Piracaia (footballer)

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Piracaia
Personal information
Full nameMarcelo Gonçalves de Oliveira
Date of birth (1971-04-17) April 17, 1971
Place of birthSão Paulo, Brazil
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubFinland Musan Salama
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
—1992Brazil C.A. Bragantino(–)
1992—1997Finland FC Jazz145(27)
1997—1998Sweden AIK13(1)
1998—2000Finland HJK47(4)
2000Finland Kotkan TP13(0)
2000–2002Algeria USM Blida20(3)
2001Finland Atlantis11(1)
2002Finland FC Hämeenlinna1(0)
2003–2004Finland FC Jazz50(7)
2004–2005Tunisia US Monastir(–)
2005–2007Finland FF Jaro29(0)
2008–2010Finland FC PoPa54(5)
2010–Finland MuSa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Gonçalves de Oliveira known as Piracaia (born April 17, 1971 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays and works as an assistant coach for the Finnish third tier club Musan Salama.

Piracaia has played 17 seasons and 324 matches in Finnish Veikkausliiga. In the six games of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage he was in the opening line-up of HJK Helsinki. Piracaia has also played in the top divisions of Sweden, Algeria and Tunisia.

Honours

Club:

  • Finnish championship: 1993, 1996
  • Swedish championship: 1998
  • Finnish Cup winner: 1998

Personal:

Sources

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