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'''Marciano Sanca Tchami''' (born 6 November 2004), simply known as '''Marciano''', is a Bissau-Guinean professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] for Spanish club [[UD Almeria B]].
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Born in [[Guinea Bissau]], Marciano played for local academy Mepa Academy as a youth. His talent wouldn't go unnoticed as in 2019, he was offered to go to Portugal to play for [[Gil Vicente F.C.|Gil Vicente]] and later on for [[Leixões S.C.|Leixões]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopes |first1=Gervásio |title=SEIS JOGADORES DA ACADEMIA MEPA A CAMINHO DE PORTUGAL |url=http://www.soudjurtu.com/2019/11/seis-jogadores-da-academia-mepa-caminho.html |website=SOU DJURTU |date=15 November 2019}}</ref>
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On 22 January 2022, Marciano signed for [[UD Almería B]] on an undisclosed fee with his contract expiring in 2024 and a release clause of 40 million euros.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marciano, a budding striker to boost Almeria ‘B’ attack |url=https://www.udalmeriasad.com/en/news/marciano-a-budding-striker-to-boost-almeria-b-attack |website=[[UD Almeria]] |language=en |date=22 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ndour |first1=Papa Lamine |title=Almeria : Tchami, le gamin de Bissau qui coûte 40 millions d’euros |url=https://sportnewsafrica.com/news-football/almeria-tchami-le-gamin-de-bissau-qui-coute-40-millions-deuros/ |publisher=Sport News Africa |language=fr-FR |date=4 April 2023}}</ref> He made an impressive start to his B team career by scoring two goals against [[CD Intergym Melilla]] within just three minutes of coming on as a substitute, with one goal in the 31st minute and the other in the 60th minute of the match.<ref>{{cite web |last1=GB |first1=O. Golo |title=MARCIANO TCHAMI FEZ O "BIS" UM DIA DEPOIS DE ASSINAR PELO UD ALMERÍA |url=https://ogologb.net/2022/01/23/marciano-tchami-fez-o-bis-um-dia-depois-de-assinar-pelo-ud-almeria/ |website=O GOLO GB |language=pt-BR |date=23 January 2022}}</ref> He maintained his prolific form and emerged as the top goalscorer for his team, despite starting only ten games in the season. He scored in five consecutive games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=GB |first1=O. Golo |title=COBIÇADO POR TUBARÕES EUROPEUS, MARCIANO TCHAMI MARCA EM CINCO JOGOS SEGUIDOS |url=https://ogologb.net/2022/11/22/cobicado-por-tubaroes-europeus-marciano-tchami-marca-em-cinco-jogos-seguidos/ |website=O GOLO GB |language=pt-BR |date=22 November 2022}}</ref>
Marciano began the 2023 pre-season with [[UD Almería|the first team]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/338/ud-almeria/263352/marciano-titular|title=Marciano, titular|trans-title=Marciano, starter|publisher=[[La Voz de Almería]]|language=es|date=4 October 2023|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> but suffered an injury which kept him out until September.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/deportes/Pubill-Marciano-reintegran-grupo-entrenamientos_0_1828917496.html|title=Pubill y Marciano se reintegran al grupo en los entrenamientos|trans-title=Pubill and Marciano are back with the group on training|publisher=[[Diario de Almería]]|language=es|date=11 September 2023|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref> He made his professional – and [[La Liga]] – debut on 6 October 2023, replacing [[Ibrahima Koné (footballer, born 1999)|Ibrahima Koné]] in a 3–0 away loss to [[Athletic Bilbao]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diariodealmeria.es/deportes/lasarte-mejor-noticia-debutado-marciano_0_1836417349.html|title=Lasarte: "La mejor noticia es que ha debutado Marciano"|trans-title=Lasarte: "The best news is that Marciano had debuted"|publisher=[[Diario de Almería]]|language=es|date=7 October 2023|accessdate=7 October 2023}}</ref>
==International career==
== Style of play ==▼
On 4 October 2023, Marciano was called up to the [[Guinea-Bissau national football team|Guinea-Bissau national team]] for two [[Exhibition match|friendlies]] against [[Guinea national football team|Guinea]] and [[Togo national football team|Togo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/vitoria-guimaraes/celton-biai/celton-biai-chamado-pela-guine-bissau-apos-estagio-na-selecao-portuguesa|title=Guiné-Bissau convoca guarda-redes chamado por Roberto Martínez|trans-title=Guinea-Bissau call up goalkeeper called up by Roberto Martínez|publisher=[[CNN Portugal]]|language=pt|date=4 October 2023|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udalmeriasad.com/en/news/cinco-internacionales-continuan-viaje|title=Five UD Almería players earn international duty calls again|publisher=UD Almería|date=6 October 2023|accessdate=6 October 2023}}</ref>
A powerful figure with immense pace that he often uses to his advantage. Marciano is described as having good off-ball movements and dribbling that help him beat the opposition.<ref name="style">{{cite web |last1=Tripathi |first1=Saumy Deepak |title=Marciano Sanca: Why are top European clubs chasing the teenage striker |url=https://www.foottheball.com/players-in-focus/who-is-marciano-sanca-almeria-potential-analysis-scout-report-future/ |website=FootTheBall |date=31 March 2023}}</ref> He has good passing which is most effective when in the opposition box, making him a more complete forward.<ref name="style"/>
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