Marcelinho Carioca
Brazilian association football player
Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A technically gifted and prolific goalscoring midfielder, he was known for his vision, passing range, accurate crossing, long-range shooting and ability to find space in attacking positions. He was also noted for his confidence, leadership and capacity to influence decisive moments in matches.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest free-kick takers of all time, Marcelinho was nicknamed Pé de Anjo ("Angel's Foot") for the accuracy and variety of his set-piece deliveries.
Marcelinho had four separate spells at Corinthians, scoring 206 goals in 420 matches for the Timão from 1994 to 2001 and winning eight trophies, including two consecutive national titles and the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup in 2000, but never succeeded internationally due to his difficult character and falling-outs with national team coaches.
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 where he would become a teammate of Romário. With the Mestalla side he would play 11 games, of which five would be on La Liga, and scored one single goal, against Hércules in the Copa Generalitat.
After this spell, 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.
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