soccerway|marcio-ferreira-perreira-nobre/4799}} * {{WorldFootball.net|mert-nobre}} * {{J.League player}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411130544/http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=143285 CBF] {{in lang|pt}}

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