The Vink family moved to the Netherlands, and it was there that young Marciano learned his trade at TOS Actief and ADE in Amsterdam.
13 Facts About Marciano Vink
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Marciano Vink swiftly rose through ranks of Ajax's youth Academy with a number of extremely talented players such as: Dennis Bergkamp, Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer, Clarence Seedorf, Ronald Koeman and Marco van Basten.
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Marciano Vink was deemed to be a huge prospect and was heralded to become the next Frank Rijkaard.
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Marciano Vink's rise through the youth ranks and his debut at the age of 18 in 1988 were no indication of how his career would ultimately unfold.
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Marciano Vink's spell with Genoa turned out to be a disappointment.
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Marciano Vink played only 13 matches, in a season which saw Genoa narrowly avoid relegation to Serie B Marciano Vink quickly decided to move back to the Netherlands with top side PSV Eindhoven.
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Marciano Vink spent the next two seasons rehabilitating, but to no avail.
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Marciano Vink played only 48 matches in 5 seasons and was left with a damaged reputation.
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Marciano Vink decided to join 1st division outfit ADO Den Haag on amateur basis in order to revitalize his career, but only played 5 competition matches.
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However, Marciano Vink showed his resilience by returning to professional football briefly, in order to show the critics that he had just been unlucky in his career and that he was indeed a quality player.
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Marciano Vink played for one more season with the Ajax satellite club Ajax Cape Town.
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Marciano Vink has capped twice for the Netherlands in 1991, at the height of his career.
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Marciano Vink earned two caps in one month, but was never called up again, mostly due to injury.