Marciel Silva da Silva

Marciel
Personal information
Full nameMarciel Silva da Silva
Date of birthMarch 8, 1995
Place of birthPorto Alegre, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Corinthians
Number39
Youth career
2005–2012Grêmio
2012–2015Fragata
2012–2013Roma (loan)
2014–2015Corinthians (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–Corinthians0(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marciel Silva da Silva (born March 8, 1995, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as midfielder for Corinthians.[1]

Career

Marciel began playing for Grêmio's academy at the age of ten. He was part of the team until 2012, when he was released. He joined a youth project team called Fragata, owned by former Brazil national football team player Emerson. He eventually draw attention of Juventus, but signed a loan deal on the same year with Roma's academy. The loan ended in 2013 as Marciel didn't have a EU passport, therefore being unable to continue. In April 2014, Marciel signed a loan deal with Corinthians' academy and had a very successful campaign. He won the 2014 U20 Campeonato Paulista, 2014 U20 Campeonato Brasileiro and the 2015 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, including being chosen as the best player of the latter tournament.[2]

Marciel was bought by R$1,000,000 and promoted to Corinthians main squad in February 2015, right after the end of Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior.[3][4]

He is part of the main squad for the 2015 Campeonato Paulista and 2015 Copa Libertadores.

References

  1. Staff. "Marciel" (in Portuguese). corinthians.com.br. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  2. Pedro Venancio (2015-01-23). "Aposta do ex-Seleção Emerson, Marciel brilha na Copa São Paulo" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  3. Bruno Andrade (2015-01-30). "Corinthians acerta permanência de principal destaque da Copinha" (in Portuguese). lancenet.com.br. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  4. Staff (2015-02-02). "Timão promove atletas que jogaram a Copa SP" (in Portuguese). planetaesporte.correiro.com.br. Retrieved 2015-02-16.