Marcelo Martins Moreno

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martins and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Marcelo Moreno

Moreno playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010
Personal information
Full nameMarcelo Martins Moreno
Date of birth18 June 1987
Place of birthSanta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
Changchun Yatai
Number9
Youth career
2003–2004Oriente Petrolero
2004–2005Vitória
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2007Vitória30(12)
2007–2008Cruzeiro14(7)
2008–2011Shakhtar Donetsk32(7)
2009→ Werder Bremen (loan)5(0)
2010→ Wigan Athletic (loan)12(0)
2012–2015Grêmio28(10)
2013→ Flamengo (loan)16(2)
2014→ Cruzeiro (loan)32(15)
2015–Changchun Yatai5(1)
National team
2005Brazil U18
2007–Bolivia49(12)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo Martins Moreno (born 18 June 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra), is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai and Bolivian national team.

Club career

Martins began his career at Vitória, becoming first choice in 2006, at the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C. He scored 12 goals in the competition, four less than the top goalscorer. In the middle of 2007, he moved to Cruzeiro, becoming first choice only in the next year, when he scored 8 goals at the Copa Libertadores, being the top goalscorer, alongside Salvador Cabañas.

On 27 May 2008, he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. The Ukrainian club agreed to pay €9 million for the player.[1] On 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Martins joined German club Werder Bremen on loan.[2] Bremen had initially attempted to sign Martins the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar. On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk.[3] At 16:44 on the final day of the transfer window, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar and Wigan was agreed to take the player to the Premier League. He signed for Wigan Athletic on 1 February on loan.[4][5] After returning to Shakhtar as a reserve, Martins was negotiated with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and signed with the Brazilian team for a five-year contract starting in 2012.[6] He was then loaned to Flamengo in 2013 season and Cruzeiro in 2014 season.

In February 2015, Martins transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.[7]

International career

Born in Bolivia to a Brazilian father (Mauro Martins, former footballer) and Bolivian mother, Marcelo Martins has played for the Brazilian U18 national team at the youth level, becoming the first foreign player to be part of it and the fifth foreign player to wear the Brazilian National Team's shirt in an official match, but chose to play for the Bolivian senior national team as a professional.

Due to his success playing for Cruzeiro, he received his first call-up for a friendly match against Peru on 12 September 2007. Martins scored his first international goal on 20 November 2007, during a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. He was also one of the goalscorers in Bolivia's 6–1 victory over Diego Maradona's Argentina on 1 April 2009. On 26 March 2013, he scored a goal in the 1-1 draw against Argentina.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 March 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental State League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória 2005 -
2006 3012-3012
2007 -
Cruzeiro 2007 136--10--146
2008 1186108--1915
Shakhtar 2008–09 1421160--213
Werder Bremen 2009–10 504241--133
Wigan Athletic 2009–10 120------120
Shakhtar 2010–11 1852230--237
2011–12 --1110--21
Grêmio 2012 281083511695723
2013 ----302050
Flamengo 2013 16242----204
Cruzeiro 2014 32155440945023
Career Total 1203420143710271320471

National team

Bolivia national team
YearAppsGoals
200742
200883
200962
201011
2011122
201260
201362
Total4312

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 2007-11-20 Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela  Venezuela
1–0
3–5
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.
3–2
3. 2008-06-18 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia  Paraguay
4–2
4–2
4. 2008-10-14  Uruguay
1–0
2–2
5.
2–0
6. 2009-04-01  Argentina
1–1
6–1
7. 2009-10-11  Brazil
2–0
2–1
8. 2010-10-07 Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia  Venezuela
1–3
1–3
Friendly
9. 2011-10-07 Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay
2–4
2–4
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. 2011-11-11 Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina
1–1
1–1
11. 2013-03-26 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia
1–0
1–1
12. 2013-06-11 Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile  Chile
1–2
1–3

Honours

Club

Vitória
Cruzeiro
Shakhtar Donetsk
Flamengo

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Shakhtar swoop for Bolivian starlet". UEFA.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Moreno goes to Germany". shakhtar.com. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Moreno – durchgefallen und zurück nach Donezk" (in German). kreiszeitung.de. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Moreno is in England till summer". shakhtar.com. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Wigan sign Shakhtar Donetsk striker". Ontheminute.com. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "MARCELO MORENO: "WHAT CONVINCED ME TO COME TO GREMIO IS THE FANS"". Gremio.net. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "亚泰投2.5亿争前八 弃前中超金靴签巴甲银靴". sina. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

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