Emiliano Marcondes

Emiliano Marcondes Camargo Hansen (born 9 March 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for A-League Men club Melbourne City. He progressed through the youth ranks to win his maiden call into the first team squad for a league match versus AC Horsens on 16 July 2012 and remained an unused substitute during the 4–0 victory. Marcondes' development continued with 15 appearances during the 2013–14 season, in which he made three European appearances and scored his first senior goal, which came in a 3–1 victory over Viborg FF on 11 May 2014. In July 2017, Marcondes signed a pre-contract agreement to depart the club on 31 December 2017. He had an excellent first half of the 2017–18 season, scoring 18 goals in 20 appearances and winning the November 2017 Danish Superliga Player of the Month award. With 17 league goals, he was top scorer of the Danish Superliga at the commencement of the winter break.

Brentford

2018–2019: Injury struggles On 21 July 2017, Marcondes signed a pre-contract agreement to move to England and join Championship club Brentford on a -year contract in January 2018. Mainly used in a substitute role, Marcondes made 13 appearances in what remained of the 2017–18 season. but he managed just three appearances before missing another three months of the season with an ankle ligament injury. He finished an injury-affected 2018–19 season with 13 appearances and no goals. On 2 September 2019, he joined Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland, also owned by Brentford owner Matthew Benham, on loan until 31 December 2019. Marcondes had made 30 appearances and scored four goals. He made 24 appearances before suffering a back injury in January 2021, which kept him out for seven weeks. Marcondes made 97 appearances and scored seven goals during his seasons with Brentford.

AFC Bournemouth On 3 July 2021, Marcondes signed a three-year contract with Championship club AFC Bournemouth on a free transfer. He was heavily involved in the first team squad during the opening month of the season, making seven appearances and scoring one goal, before being dropped to the bench after the September international break. Marcondes returned to match play on 3 November, with a substitute cameo in a 2–1 league defeat to Preston North End. He returned to Bournemouth at the end of the season.

Marcondes moved on loan to Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in January 2024.

On 5 June 2024, Bournemouth announced he would leave the club in the summer when his contract expired.

Norwich City In early October 2024, Marcondes signed a one-year contract with Norwich City. On 23 November, he scored his first league goal for the club in a 2–2 draw against West Bromwich Albion. On 29 April 2025, the club announced that it had exercised a one-year option to extend the player's contract. On 24 April 2026, Norwich announced that Marcondes would leave the club at the end of his contract that summer.

Melbourne City On 20 August 2026, Marcondes signed with A-League Men club Melbourne City for the 2026–27 season.

International career Marcondes made 43 appearances and scored 10 goals for Denmark between U17 and U21 level. He was a part of the U21 squad which exited in the group stage at the 2017 UEFA European U21 Championship. Marcondes was called into the Denmark U21 squad for the Suwon Invitational Tournament, into which the team was entered in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Despite appearing in each match and scoring one goal, he was not named in the Olympic squad. His father is a jazz musician and his maternal grandfather is retired footballer Braz Camargo. At age 9, Marcondes' parents separated and he remained in Denmark to live with his father, while his mother returned to Brazil and died in 2012.

Career statistics

Honours FC Midtjylland Danish Superliga: 2019–20

AFC Bournemouth Championship runner-up: 2021–22

Brentford EFL Championship play-offs: 2021

Individual Danish Football Awards Danish Superliga Player of the Year: 2017 Danish Superliga Player of the Month: November 2017