Career
He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where he got knocked out in the Round of 64. In 2012 he took part on his second Olympics, reaching the Round of 32 in the singles and the quarterfinals in the team event with Tiago Apolónia and João Monteiro. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Portugal in table tennis, more specifically, Men"s team with João Geraldo and Tiago Apolonia.
He earned a gold medal.
Since 2012 Marcos Freitas lives in Schwechat and practices at the Werner Schlager Academy.