Márcio | |
Number: | 3 |
Position: | Center |
League: | Basketball Bundesliga |
Team: | Ratiopharm Ulm |
Birth Date: | 2 November 2002 |
Birth Place: | Três Corações, Minas Gerais |
Height M: | 2.04 |
Draft Year: | 2023 |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018–2024 |
Team1: | Franca |
Years2: | 2024–present |
Team2: | Ratiopharm Ulm |
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Márcio Henrique da Costa Santos (born 2 November 2002), also known mononymously as Márcio, is a Brazilian professional basketball player for Ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Márcio is a 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) tall center. He won the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Franca, and was their top scorer of the final. Márcio is a three-time NBB All-Star.[1]
Born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Márcio debuted in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) in the 2018–19 season with Franca. He had a breakout season in 2020–21, when he averaged 8.1 points.
He enrolled for the 2023 NBA draft,[2] but was not selected.[3] In the 2023 offseason, Márcio played in the 2023 NBA Summer League with the Atlanta Hawks and appeared in five exhibition games, in which he totalled 17 minutes and 2 points. After the Summer League, he re-signed with Franca for one more year.
Márcio won the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup with Franca.[4] On 24 September, Márcio scored a team-high 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting and grabbed 8 rebounds in the 70-69 won final over Telekom Baskets Bonn.[5]
On July 10, 2024, he signed with Ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[6]