Marcelo_Pitaluga

Marcelo Pitaluga

Marcelo Pitaluga

Brazilian footballer (born 2002)

Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho (born 20 December 2002) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on loan from Premier League club Liverpool.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is de Araújo and the second or paternal family name is Pitaluga. "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
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Career

Fluminense

Pitaluga started his career with Brazilian side Fluminense.[2][3][4][5] He was an unused substitute with the first team on 4 occasions during his time with the club.[6]

Liverpool

In 2020, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool, for a fee in the region of £2 million.[7][8][9][10] After sporadically being involved in the first team squad as an unused substitute in Premier League and EFL Cup games, Pitaluga made his first appearance at first team level on 25 July 2023, in a 4–4 draw with German side Greuther Fürth in a pre-season friendly.[11]

Macclesfield loan

In July 2022, Pitaluga was sent on loan to English eighth-tier club Macclesfield.[12][13] He made 18 league appearances for the club before an ankle injury suffered in November saw him out of action until April 2023.[14] He made a total of 26 appearances in all competitions for the club as they won the 2022–23 Northern Premier League Division One West.[15][16]

St Patrick's Athletic loan

On 5 January 2024, he signed a new contract with Liverpool and was loaned out to League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic.[17][18][19] He had a tough start to life at the club, with high profile errors in the 2024 President of Ireland's Cup as well as a league game away to Waterford, saw him dropped in favour of Danny Rogers after playing the first 4 league games of the season.[20][21]

International Career

Pitaluga was part of the Brazil U17 squad that won the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 March 2024
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  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup & FAI Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca
  4. Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  6. Appearance in the FA Community Shield
  7. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  8. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  9. Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
  10. Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

Brazil U17
Macclesfield

References

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    Beesley, Chris (14 September 2020). "Liverpool new signing part of long term plan and has big advantage". Liverpool Echo.
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    O'Neill, Caoimhe; Lang, Jack (2 February 2021). "Pitaluga's under-23 'baptism of fire' is step towards becoming the next Alisson". The Athletic.
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    "Liverpool to sign Brazilian teenage goalkeeper Pitaluga from Fluminense". Liverpool FC. 14 September 2020.
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    Sneyd, David (11 March 2024). "'If you're not performing you don't play regardless of where you've come from'". The 42.
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