Marcelo dos Santos (born 17 May 1975), known as Marcelinho Paraíba or simply Marcelinho, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
 Marcelinho playing for Hertha in 2005. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Campina Grande, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| 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 | 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) |
| 2020 | Treze | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 698 | (215) | |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Brazil | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | Treze | ||
| 2021 | Sport Lagoa Seca | ||
| 2022 | Oeirense | ||
| 2022 | Treze | ||
| 2022–2023 | Serra Branca | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 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
editBorn in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Marcelinho Paraíba 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 Olympique de 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 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 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.[1] 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.[2] 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[3] 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[4] and Portuguesa.
Retirement and return
editOn 15 March 2020, he announced his retirement as a professional player, playing for Perilima against Centro Sportivo Paraibano in the eighth round of the 2020 Campeonato Paraibano;[5] however, eight months later, he changed his mind and rejoined Treze in an effort to help them avoid relegation.[6] He made his first appearance since returning from retirement on 28 November as a half-time substitute in a 1–1 draw with Vila Nova, being substituted himself in the 78th minute.[7][8]
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 August 2001 | Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, Brazil |  Paraguay |
1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Managerial career
editOn 10 December 2020, after Treze suffered relegation from the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Marcelinho was appointed manager of the club for the 2021 campaign.[9] Despite a promising start in the 2021 Copa do Nordeste, he couldn't arrest a drop in performance which saw his side finish fourth in the first stage of the 2021 Campeonato Paraibano, and on 24 May 2021 he was dismissed.[10] He joined Sport-PB as manager in September 2021.[11] He was in role for only 15 days before resigning due to off-field problems.[12] In late October 2021 he was announced as the coach of Oeirense for the 2022 season.[13] He was sacked in February 2022, after six games of the season, following a heavy defeat.[14] On 11 March 2022 he was announced as coach of Treze for a second time.[15]
Honours
editClub
editCampinense[16]
- Campeonato Paraibano: 1991, 1993
São Paulo[16]
- Campeonato Paulista: 1998, 2000
Grêmio[16]
- Campeonato Gaúcho: 2001
- Copa do Brasil: 2001
Hertha BSC
- DFB-Ligapokal: 2001, 2002
Boa Esporte
- Taça Minas Gerais: 2012[17]
Individual
edit- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2002–03, 2004–05[18][19]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Flamengo acerta com meia Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). Terra Esportes. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba deixa o São Paulo e acerta para reforçar o Sport" (in Portuguese). Esporte. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Meia Marcelinho Paraíba dá drible no Campinense e fecha com o rival Treze". globoesporte.globo.com. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba encerra carreira polêmica no jogo de hoje contra o CSP • Paraíba Online". Paraíba Online. 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba interrompe a aposentadoria para, aos 45 anos, tentar evitar a queda do Treze". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Treze vs. Vila Nova - 28 November 2020 - Soccerway".
- ^ "Brazil - Marcelinho Paraíba - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba é confirmado como técnico do Treze para 2021" [Marcelinho Paraíba is confirmed as manager of Treze for 2021] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ "Treze demite Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Sport-PB anuncia Marcelinho Paraíba como técnico da equipe para a 2ª divisão do Paraibano" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 13 September 2021.
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba admite mágoa com o Treze e afirma que sua saída do clube foi um "tiro no pé"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Marcelinho Paraíba fecha com o Oeirense e assume o comando técnico do time piauiense" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Após goleada no Piauiense, Marcelinho Paraíba é demitido do Oeirense: "Não faltou empenho"" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 5 February 2022.
- ^ "Treze acerta o retorno do técnico Marcelinho Paraíba para o time" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c "Biografias – Marcelinho Paraíba" (in Portuguese). Uol Esporte. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 2002/03" (in German). kicker.
- ^ "Bundesliga Historie 2004/05" (in German). kicker.
External links
edit- Marcelinho at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Marcelinho Paraíba at WorldFootball.net
- Marcelinho Paraíba at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marcelinho Paraíba at Soccerway