Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Nascimento da Costa | ||
Date of birth | 24 August 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2002 | Rio Negro | ||
2002–2005 | São Paulo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | Cascavel | 0 | (0) |
2006 | Santacruzense | 0 | (0) |
2007 | São Caetano | 0 | (0) |
2008 | Catanduvense | 0 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Al-Nasr Dubai[2] | 12 | (0) |
2010 | Mogi Mirim | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Bragantino | 24 | (4) |
2011–2020 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 234 | (75) |
2020–2021 | Vitória | 26 | (1) |
2021 | Manaus | 9 | (1) |
2021–2022 | Operário | 17 | (3) |
2023 | Princesa-AM | 19 | (2) |
Total | 324+ | (83+) | |
International career | |||
2016–2019 | Bulgaria | 11 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marcelo Nascimento da Costa (Bulgarian: Марсело Насименто да Коща; born 24 August 1984), commonly known as Marcelinho (Bulgarian: Марселиньо), is a former Brazilian-born naturalized Bulgarian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]
A youth product of São Paulo, Marcelinho played for Cascavel, Santacruzense, São Caetano and Catanduvense in his early career. In 2008 he signed with UAE Pro-League club Al-Nasr Dubai. In early 2010, he returned to his home country, joining Mogi Mirim. Few months later Marcelinho signed with Bragantino, before moving to Ludogorets in May 2011. With Ludogorets, he has won nine consecutive Bulgarian league titles from 2012 to 2020, as well as two Bulgarian Cups, and four Bulgarian Supercups. With 80 matches played, he holds the record for the most appearances for a Bulgarian team in European tournaments.[4]
Born and raised in Brazil, Marcelinho received Bulgarian citizenship in 2013, and subsequently opted to play internationally for the Bulgarian national team. He made his debut for Bulgaria in a friendly against Portugal on 26 March 2016.