Marcelo Moreno Martins

Marcelo Moreno Martins

Marcelo Moreno with Werder Bremen
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Martins Moreno
Date of birth	June 18, 1987 (1987-06-18) (age 24)
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 2011

Marcelo 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.

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.

Marcelo Moreno Martins: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	November 20, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1 – 0	3–5	2010 World Cup Qualifying
2.	November 20, 2007	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	3 – 2	3–5	2010 World Cup Qualifying
3.	June 18, 2008	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Paraguay	4 – 2	4–2	2010 World Cup Qualifying
4.	October 14, 2008	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Uruguay	1 – 0	2–2	2010 World Cup Qualifying
5.	October 14, 2008	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Uruguay	2 – 0	2–2	2010 World Cup Qualifying
6.	April 1, 2009	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Argentina	1 – 0	6–1	2010 World Cup Qualifying
7.	October 11, 2009	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Brazil	2 – 0	2–1	2010 World Cup Qualifying
8.	October 7, 2010	Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Venezuela	1 – 3	1–3	International friendly
9.	October 7, 2011	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2 – 4	2–4	2014 World Cup Qualifying
10.	November 11, 2011	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	0 – 1	1-1	2014 World Cup Qualifying

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

1. ^ Shakhtar swoop for Bolivian starlet uefa.com
2. ^ Moreno – durchgefallen und zurück nach Donezk
3. ^ Moreno at Wigan till summer shakhtar.com
4. ^ Wigan sign Shakhtar Donetsk striker Ontheminute.com

External links

• (Portuguese) CBF
• Soccerbase Profile (English)
• Marcelo Moreno Martins stats Soccerway (English)

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Name	Moreno Martins, Marcelo
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Date of birth	1987-06-18
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
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