Marquinhos is a practicing evangelical Christian, like the majority of Brazilian footballers of his generation. Born on May 14, 1994 in São Paulo under his real name Marcos Aoás Corrêa, the central defender and captain of Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team maintains a deep and daily relationship with faith, which he considers the “most powerful force in the universe.” While his religious practice is sincere and constant, he speaks about it with relative discretion, preferring actions to public declarations.
Marquinhos grew up in São Paulo in a Brazilian Catholic family, son of a teacher mother and a merchant father, alongside his older brother Luan. His faith was deeply marked by a family tragedy: the death of his younger brother Gustavo in 2002, when Marquinhos was only eight years old. According to Le Figaro newspaper, it was in evangelical Christianity that he found refuge and reconstruction after this ordeal. This biographical dimension is essential to understand the intensity of his religious commitment. Like a large part of Brazilian footballers of his generation, he moved away from traditional Catholicism to embrace evangelicalism, a Christian movement that has experienced massive growth in Brazil for three decades. He regularly donates part of his salary to his church and actively participates in the Brazilian evangelical community in the Paris region.
Within Paris Saint-Germain, Marquinhos long belonged to a very tight-knit core of Brazilian evangelical Christian players, alongside Thiago Silva, Lucas Moura, Neymar, Maxwell or David Luiz. At one time, PSG even fielded a defense composed 100% of Brazilian evangelical Christians. These players were close to evangelical pastor Marco Ceará, a former club defender who converted to pastoral ministry, and regularly organized worship meetings at home. Marquinhos systematically thanks God during his interviews and publishes frequent spiritual messages on his social networks. In August 2025, his Christian faith became the subject of an unexpected controversy when Waldemar Kita, president of FC Nantes, told him while presenting him with a commemorative trophy: “You Brazilians, you adapt well, you are Christians.” A phrase that, captured by Ligue 1+ microphones, sparked a debate about the place of religious expression in French football. Marquinhos himself did not react publicly, staying true to his line of discretion. Married since July 2016 to Carol Cabrino, he is father to four children, and the unity of the family unit founded on faith is one of the proclaimed pillars of his personal life.
Marquinhos is christian. This information has been officially confirmed.