Marcelinho Carioca

Marcelinho Carioca

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Pereira Surcin
Date of birth	(1971-02-01) 1 February 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1993	Flamengo	64	(10)
1994–1997	Corinthians	58	(14)
1997	Valencia	5	(0)
1998–2001	Corinthians	69	(38)
2001	Santos	15	(5)
2002	Gamba Osaka	21	(3)
2003	Vasco da Gama	18	(9)
2003	Al Nassr	6	(0)
2004	Vasco da Gama	1	(0)
2004	Ajaccio	10	(2)
2005	Brasiliense	26	(9)
2006	Corinthians	5	(0)
2007–2009	Santo André	71	(13)
2012	Corinthians (beach soccer)	4	(?)
Total		311	(93)
National team
1998–2001	Brazil	3	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was noted for his accuracy from free kicks, earning him the nickname "Pé-de-Anjo" (Angel Foot).

The most successful player ever to play for Corinthians, he has scored 206 goals in 420 matches from 1994 to 2001. He has collected more trophies with Corinthians than any other player in their history, a total of 8 championships including 1998 and 1999 Brazilian National Championships and the first edition of FIFA Club World Cup, in 2000. He scored 505 goals, in his entire career.^[1]

For all his club achievements, Marcelinho Carioca never succeeded in Brazil's national team and never played in a FIFA World Cup, making only three appearances for the national side between 1998 and 2001, and scoring only two goals.

Marcelinho Carioca is also well known for his off-field antics, including frequent disputes with coaches (most famously with Vanderlei Luxemburgo), management, and teammates.

Club career[]

Corinthians[]

After winning 1990 Brazilian Cup, 1991 Rio de Janeiro State Championship and 1992 Brazilian National Championship as a Flamengo player, Marcelinho Carioca signed his first contract with Corinthians—who bought him from Flamengo for US$500.000,00 in December 1993. In mid-1997, after winning the Brazilian Cup (Copa do Brasil) and the São Paulo State Championship (Campeonato Paulista), he was sold to Valencia (ESP) for US$7,000,000 but unsuccessfully came back to Corinthians in the end of the year. Back to "Parque São Jorge" he was two times champion of the national championship (Campeonato Brasileiro, 98 and 99), one time state champion (2001), and raised the trophy of the first FIFA world club championship in 2000.

The second time he left the team seemed to be for good. After a few conflicts with teammates in mid-2001, he was accused of denigrating the clubs image, and left the squad. After training alone for some time in the club, he won in justice the opportunity to play for Santos FC, where he stayed for six months. In a legal dispute (for the 2001 incident), Corinthians won in first instance, obliging the player to pay R$9.000.000.

In February 2006, as part of a deal, he signed his third contract with Corinthians but only six months later, as of the arrival and request of manager Émerson Leão, Marcelinho Carioca was released. He was signed by Santo André the following year, where he stayed until 2009 winning promotion to Brazilian First Division in 2008 but being relegated the following year. He played a farewell match for Corinthians early in 2010 in a friendly against Huracán.

In 2012, he played four games for the Corinthians beach soccer team.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

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International[]

Honours[]

Club[]

Flamengo

• Copa do Brasil: 1990
• Rio State Championship: 1991
• Brazilian National Championship: 1992

Corinthians

• Copa do Brasil: 1995
• São Paulo State Championship: 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
• Brazilian National Championship: 1998, 1999
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2000

See also[]

• Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

References[]

External links[]

• Marcelinho Carioca at National-Football-Teams.com
• Marcelinho Carioca at J.League (in Japanese)