Marcelo Labarthe

Marcelo Labarthe

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Martini Labarthe
Date of birth	August 12, 1984 (1984-08-12) (age 27)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1999-2003	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004-2005	Internacional	8	(0)
2005	Sporting
2005-2006	Beira Mar (Loan)	13	(0)
2006-2007	Vitória (Loan)
2007	Vitória Setúbal (Loan)	9	(0)
2007-2008	Grêmio (Loan)	7	(0)
2009	Ventforet Kofu	0	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Martini Labarthe or simply Marcelo Labarthe (born 12 August 1984 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian attacking midfielder. He has recently played for Ventforet Kofu.

Marcelo Labarthe previously played for the rivals Internacional and Grêmio.^[1]

He started in the youth categories of Internacional, known only by his first name, Marcelo. Inter's president at the time, Fernando Carvalho, suggested the change to only Labarthe, the surname of his French origins, because it could be more attractive for the European leagues, where the boy could get dual citizenship^[2] (in a similar case of his fellows from Inter's youth team, Rafael Sobis and Marcos Camozzato). When he went to the main team, he used his first name along with his last one, Marcelo Labarthe.

Honours

• Rio Grande do Sul State League: 2004, 2005

Contract

• Sporting 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2009

References

1. ^ "Futpédia: Marcelo Labarthe". Globo Esporte. http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/marcelo-labarthe. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
2. ^ "A estrela Sobis", Leandro Behs, Placar nº. 1289, December 2005, Editora Abril, pg. 78

External links

• (Portuguese) CBF
• (English) sambafoot
• (Portuguese) zerozero.pt

Persondata
Name	Labarthe, Marcelo
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Date of birth	12 August 1984
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
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