Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza

Marcelo Cordeiro

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza
Date of birth	April 12, 1981 (1981-04-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2008	Vitória
2009-	Internacional	14	(0)
2010	→ Botafogo (loan)	28	(2)
2011-present	→ Portuguesa (loan)	4	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza aka Marcelo Cordeiro (Niterói December 4 of 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as left-back. He currently plays for Portuguesa on loan from Internacional.

Career

Revealed at Vasco, the lateral Marcelo Cordeiro took to blossom into the bigger picture of Brazilian football. His early career was marked by passage through a series of small clubs. He has showed that while serving as side, he still has great offensive power. It was the second top scorer of the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, 2008, with twelve goals for Club Atletico Sorocaba. Drew the attention of Victoria, who hired him to dispute the Brasileirão 2008. On November 23, 2008, he came to mark a bicycle goal against Gremio, and finished the tournament as one of the team's top scorers with five goals, plus one of the highlights of the team from Bahia.

In January 2009, he reached an agreement with Internacional. He had many chances as the holder, being the immediate booking of Kléber the side-left, was also seized at halfback. Lamb scored three goals for Inter, two of them left soon after entering for the second time in two games.

After the season, he hit his departure for Botafogo on loan and will remain at the club in Rio for a year. Alvinegro, when in Rio, has been highlighted by his efficient offensive support, which comes with frequent scoring goals and helping the team in the state. With the support of relatives who roots for the Fire, Marcelo has already said he wants to be remembered as "the shirt 6 Botafogo," hoping to honor another hero who wore the same shirt at Club Rio, Nilton Santos.

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2009
• Copa Suruga Bank: 2009

Botafogo

• Campeonato Carioca: 2010

Contract

• Botafogo.^[1]

References

1. ^ CBF Registry (in Portuguese)

External links

• Ogol

Persondata
Name	Cordeiro De Souza, Marcelo
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	April 12, 1981
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death