Marcos Senna is a midfielder from Sao Paolo, Brazil. Senna began his career with several different clubs (America-SP, Corinthians, Juventude) in Brazil before moving to Spanish side Villarreal in 2002. Senna spent 11 seasons at Villarreal and was recognized as one of the top midfielders in La Liga. Senna accumulated 29 goals in 313 appearances in all competitions, helping the club earn a promotion back to La Liga in his last season. During his time at Villarreal, the club reached the UEFA Champions League semifinal and also finished second in La Liga in the 2007-08 campaign.
On the international stage, Senna has 28 caps for the Spanish national team. He played an integral role in the Spanish team that won EURO 2008 and was selected to the UEFA Team of the Tournament.
Senna signed with the New York Cosmos in July 2013 and made his Cosmos debut in the Cosmos season opener against Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 3, 2013, playing the full 90 minutes. Senna appeared in 14 games and scored six goals in 1,239 minutes of action in the Cosmos reboot season.
Professional
2013: Signed with the New York Cosmos in July … Appeared in 14 games and led the club with six goals during its reboot season. Named to the NASL 2013 Best XI team and scored the game-winning goal against Atlanta in the Soccer Bowl.
2012: Appeared in 20 games, making 14 starts, and scored five goals in the Spanish Segunda Division.
2011: Appeared in 31 games, scoring five goals and adding one assist in La Liga … Appeared in four games, making three starts, in the UEFA Champions League and one game in the Spanish Cup.
2010: Missed significant time due to injury … Appeared in 20 games, making 15 starts, and scored one goal and added one assist in La Liga … Appeared in five games, three starts, in Europa League play … Appeared in one game for the Spanish National Team.
2009: Appeared in 36 games in all competitions for Villarreal, scoring three goals and adding three assists… Appeared in four games, two of which he started, for the Spanish National Team including three appearances in 2010 World Cup Qualifying.
2008: Appeared in 27 games, making 25 starts, and scored two goals and added one assist in La Liga play … Appeared in eight games in the UEFA Champions League and scored two goals … Saw action in 16 games, 14 starts, for the Spanish National Team including five appearances in the 2008 European Championships and five in the 2010 World Cup Qualifying campaign … Won the Don Balon Award as the Best Spanish Player of the Year.
2007: Appeared and started 34 games, scoring four goals and adding eight assists in La Liga … Saw action in three games in the UEFA Cup.
2006: Appeared in and started 33 games in La Liga … Appeared in two games, one start, in the Spanish Cup … Appeared in one game in the Intertoto Cup … Made his debut with the Spanish national team in a friendly against Cote d’Ivoire on March 1 … Senna appeared in eight games with the Spanish team, making four starts.
2005: Appeared in 43 games in all competitions, making 41 starts… Scored four goals during one of his most successful seasons at Villarreal
2004: Appeared in 34 games in all competitions, 31 of which were starts, scoring two goals for Villarreal.
2003: Appeared in eight games, five starts, for Villarreal in La Liga.
2002: Appeared in 14 games and scored one goal for Sao Caetano before signing with Villarreal of Spain … Started 16 games, scoring two goals for Villarreal.
2001: Appeared in 12 games and scored one goal for Juventude.
1999-00: Appeared in 16 games for Corinthians in Brazil.
1998: Appeared in four games for America-SP of Brazil.
Personal
Born on July 17, 1976, in Sao Paolo, Brazil … Has a younger brother, Marcio, who is also a soccer player … His cousin, Marcos Assuncao, has played for A.S. Roma and Betis.
Year | Team | GP | GS | SI | SO | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1424 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
2014 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1447 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2013 | New York Cosmos | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1149 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
TOTAL | 51 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 4020 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 1 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | SI | SO | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | New York Cosmos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2014 | New York Cosmos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | New York Cosmos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Date | Type | Match | Result | Appear | Min | G | A | Sh | Y | R |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11/15/2015 | The Championship | NYC v OTT | W 3 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
11/07/2015 | The Championship | NYC v FTL | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
10/31/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v TBR | W 2 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10/25/2015 | Regular Season | SAS v NYC | W 1 - 2 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10/11/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v FCE | W 3 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10/04/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v ATL | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
09/27/2015 | Regular Season | FCE v NYC | L 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
09/22/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v OTT | L 1 - 4 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
09/19/2015 | Regular Season | MNU v NYC | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/12/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v JAX | W 1 - 0 | Sub In | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
09/05/2015 | Regular Season | TBR v NYC | L 2 - 0 | Start | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/15/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v SAS | W 2 - 1 | Sub In | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
07/05/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v IND | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
05/27/2015 | US Open Cup | NYC v NJE | W 3 - 0 | Start | 71 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
05/16/2015 | Regular Season | NCFC v NYC | D 2 - 2 | Start | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
05/10/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v FCE | W 4 - 2 | Start | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
05/02/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v OTT | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
04/25/2015 | Regular Season | ATL v NYC | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
04/18/2015 | Regular Season | NYC v TBR | W 2 - 0 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
04/11/2015 | Regular Season | IND v NYC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
04/04/2015 | Regular Season | FTL v NYC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11/08/2014 | The Championship | SAS v NYC | L 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/25/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v TBR | D 2 - 2 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10/18/2014 | Regular Season | MNU v NYC | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/11/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v OTT | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/04/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v IND | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
09/20/2014 | Regular Season | NCFC v NYC | L 5 - 4 | Sub In | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/13/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v ATL | W 3 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/06/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v FTL | W 2 - 0 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/30/2014 | Regular Season | IND v NYC | D 2 - 2 | Sub In | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/16/2014 | Regular Season | TBR v NYC | L 3 - 1 | Start | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/09/2014 | Regular Season | ATL v NYC | W 1 - 2 | Start | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/06/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v FCE | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/02/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v NCFC | L 0 - 1 | Sub In | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
07/26/2014 | Regular Season | FTL v NYC | D 1 - 1 | Sub In | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
05/24/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v IND | D 1 - 1 | Start | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
05/17/2014 | Regular Season | TBR v NYC | W 0 - 3 | Start | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
05/12/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v MNU | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
05/03/2014 | Regular Season | NCFC v NYC | L 1 - 0 | Start | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
04/26/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v SAS | L 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
04/19/2014 | Regular Season | FCE v NYC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
04/13/2014 | Regular Season | NYC v ATL | W 4 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11/09/2013 | Soccer Bowl | ATL v NYC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/26/2013 | Regular Season | SAS v NYC | W 1 - 2 | Start | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/20/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v FCE | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10/12/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v NCFC | W 4 - 0 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10/05/2013 | Regular Season | MNU v NYC | W 0 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/29/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v TBR | W 4 - 3 | Start | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/21/2013 | Regular Season | FTL v NYC | W 0 - 2 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
09/14/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v MNU | W 1 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/07/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v ATL | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
09/01/2013 | Regular Season | FCE v NYC | D 1 - 1 | Start | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/24/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v SAS | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/17/2013 | Regular Season | NCFC v NYC | L 3 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/10/2013 | Regular Season | TBR v NYC | D 0 - 0 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
08/03/2013 | Regular Season | NYC v FTL | W 2 - 1 | Start | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |