José Marafona

José Carlos Coentrão Marafona (born 8 May 1987) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Alanyaspor.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Coentrão and the second or paternal family name is Marafona.
José Marafona
Marafona with Braga in 2016
Personal information
Full name José Carlos Coentrão Marafona[1]
Date of birth (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987[1]
Place of birth Vila do Conde, Portugal[1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Alanyaspor
Number 28
Youth career
1998–2001 Rio Ave
2001–2006 Varzim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Varzim 58 (0)
2010–2013 Marítimo 0 (0)
2011–2013 → Aves (loan) 63 (0)
2013–2015 Moreirense 59 (0)
2015–2016 Paços Ferreira 19 (0)
2016–2019 Braga 42 (0)
2019– Alanyaspor 55 (0)
National team‡
2017– Portugal 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017

Club career

Born in Vila do Conde, Marafona joined neighbouring Varzim SC's youth system in 2001, aged 14. After making only five Segunda Liga appearances in his first two seasons as a senior, he eventually became first choice.

Marafona signed with C.S. Marítimo in the summer of 2010,[2] being then loaned to C.D. Aves and representing the club over two second-tier campaigns.[3] He appeared in only one competitive match with the former side, precisely against Aves in the domestic League Cup (2–1 home win).[4]

In late August 2013, Marafona joined Moreirense FC,[5] contributing 25 appearances in his first season as his team returned to the Primeira Liga after one year out.[6] He made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 17 August 2014, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 away victory over C.D. Nacional.[7]

Marafona signed for two years with F.C. Paços de Ferreira also in the top flight, in July 2015.[8] In late January of the following year, however, he joined fellow league club S.C. Braga as his previous contract contained a clause that he was to be released if a bigger team showed interest in acquiring his services.[9] He appeared in 14 competitive games with the latter until the end of the season, including the final of the Taça de Portugal where he saved two penalty shootout attempts against FC Porto (Héctor Herrera and Maxi Pereira) in an eventual 4–2 win (2–2 after 120 minutes).[10]

Marafona missed the entire 2017–18 campaign, due to a knee injury.[11] On 28 May 2019, he joined Turkish Süper Lig club Alanyaspor on a two-year contract.[12]

International career

On 31 March 2015, at nearly 28 years of age, Marafona was called up to the Portugal national team for the first time, remaining an unused substitute as Anthony Lopes featured in goal in the 0–2 friendly defeat against Cape Verde in Estoril.[13] His first cap arrived nearly two years later, in a 2–3 loss to Sweden in Funchal also in an exhibition game.[14]

Honours

Moreirense

Braga

References
  1. "Marafona" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Verde-rubros treinam no Jamor" [Green-and-white train at the Jamor]. Record (in Portuguese). 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. "Marafona e Élvis garantidos" [Marafona and Élvis confirmed]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  4. "Marítimo cumpre diante do Aves" [Marítimo get job done against Aves] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. "Rafa cedido ao Felgueiras" [Rafa loaned to Felgueiras]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  6. "Moreirense conquista o título" [Moreirense win title]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  7. "Nacional-Moreirense, 0–1: Mãos de Marafona e trunfos do banco" [Nacional-Moreirense, 0–1: Hands of Marafona and jokers from the bench]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 August 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. "Paços garante guarda-redes Marafona" [Paços confirm goalkeeper Marafona] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços Ferreira. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  9. "Acertada transferência de Marafona para o SC Braga" [Marafona transfer to SC Braga agreed] (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços Ferreira. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  10. Calaveiras, Carlos (22 May 2016). "Sp. Braga vence Taça de Portugal" [Sp. Braga win Portuguese Cup] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  11. "Lesão grave afasta Marafona dos relvados por seis meses" [Serious injury takes Marafona six months from the pitches]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  12. "Kaleci Marafona Aytemiz Alanyasporumuzda!" [Goalkeeper Marafona to Aytemiz Alanyaspor!] (in Turkish). Alanyaspor. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  13. "Portugal 0–2 Cape Verde Islands". BBC Sport. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  14. Benson, Ryan (28 March 2017). "Portugal 2 Sweden 3: Last-gasp Cancelo own-goal ruins Ronaldo's homecoming". Goal. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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