- Marcelo Moreno Martins
-
Marcelo Moreno Martins
Marcelo Moreno with Werder BremenPersonal information Full name Marcelo Martins Moreno Date of birth June 18, 1987 Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Shakhtar Donetsk Number 99 Youth career 2003–2004 Oriente Petrolero 2004–2005 Vitória Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005–2007 Vitória 30 (12) 2007–2008 Cruzeiro 14 (7) 2008– Shakhtar Donetsk 36 (10) 2009 → Werder Bremen (loan) 5 (0) 2010 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 12 (0) National team‡ 2007– Bolivia 30 (10) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 May 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011Marcelo Moreno Martins (born 18 June 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra), is a Bolivian footballer. He currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League side Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as the Bolivian national team.
He is known as Marcelo Martins when representing Bolivia but as Marcelo Moreno at club level.
Contents
Club career
Moreno began his career at Vitória, becoming first choice in 2006, at the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. He scored 12 goals in the competition, 4 less than the top goalscorer. In the middle of 2007, he moved to Cruzeiro, becoming first choice only in the next year, when he scored 8 goals at the Copa Libertadores, being the top goalscorer, alongside Salvador Cabañas.
On May 27, 2008 he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. The Ukrainian club agreed to pay €9 million for the player.[1] On 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Moreno joined German club Werder Bremen on loan. Bremen had initially attempted to sign Moreno the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar. On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk.[2] At 16:44 on the final day of the transfer window, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar and Wigan was agreed to take the player to the Premier League. He signed for Wigan Athletic on 1 February on loan.[3][4]
Club statistics
- As of 22 November 2010
Club Season League Cup Europe Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Shakhtar 2008–09 14 2 1 1 6 0 21 3 2010–11 11 3 2 2 1 0 14 5 Total for Shakhtar 25 5 3 3 7 0 35 8 International career
Born in Bolivia to a Brazilian father (Mauro Martins, former footballer) and Bolivian mother, Marcelo Moreno has played for the Brazilian U20 national team at the youth level, becoming the first foreign player to be part of it and the fifth foreign player to wear the Brazilian National Team's shirt in an official match, but chose to play for the Bolivian senior national team as a professional.
Due to his success playing for Cruzeiro, he received his first call-up for a friendly match against Peru on September 12, 2007. Moreno scored his first international goal on November 20, 2007, during a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. He was also one of the goalscorers in Bolivia's 6–1 victory over Diego Maradona's Argentina on April 1, 2009.
Honours
Club
- Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2008
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- UEFA Cup: 2008–2009
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2010–2011
Individual
- Cruzeiro
- Copa Libertadores: 2008 Topscorer (8 goals)
References
- ^ Shakhtar swoop for Bolivian starlet uefa.com
- ^ Moreno – durchgefallen und zurück nach Donezk
- ^ Moreno at Wigan till summer shakhtar.com
- ^ Wigan sign Shakhtar Donetsk striker Ontheminute.com
External links
- (Portuguese) CBF
- Soccerbase Profile (English)
- Marcelo Moreno Martins stats Soccerway (English)
2 Hoyos • 3 Gutiérrez • 4 Álvarez • 5 Rivero • 6 Flores • 7 Edivaldo • 8 García • 9 Moreno • 10 J. Vaca • 11 Peña • 12 D. Vaca • 13 Amador • 14 Vargas • 15 Robles • 16 Raldes • 17 Arce • 18 Pedriel • 19 Chávez • 20 Saucedo • 21 Campos • 22 Cardozo • 23 Galarza • Coach: Quinteros
•FC Shakhtar Donetsk – current squad 3 Hübschman · 5 Kucher · 7 Fernandinho · 8 Jádson · 9 L. Adriano · 10 Willian · 11 Eduardo · 13 Shevchuk · 14 Kobin · 15 Stepanenko · 16 Tetenko · 17 Seleznyov · 19 Gai · 20 D. Costa · 22 Mkhitaryan · 25 Rybka · 26 Raț · 27 Chygrynskiy · 29 A. Teixeira · 30 Pyatov · 31 Dentinho · 32 Ischenko · 33 Srna (c) · 35 Virt · 36 Chyzhov · 38 Kryvtsov · 44 Rakitskiy · 70 Alan Patrick · 90 Vitsenets · 99 M. Moreno · Manager: Lucescu
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Santa Cruz de la Sierra
- Bolivian footballers
- Bolivian expatriate footballers
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Ukraine
- Oriente Petrolero players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- SV Werder Bremen players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Premier League players
- Bolivian people of Brazilian descent
- Brazilian people of Bolivian descent
- Bolivia international footballers
- Association football forwards
- 2011 Copa América players
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.