madristar Posted October 17, 2010 Posted October 17, 2010 Marcelo VieiraFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchMarcelo Marcelo in 2009-10 Real Madrid.jpgPersonal informationFull name Marcelo Vieira da Silva JúniorDate of birth 12 May 1988 (1988-05-12) (age 22)Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, BrazilHeight 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior (born 12 May 1988) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Brazil national football team. Mainly a defender, he can also operate as a midfielder, always on the left side of the pitch.Contents[hide][edit] Club career[edit] FluminenseMarcelo started playing futsal at the age of 9 and by the age of 13 he was on the books of Fluminense. He comes from a very poor background and even considered quitting football, but his club considered him as one of their "Crown Jewels" and ensured that he continued playing.[edit] Real MadridMarcelo joined Real Madrid during the January transfer window in 2007. On his arrival, club president Ramón Calderón said, "He is an important signing for us. He is a young player who will inject some freshness into the side and is part of our plan to bring younger players into the squad. We're very happy because he's a pearl that half of Europe wanted."[2] Many spectators hailed him as Roberto Carlos' potential successor in the left-back role.Marcelo during 2008–09 seasonMarcelo made his debut as a substitute in the 2–0 defeat against Deportivo La Coruña on 7 January 2007.[3] On 14 April 2007, then coach Fabio Capello gave Marcelo his first start for Real Madrid against Racing de Santander. Real Madrid controversially lost the game 2–1[4]. In the 2007/08 season, Marcelo had started nearly all of Madrid's league games under the new manager Bernd Schuster. His ability, speed running across the field, attack, and defence had enabled him to become a very important player for Real Madrid.After a string of poor performances in 2009, Marcelo found himself on the bench for much of the remaining season while under new manager Juande Ramos, mainly as deputy to the more defensive minded Gabriel Heinze. Juande Ramos deployed Marcelo as a left winger on more than one occasion, and the Brazilian adapted well to his new role. He scored his first goal after receiving a heel flick from striker Gonzalo Higuaín and slotting the ball past the goalkeeper in Real Madrid's 4–0 thumping of Sporting de Gijón. After the game, coach Ramos declared that Marcelo's future would be positioned as a left winger, but will push back to defense when required. Marcelo scored his second goal for Real Madrid in their recent victory over Almeria, a powerful strike from outside of the box with his weaker right foot.On 18 April 2009 he scored his third goal of his Real Madrid career, when he scored the only goal of the game against Recreativo de Huelva away from home.[5] He scored his fourth goal against Sevilla at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in April 2009.Under the next head coach Manuel Pellegrini, Marcelo consistently featured in the starting eleven for his versatility and pace along the left flank in offensive and defensive roles. He continued to be employed as a left-winger under Pellegrini, and reached the top of the assist charts of La Liga in the 2009/10 season. He admitted in a press conference at the end of 2009, "I now feel better playing as a left winger." [6] His successful performance in Madrid's 2009/2010 campaign earned him a contract extension on February 5, 2010 with the club until June of 2015.[7]In the current 2010/11 season under coach Jose Mourinho, Marcelo has found himself back in his natural position of left-back. He has started all league games, paying back the coach's confidence in him with defensive steel and attacking intent. [8][edit] International careerMarcelo's first taste of international football came at the youth level. He was called up for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.Marcelo scored on his Brazil debut against Wales at Tottenham Hotspurs' White Hart Lane (the scored finshed 2–0). He picked up the ball just outside the Wales box and shot for a traditional Brazilian full back goal. Marcelo has become one of the preferred choices of Brazil's football coach Dunga. Marcelo has recently been compared to former Real Madrid and Brazilian national team left-back Roberto Carlos. The two played together during the second half of the 2006–07 season before Roberto Carlos' move to Turkish team Fenerbahçe.He was called up for the 2008 Olympic squad where he won a bronze medal.Marcelo was called up for the 12 August 2009 match against Estonia but had to withdraw due to injury. In May 2010, he was named as one of the seven players serving as backup for Brazil's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.[9].Despite Not being called up by former Brazil coach Dunga he was selected again from new Brazil coach Mano Menezes for a friendly against USA on August 10, 2010. Quote
madristar Posted October 28, 2010 Author Posted October 28, 2010 Marcelo: Benzema will come goodReal Madrid defender Marcelo has thrown his support behind under-fire team-mate Karim Benzema.In contrast to the burgeoning feel-good factor at Madrid this season, with the Spanish giants still unbeaten under new coach Jose Mourinho and flying high at the top of La Liga and their Champions League group, Benzema is not having an easy time of it.The 22-year-old has struggled to impress since his big-money move from Lyon in the summer of 2009, and so far this season he has struck just one goal.The France international was given a rare starting opportunity in Tuesday's Copa del Rey tie at third tier Real Murcia but was unable to make a breakthrough before being replaced in the 62nd minute of the goalless draw.Benzema has found himself under the media spotlight, but Brazilian full-back Marcelo was quick to defend the forward, saying: "He has great quality, we all know that, and I think that because of this people are putting him under pressure where there isn`t any."We can all go through good and bad runs of forms. I`ve no doubt that he`s going to help us a lot this season and that he`s going to give everything in every game he plays." Quote
madristar Posted November 3, 2010 Author Posted November 3, 2010 indeed she has....i wanna see his son! Quote
mamen_fan Posted November 7, 2010 Posted November 7, 2010 1 hq pic of marcelo at the alma awards 2010 + 10 hq pix of his team-mates:http://donadabola.wordpress.com/2010/11/06...arela-merengue/ Quote
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