Marcelo dos Santos Ferreira

Marcelo
Personal information
Full name Marcelo dos Santos Ferreira
Date of birth (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989
Place of birth São Carlos, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Rio Ave
Number 46
Youth career
2006–2007 Astral EC
2007–2009 Vasco Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010 Rio Preto 0 (0)
2010–2011 Ribeirão 21 (2)
2011– Rio Ave 95 (6)
2011–2012 → Leixões (loan) 20 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2016.


Marcelo dos Santos Ferreira (born 27 July 1989), known simply as Marcelo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Rio Ave F.C. as a central defender.

Club career

Marcelo was born in São Carlos, São Paulo. After failing to impose himself at CR Vasco da Gama, he joined amateurs Rio Preto Esporte Clube.

Marcelo moved to Portugal in 2010, signing with G.D. Ribeirão in the third division. For the 2011–12 season he went straight to the Primeira Liga with Rio Ave FC,[1] being immediately loaned to Leixões SC.

Marcelo made his debut in the Portuguese top flight on 18 August 2012, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against C.S. Marítimo. At the end of the campaign, in which he started in all his 28 appearances (scoring in a 1–0 win at Gil Vicente F.C. on 13 January 2013[2]) to help his team finish in sixth position, he won the club's Player of the Year award.[3]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Feliz e Marcelo são reforços oficiais para 2011/2012" [Feliz and Marcelo are official additions for 2011/2012] (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Gil Vicente-Rio Ave, 0–1: Vitória sem gravata mas feita à medida" [Gil Vicente-Rio Ave, 0–1: No-tie win but handmade] (in Portuguese). Record. 13 January 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rio Ave: Marcelo é o jogador do ano" [Rio Ave: Marcelo is the player of the year] (in Portuguese). Zerozero. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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