Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza
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Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza aka Marcelo Cordeiro (Niterói
Niterói
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeast region of Brazil. It has an estimated population of 487,327 inhabitants and an area of ², being the sixth most populous city in the state and the highest Human Development Index. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of Rio de...

 December 4 of 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as left-back. He currently plays for Portuguesa
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, usually called Portuguesa or Lusa, is a sports club, and a Brazilian football team from São Paulo in São Paulo state, founded on August 14, 1920 by the Portuguese population of the city.-History:...

 on loan from Internacional
Sport Club Internacional
Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...

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Career

Revealed at Vasco, the lateral Marcelo Cordeiro took to blossom into the bigger picture of Brazilian football. His early career was marked by passage through a series of small clubs. He has showed that while serving as side, he still has great offensive power. It was the second top scorer of the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, 2008, with twelve goals for Club Atletico Sorocaba. Drew the attention of Victoria, who hired him to dispute the Brasileirão 2008. On November 23, 2008, he came to mark a bicycle goal against Gremio, and finished the tournament as one of the team's top scorers with five goals, plus one of the highlights of the team from Bahia.

In January 2009, he reached an agreement with Internacional. He had many chances as the holder, being the immediate booking of Kléber the side-left, was also seized at halfback. Lamb scored three goals for Inter, two of them left soon after entering for the second time in two games.

After the season, he hit his departure for Botafogo on loan and will remain at the club in Rio for a year. Alvinegro, when in Rio, has been highlighted by his efficient offensive support, which comes with frequent scoring goals and helping the team in the state. With the support of relatives who roots for the Fire, Marcelo has already said he wants to be remembered as "the shirt 6 Botafogo," hoping to honor another hero who wore the same shirt at Club Rio, Nilton Santos
Nílton Santos
Nílton Reis dos Santos is a Brazilian former association footballer who played defender. Born in Rio de Janeiro, he was a pioneering left back, being one of first full backs to participate in the offensive game....

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Honours

Internacional
  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 2009
  • Copa Suruga Bank: 2009


Botafogo
  • Campeonato Carioca: 2010

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