Marcelinho Paraíba

Marcelinho Paraíba
For other people, See Marcelinho (disambiguation).
Marcelinho Paraíba
Personal information
Full name Marcelo dos Santos
Date of birth May 17, 1975 (1975-05-17) (age 36)
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Winger
Second striker
Club information
Current club Sport
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Campinense 0 (0)
1994 Paraguaçuense 0 (0)
1994–1995 Santos 7 (0)
1995–1996 Rio Branco 42 (7)
1997–2000 São Paulo 60 (15)
2000–2001 Marseille 19 (3)
2001 Grêmio 0 (0)
2001–2006 Hertha BSC 155 (65)
2006–2007 Trabzonspor 17 (2)
2007–2008 VfL Wolfsburg 50 (12)
2008–2009 Flamengo 19 (8)
2009 Coritiba 34 (14)
2010–2011 São Paulo 8 (1)
2010 Sport (loan) 23 (6)
2011– Sport 0 (0)
National team
2001 Brazil 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo dos Santos (born 17 May 1975 in Campina Grande, Brazil), better known as "Marcelinho Paraíba" or simply "Marcelinho", is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for Sport Recife, in the Brazilian Série B.

In Brazil, he is also known as "Marcelinho Paraíba", referring to the state in which he was born.

He was arguably one of the best playmakers in the Bundesliga because of his extravagant skills that include his visionary passing, abundance of tricks and his world class technique.

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Career

Marcelinho Paraiba began his career in Campinense, Paraíba, where he won two league titles Paraiba.

Between 1994 and 1995, was in Santos when he took a pass unnoticed by the club.

Two years later, however, burst in São Paulo, where he won two Paulistões before being sold to Olympique Marseille, France.

It was only a year in France and in 2001 he played for Gremio when he began to experience the pinnacle of his career. At that time, Marcelinho Paraiba was called "Marcelinho Paraúcho" by gremistas, because during its passage through the team, becoming an idol. Champion and top scorer of the Campeonato Gaúcho after Cup champion Brazil, where he scored a goal in the second game in the final against Corinthians, did not play that year because the Brasileirão, before the tournament, Marcelinho Paraiba ended up getting a five-year contract with Hertha Berlin, Germany.

Since the Bundesliga 2001–02 season, Marcelinho had played for Hertha BSC. He is ranked among the most important players in the association's history and there Marcelinho was known as a technically talented player, serving as a playmaker and leader while performing in both the midfield and forward area. In addition, he carried the responsibility of executing the free kicks, corner kicks, and penalty kicks of the club. The personal trademarks of this extravagant football player are his usually remarkable shoes and his often multicolored hair. He was capped fives times for the Brazil national football team, for which he scored once. At the beginning of the 2006–07 season, he arbitrarily extended his off-season vacation by nine days, which led to some slight tension with the Hertha BSC association management. After Marcelinho had expressed himself, in the following the days, contradictory statements as to whether he wanted to remain at Hertha BSC or not, he ended his term with Hertha BSC with the conclusion of a three-year contract with Turkish club Trabzonspor for approximately 2.5 million euros. In August 2008, Marcelinho Paraíba returned to Brazil to play for Flamengo.[1] On 6 March 2009 Coritiba Foot Ball Club have signed the forward on a free transfer until the end of the year, Marcelinho recently terminated his contract with Flamengo.[2] After the relegation of his club Coritiba Foot Ball Club signed on 18 December 2009 for São Paulo FC.[3] On 9 August 2010 he was loaned to Sport till the end of the 2010 season[4] and his contract was extended to the end of the 2011 season.

Career statistics

(Correct as of 8 December 2009)
Club Season Carioca League Brazilian Série A Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Flamengo 2008 - - - 19 8 4 19 8 4
2009 6 2 1 - - - 6 2 1
Total 6 2 1 19 8 4 25 10 5

according to combined sources on the Flamengo official website.[5]

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