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Marcelinho Carioca

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Marcelinho Carioca
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Pereira Surcin
Date of birth (1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Flamengo 64 (10)
1994–1997 Corinthians 53 (14)
1997 Valencia 5 (0)
1998–2001 Corinthians 62 (36)
2001 Santos 15 (5)
2002 Gamba Osaka 21 (3)
2003 Vasco da Gama 18 (9)
2003 Al Nassr 6 (3)
2004 Vasco da Gama 1 (0)
2004 Ajaccio 10 (2)
2005 Brasiliense 26 (9)
2006 Corinthians 5 (0)
2007–2009 Santo André 71 (13)
2012 Corinthians (beach soccer) 4 (?)
Total 311 (93)
International career
1994–2001 Brazil 4 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was known as Pé de Anjo (Angel's Foot) for his free kick accuracy, having scored 80 goals in this manner out of a total tally of 505.[1]

One of the greatest-ever players in Corinthians' history, Marcelinho scored 206 goals in 420 matches for the Timão from 1994 to 2001. He won 8 trophies, including two consecutive national titles and the first edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000, but never succeeded in the national team due to his difficult character and falling-outs with numerous coaches.[2][3]

Club career

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Corinthians

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After winning 1990 Brazilian Cup, 1991 Rio de Janeiro State Championship and 1992 Brazilian National Championship as a Flamengo player, Marcelinho Carioca signed his first contract with Corinthians—who bought him from Flamengo for US$500.000,00[clarify] in December 1993. In mid-1997, after winning the Brazilian Cup (Copa do Brasil) and the São Paulo State Championship (Campeonato Paulista), he was sold to Valencia (ESP) for US$7,000,000 where he would become a teammate of Romário.[4] With the Mestalla side he would play 11 games,[5] of which five would be on La Liga,[6] and scored one single goal,[5] against Hércules in the Copa Generalitat.[7]

After this spell, unsuccessfully came back to Corinthians in the end of the year.[8] Back to "Parque São Jorge" he was two times champion of the national championship (Campeonato Brasileiro, 98 and 99), one time state champion (2001), and raised the trophy of the first FIFA world club championship in 2000.

The second time he left the team seemed to be for good. After a few conflicts with teammates in mid-2001, he was accused of denigrating the clubs image, and left the squad. After training alone for some time in the club, he won in justice the opportunity to play for Santos FC, where he stayed for six months. In a legal dispute (for the 2001 incident), Corinthians won in first instance, obliging the player to pay R$9.000.000.

In February 2006, as part of a deal, he signed his third contract with Corinthians but only six months later, as of the arrival and request of manager Émerson Leão, Marcelinho Carioca was released. He was signed by Santo André the following year, where he stayed until 2009 winning promotion to Brazilian First Division in 2008 but being relegated the following year. He played a farewell match for Corinthians early in 2010 in a friendly against Huracán.

In 2012, he played four games for the Corinthians beach soccer team.

Career statistics

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Club

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Club performance League
Club Season League Apps Goals
Brazil League
Flamengo 1988 Série A 5 0
1989 8 1
1990 9 0
1991 17 3
1992 6 1
1993 19 5
Corinthians 1994 Série A 25 8
1995 16 5
1996 12 1
1997 0 0
Valencia 1997–98 La Liga 5 0
Corinthians 1998 Série A 28 19
1999 19 13
2000 15 4
Santos 2001 Série A 15 5
Gamba Osaka 2002 J. League Division 1 21 3
Vasco da Gama 2003 Série A 18 9
Al-Nassr 2003–04 Saudi Premier League 12 6
Vasco da Gama 2004 Série A 1 0
Ajaccio 2004–05 Ligue 1 10 2
Brasiliense 2005 Série A 26 9
Corinthians 2006 Série A 5 0
Santo André 2007 Série B 8 0
2008 31 8
2009 Série A 32 5
2010 Série B
Career total 363 107

International

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Brazil
Year Apps Goals
1994 1 0
1998 2 2
1999 0 0
2000 0 0
2001 1 0
Total 4 2

Honours

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Club

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Flamengo

Corinthians

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Marcelinho compara gol 500 a milésimo de Romário" (in Portuguese). esportes.terra.com.br. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Luxemburgo ataca Marcelinho Carioca". 5 February 2007. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2017 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "Luxemburgo discute com Marcelinho Carioca em programa de TV - 05/02/2007 - UOL Esporte - Futebol". www.uol.com.br (in Portuguese). 5 February 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ Junior, Roberto (16 May 2016). "Marcelinho relembra farra de Romário: "No outro dia fez 2 gols"". Torcedores | Notícias esportivas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Marcelinho Carioca dejó de ir con Brasil tras acostarse con la mujer del entrenador". Las Provincias (in European Spanish). 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ^ "De grandes peloteros a pufos en Mestalla". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 25 January 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Ciberche.net - Jugador". www.ciberche.net. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ^ "UOL - Brasil Online - Marcelinho Carioca deixa Valencia 25/11/97 17h04". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ^ Marcelinho Carioca at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ^ Bola de Prata – Histórico, ESPN, 29 June 2017
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