The Nineteen-year-old forward Marquinhos joined Arsenal from Sao Paulo on a long-term contract earlier before the season.
The young Brazilian youth international, full name Marcus Vinicius Oliveira Alencar, developed through the Sao Paulo youth system, progressing into the first team squad and making his first team debut as an 18-year-old last July.
Since arriving the team, he has shown a great performance in their preseason and in the just started premier League II
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The gunners shown a brilliant performance tonight as they visit and defeat West Ham in 3-2 final score in premier League U21 (PL2)
First goal of the match was from West ham star, Kamari in the 13th minutes which then follows an equaliser by a brilliant header goal from Marquinhos. Here are the highlights of the match
Marquinhos first goal for Arsenal
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Arsenal 1:1 West Ham
Marquinhos second goal for Arsenal
Arsenal 2:1West ham
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The host, West Ham United opened the score line with a goal from Kamarai in the 13th minutes which was equalised by a brilliant heading of Marquinhos to balance up the score line
The second goals come in minutes after that from Marquinhos again, scoring another brilliant heading in the 44th minutes to give Arsenal a perfect lead on the first half of the game.
The first 45 minutes of the game ended with 2:1 in favour of Arsenal and birth goals were from Marquinhos awesome heading
Arsenal netted the third goal in the second half in the 56th minutes play. It was a brilliant finish from James Olayinka but long did West ham returned a goal to make it 3:2
Marquinhos made 33 first team appearances during his time with Sao Paulo and was a part of the squad which won the Compeonato Paulista in 2021.
The young forward, who has represented Brazil at under-16 and under-17 levels, will travel to London from Brazil in the coming weeks to join up with his new team mates for pre-season training.
Report from GOAL confirm that the starlet has signed a four-year deal with the option of extending for an additional season.
Marquinhos is reported to have signed a deal that runs for five years.
Marquinhos has been used mainly as a winger for Sao Paulo, but he can also play as a centre-forward.
He is comfortable on either wing, but is left footed and his preferred role is wide out on the right so he can cut inside on his favoured foot.
He broke into the Sao Paulo senior side at the age of 18 and made his debut against Flamengo last July.
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