Marcelinho Paraíba

Marcelo dos Santos (born 17 May 1975), known as Marcelinho Paraíba or simply Marcelinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who last played for AD Perilima as an attacking midfielder.

Marcelinho Paraíba
Marcelinho playing for Hertha in 2005.
Personal information
Full name Marcelo dos Santos
Date of birth (1975-05-17) 17 May 1975
Place of birth Campina Grande, Brazil
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1993 Campinense 0 (0)
1994 Paraguaçuense 0 (0)
1994 → Santos (loan) 7 (0)
1995–1997 Rio Branco-SP 42 (7)
1997–2000 São Paulo 60 (15)
2000 Olympique de Marseille 19 (3)
2001 Grêmio 49 (23)
2001–2006 Hertha BSC 155 (65)
2006 Trabzonspor 17 (2)
2007–2008 VfL Wolfsburg 51 (12)
2008–2009 Flamengo 7 (8)
2009 Coritiba 34 (14)
2010–2011 São Paulo 8 (1)
2010 → Sport Recife (loan) 23 (6)
2011–2012 Sport Recife 33 (12)
2012 Grêmio Barueri 19 (3)
2012–2013 Boa Esporte 33 (5)
2014 Fortaleza 19 (2)
2015 Inter de Lages 17 (9)
2015 Joinville 32 (5)
2016 Oeste 14 (4)
2016 Inter de Lages 9 (3)
2016 → Ypiranga-RS (loan) 4 (2)
2017 Treze 4 (4)
2017–2018 Portuguesa 6 (0)
2018 Treze 13 (5)
2018–2019 Perilima 2 (2)
2019 Treze 16 (3)
2020 Perilima 3 (0)
National team
2001 Brazil 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2020[1]

In Brazil, he is also known as Marcelinho Paraíba, which refers to the state in which he was born, as a means to distinguish himself from other players also called "Marcelinho". 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.

Career

Born in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Marcelinho Paraiba began his career in Campinense, where he won two league titles there. Between 1994 and 1995, he played for Santos. Two years later, however, he made his breakthrough at São Paulo, where he won two Paulistões before being sold to Marseille.

He only spent a year in France, and in 2001 he returned to Brazil to play for Grêmio, where he began to experience the pinnacle of his career. At that time, Marcelinho Paraiba was called "Marcelinho Paraúcho" by Gremistas, because of his passage in the team. He became champion and top scorer of the Campeonato Gaúcho, and champion of the Copa do Brasil, where he scored a goal in the second game in the final against Corinthians, but did not play in the league that year because before the tournament, he signed a five-year contract with Hertha BSC.

Marcelinho played for Hertha from 2001 to 2006. 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 multicoloured 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 association management. After Marcelinho had expressed himself, in the following the days, contradictory statements as to whether he wanted to remain at Hertha or not, he ended his term with them, signing 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.[2] On 6 March 2009, Coritiba signed the forward on a free transfer until the end of the year, as Marcelinho terminated his contract with Flamengo.[3] After the relegation of Coritiba, he re-signed for São Paulo on 18 December 2009. 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.

Marcelinho subsequently represented Sport, Boa Esporte, Fortaleza, Internacional de Lages (two stints), Joinville, Oeste, Ypiranga de Erechim Treze[5] and Portuguesa.

Retirement

On 15 March 2020, he made his last game as a professional player, playing for Perilima against Centro Sportivo Paraibano for the eighth round of the 2020 Campeonato Paraibano.[6]

Honours

Club

Campinense[7]

São Paulo[7]

Grêmio[7]

Hertha BSC

Boa Esporte

Individual

References
  1. "Perfil de Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). O Gol. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Flamengo acerta com meia Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). Terra Esportes. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
  3. "Coxa e Marcelinho perto de acerto" (in Portuguese). coritiba.com.br. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  4. "Marcelinho Paraíba deixa o São Paulo e acerta para reforçar o Sport" (in Portuguese). Esporte. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  5. "Meia Marcelinho Paraíba dá drible no Campinense e fecha com o rival Treze". globoesporte.globo.com. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. "Marcelinho Paraíba encerra carreira polêmica no jogo de hoje contra o CSP • Paraíba Online". Paraíba Online. 15 March 2020.
  7. "Biografias – Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). Uol Esporte. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  8. "Boa Esporte segura o Leão e é campeão da Taça Minas Gerais 2012" (in Portuguese). www.hojeemdia.com. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  9. "Bundesliga Historie 2002/03" (in German). kicker.
  10. "Bundesliga Historie 2004/05" (in German). kicker.
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