Marcos Pizzelli

Marcos Pizzelli

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli
Date of birth	3 October 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 27)
Place of birth	Piracicaba, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder, Striker
Club information
Current club	Metalurh Donetsk
Number	8
Youth career
2000-2005	São Carlos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006-2008	Ararat Yerevan	79	(44)
2008-2009	→ ASOA Issy (loan)	-	(-)
2009-2011	Pyunik Yerevan	49	(31)
2011-	Metalurh Donetsk	7	(1)
National team‡
2008–	Armenia	18	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli (Armenian: Մարկոս Պինեյրո Պիզզելլի, born on 3 October 1984 in Piracicaba, Brazil), is a Brazilian-Armenian football midfielder who plays for Ukrainian Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk.

International career

In May 2008, he got Armenian citizenship and became a member of the Armenia national team. He made his first appearance on 28 May 2008 and scored on his debut in a friendly away game against Moldova. On 12 October 2010 he scored his second international goal against Andorra and the 4th goal of the match, which eventually ended 4-0 in favour of Armenia. That victory then went on to secure Armenia's highest ever FIFA World Ranking as 59th.

Achievements

Ararat Yerevan

• Armenian Cup: 1

2008

• Armenian Premier League runner-up: 1

2008

Pyunik Yerevan

• Armenian Premier League: 2

2009, 2010

• Armenian Cup: 2

2009, 2010

Individual

Armenian Premier League top goalscorer: 2007 (22), 2008 (17), 2010 (16).

International goals

Marcos Pizzelli: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2008-5-28	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, Moldova	Moldova	0-1	2–2	Friendly match
2	2010-10-12	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Andorra	4–0	4–0	Euro 2012 Q
3	2011-6-4	Petrovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia	Russia	0-1	3–1	Euro 2012 Q
4	2011-9-2	Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Andorra	0-1	0-3	Euro 2012 Q
5	2011-10-7	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Macedonia	1-0 [1]	4-1	Euro 2012 Q

References

1. ^ http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/futbol/gamecast/estadisticas?id=308545

External links

• Profile at National Football Teams
• Profile at FFA website

Persondata
Name	Pizzelli, Marcos
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	3 October 1984
Place of birth	Piracicaba, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death