The 21-year-old has spent much of this campaign with the club's 'B' side, who compete in the second tier of Portuguese football.
But after getting his first start with the senior team in a cup loss to Rio Ave last week, Marakis made his full league debut in the 1-1 draw with Vitória Guimarães on Saturday.
The Johannesburg-born star made his first appearance for the club as a substitute on the final day of the 2010/11 season, but has had to wait another almost two years for his next appearance.
He will now hope to kick-on under coach Pedro Martins, himself a former Portuguese international defensive midfielder.
Maritimo have not had the best of seasons and currently lie ninth in the Portuguese league.
Marakis is not the only South African attached to Portuguese top-flight clubs.
Defender Paulo Loureiro, 20, is on the books of fourth-placed Paços de Ferreira, though he has yet to feature this season.
And 16-year-old midfielder Dani Ladeira is highly-rated at Nacional, but is perhaps some way away from the first team.
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Keep monitoring his progress in Portugal....
At the moment we're more interested in AFCON games.....
posted: 09:58 am | Report
Fact: Terblanche will be going to Portugal to drink coffee....
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posted: 11:11 am | Report
u pie lerete retards need to get over urselves. I think its worth a try to increase the pool of players to select from. Gordon should not limit himself to PSL football which is garbage anyway . If it was so awesome we would have finished in the quater finals during the 2010 world cup and qualified wit ease for afcon 2012.
How Frankie ndoda, why usithuka manje,,senzeni thina mabhakaniya??