MMarcelinho playing for Ludogorets in 2011
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Nascimento da Costa | ||
Date of birth | 24 August 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
Number | 84 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Rio Negro | ||
2002–2005 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | Cascavel | ||
2006 | Santacruzense | ||
2007 | São Caetano | ||
2008 | Catanduvense | ||
2008–2009 | Al-Nasr Dubai | ? | (0) |
2010 | Mogi Mirim | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Bragantino | 24 | (4) |
2011– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 149 | (49) |
National team‡ | |||
2016– | Bulgaria | 7 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2016 |
Marcelo Nascimento da Costa (born 24 August 1984 in Manacapuru, Amazonas) commonly known as Marcelinho, is a Brazilian-born Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and the Bulgaria national team.
Marcelinho joined São Paulo as a seventeen-year-old, but he failed to break into the first-team. Since leaving São Paulo in early 2005 he has played for Cascavel, Santacruzense, São Caetano and Catanduvense. In 2008, Marcelinho joined Al Nasr in Dubai.
After one season, Marcelinho left the UAE League side Al Nasr and signed for Mogi Mirim. In the first half of 2010 he earned 15 appearances in the Campeonato Paulista. Marcelinho made his debut in a 5–1 away loss against Palmeiras on 16 January 2010.
In July 2010, Marcelinho signed with Clube Atlético Bragantino, where he played 24 matches and scored four goals to the end of the season in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Marcelinho made his first-team debut in a 2–0 home defeat at Ponte Preta on 31 July. In 2011, he appeared 17 times for Bragantino in the Campeonato Paulista, scoring one goal. Marcelinho netted his first goal of 2011 as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 home victory over Santos on 19 March.