Marcelo_Alves
Marcelo Alves
Brazilian footballer
Marcelo Alves Santos (born 7 February 1998), known as Marcelo Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian club Sochi.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Alves Santos | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sochi | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Madureira | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2024 | Madureira | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Barra da Tijuca (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Rio Branco-ES (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Vitória (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Tondela (loan) | 40 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | → Sochi (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2024– | Sochi | 12 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 | |||
Marcelo Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Madureira. He made his first team debut on 13 July 2017, starting in a 1–2 away loss against São Gonçalo, for the year's Copa Rio.[1]
Marcelo Alves was definitely promoted to the main squad in November 2018, after an unassuming loan spell at Barra da Tijuca.[2] After being sparingly used, he moved to Rio Branco-ES also in a temporary deal.[3]
On 30 July 2020, still owned by Madureira, Marcelo Alves was announced at Série A side Vasco da Gama.[4] He made his debut in the category on 2 September, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Santos.[5]
On 24 June 2023, Marcelo Alves moved on a new loan to the Russian Premier League club Sochi, with an option to buy.[6] On 22 February 2024, Sochi made the transfer permanent and signed a contract with Marcelo Alves until 2028.[7]
- As of 25 May 2024[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Madureira | 2017 | Carioca | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Carioca | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | — | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Barra da Tijuca (loan) | 2018[9] | Carioca Série B1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rio Branco-ES (loan) | 2019 | Capixaba | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Vasco da Gama (loan) | 2020 | Série A | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Vitória (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Tondela (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 31 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Sochi (loan) | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Sochi | Russian Premier League | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 83 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 140 | 6 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
- Appearance(s) in Copa Espírito Santo
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Four appearances in Taça da Liga, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
- "Na estreia da Copa Rio, São Gonçalo EC vence Madureira por 2 a 1" [In the debut of the Copa Rio, São Gonçalo EC defeat Madureira by 2–1] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio Esporte Metropolitano. 13 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Madureira efetiva no elenco principal oito atletas que estavam nos juniores" [Madureira promote to the first team eight athletes who were in the youth setup] (in Brazilian Portuguese). FutRio. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Rio Branco-ES contrata dupla de zaga, repatria meia e lança plano popular de sócio-torcedor" [Rio Branco-ES sign duo of defenders, bring back midfielder and release a popular plan of associates] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Vasco anuncia contratações de atacante Ygor Catatau e zagueiro Marcelo Alves" [Vasco announce signings of forward Ygor Catatau and stopper Marcelo Alves] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Santos e Vasco empatam com gols de artilheiros e VAR protagonista na Vila" [Santos and Vasco draw with goals from top scorers and the VAR as a protagonist at the Vila] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- "Марсело Алвес переходит в ФК «Сочи»" [Marcelo Alves moves to FC Sochi] (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 24 June 2023.
- "Марсело Алвес с нами до 2028 года!" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 22 February 2024.
- Marcelo Alves at Soccerway
- "Clube Atlético Barra da Tijuca – Campeonato Estadual da Série "B" de Profissionais 2018" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- Vasco da Gama profile (in Brazilian Portuguese)