Marcel Augusto Ortolan

Marcel

Personal information
Full name	Marcel Augusto Ortolan
Date of birth	November 12, 1981 (1981-11-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Coritiba
Youth career
1999	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2003	Coritiba	49	(20)
2004	Suwon Bluewings	23	(8)
2004–2006	Académica	32	(13)
2006–2011	Benfica	7	(0)
2006	→ Braga (loan)	10	(1)
2006–2007	→ São Paulo (loan)	3	(0)
2007	→ Grêmio (loan)	17	(5)
2008	→ Cruzeiro (loan)	0	(0)
2008	→ Grêmio (loan)	29	(9)
2009	→ Vissel Kobe (loan)	10	(3)
2010	→ Santos (loan)	13	(5)
2011	→ Vasco da Gama (loan)	0	(0)
2011	Suwon Bluewings	11	(3)
2011–	Coritiba
National team
2003	Brazil U-23	8	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcel Augusto Ortolan (born 12 November 1981 in Mirassol, São Paulo) most commonly known as Marcel, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Coritiba Foot Ball Club.

Career

Marcel started his career in Brazilian regional league, playing for Coritiba. After brief spell in Suwon Samsung Bluewings, he joined Académica de Coimbra in 2004. The two seasons spent in Académica de Coimbra were probably the highest point, so far, in Marcel's career: he managed to score 13 goals, saving the club from relegation in the second season and catching the eye of Portuguese big teams such as Benfica and Porto.

He was signed on loan from Benfica in January 2006. Benfica signed the player permanently in the summer of 2006, paying around £3,5 million for him, the value of the release clause. However, in December, Marcel was loaned to Braga for one year. Upon his return, Marcel was loaned once more, this time around to the Brazilian side São Paulo for another year. Nevertheless, Marcel was unable to establish himself in the team, hence the loan contract was canceled. Marcel was once again loaned, now to Grêmio where he joined his Benfica team-mate Diego Souza.

In 2008, he was loaned to Cruzeiro. He played sparsely, failed to make an impact and his loan was terminated on May 13. He was loaned again to Grêmio.

He played 29 times for the Campeonato Brasileiro 2008 and score nine goals. On December 19, Marcel was released from Grêmio and Benfica loaned him for another season, this time for the J. League side Vissel Kobe.^[1][2]

Rumors around his return to Benfica have started to appear around Portuguese sports journals due to his success in Japan and because of the confirmation that the club's coach Jorge Jesus would bring another striker in January to suppress the shortage of pure centre-forward players on the squad.

In September 2011 he returned to Coritiba, subject to bureaucratic clearance.^[3]

Honours

Team

• Campeonato Paranaense: 2003
• K-League: 2004
• Campeonato Paulista: 2010

Personal

• Campeonato Paranaense Top Scorer: 2003

References

1. ^ "Grêmio não renova com Marcel e atacante vai jogar no time de Caio Júnior.". Globo Esporte. 2008-12-19. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Futebol/0,,MUL929463-9825,00-GREMIO+NAO+RENOVA+COM+MARCEL+E+ATACANTE+VAI+JOGAR+NO+TIME+DE+CAIO+JUNIOR.html.. 
2. ^ "ベンフィカ所属FWマルセウ選手、期限付き移籍加入決定" (in Japanese). vissel-kobe.co.jp. 2008-12-24. http://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/whatsnew/wn_2970.html. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 
3. ^ "Coritiba acerta com Marcel" (in Portuguese). Coritiba FC. 6 September 2011. http://www.coritiba.com.br/portal/2011/09/06/coritiba-acerta-com-marcel/. Retrieved 18 November 2011. 

External links

• K-League Player Record (Korean)
• CBF Profile (Portuguese)
• Santos FC Profile

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Name	Ortolan, Marcel Augusto
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Date of birth	1981-11-12
Place of birth	Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil
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