Marcelo Antônio Guedes Filho’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Brazilian association football player
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From Brazil 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 20 May 1987, São Vicente, Brazil
Age: 33 years
Star sign Taurus
Stats
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 79 kg
Sports Teams
Wisła Kraków
Santos F.C.
PSV Eindhoven
Hannover 96
Beşiktaş J.K.
Brazil national under-20 football team
Olympique Lyonnais

Marcelo Antônio Guedes Filho (born 20 May 1987), commonly known as Marcelo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for French club Lyon.

Career

Santos

Born in São Vicente, Marcelo began his career at Santos, making his first team debut in the 2007 season. He won the Campeonato Paulista with the club that season. He also helped his team qualify to Copa Libertadores semifinals in the 2007 season as well as to quarterfinals in the following campaign. Marcelo made 65 appearances for Santos in all competitions before his contract expired at the end of August 2008.

Wisła Kraków

Marcelo subsequently signed a five-year contract with Polish Ekstraklasa champions Wisła Kraków on 1 September 2008. However, his former club Santos refused to issue his certificate stating that Marcelo has a contract with them until 2011. The court ultimately rejected these claims and Marcelo was successfully registered as a Wisła player.

Marcelo won the Ekstraklasa championship title in his debut season, contributing with 21 matches and three successful strikes. He formed a prominent partnership with Arkadiusz Głowacki in the centre of defence, both were among the three nominees for Ekstraklasa Defender of the Year award in 2009. In the 2009–10 season, Marcelo finished as the club’s third top scorer with a seven goals in the league for the eventual Ekstraklasa runners up.

PSV Eindhoven

On 8 July 2010, Marcelo joined Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Wisła Kraków. He immediately established himself as a regular in the team, playing in 45 matches in all competitions during his first season. In the following campaign, Marcelo won his first trophy with the Dutch outfit, beating Heracles Almelo in the KNVB Cup.

Hannover 96

On 10 August 2013, it was announced that PSV had sold Marcelo to Hannover 96 for an undisclosed transfer fee.

Beşiktaş

On 1 February 2016, Marcelo joined Turkish club Beşiktaş.

Lyon

On 13 July 2017, Marcelo joined Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais. The transfer fee was an initial €7 million plus €0.5 million in bonuses. Marcelo was the captain for Lyon in the 2018-19 season.

Honours

Club

Santos

  • Campeonato Paulista U-17: 2004
  • Campeonato Paulista: 2007

Wisła Kraków

  • Ekstraklasa: 2008–09

PSV Eindhoven

  • KNVB Cup: 2011–12
  • Johan Cruijff Schaal: 2012

Beşiktaş J.K.

  • Süper Lig: 2015–16, 2016–17

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Month: December 2009

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2019
Club Season Domestic League State league Domestic Cups Continental Cups Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2007 Série A 25 2 7 1 – 7 0 39 3
2008 16 0 6 0 – 4 0 26 0
Total 41 2 13 1 0 0 11 0 65 3
Wisła Kraków 2008–09 Ekstraklasa 21 3 – 8 0 1 0 30 3
2009–10 28 7 – 3 0 2 0 33 7
Total 49 10 0 0 11 0 3 0 63 10
PSV 2010–11 Eredivisie 28 2 – 3 0 14 1 45 3
2011–12 31 2 – 6 0 12 0 49 2
2012–13 32 1 – 5 0 7 1 44 2
2013–14 0 0 – 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 91 5 0 0 14 0 34 2 139 7
Hannover 96 2013–14 Bundesliga 24 0 – 1 0 0 0 25 0
2014–15 34 2 – 1 0 0 0 35 2
2015–16 19 1 – 0 0 0 0 19 1
Total 77 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 79 3
Beşiktaş 2015–16 Süper Lig 14 2 – 2 0 0 0 16 2
2016–17 32 3 – 3 0 10 0 45 3
Total 46 5 0 0 5 0 10 0 61 5
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 35 3 – 4 1 10 1 49 5
2018–19 33 0 – 5 0 8 0 46 0
2019–20 7 0 – 0 0 6 0 13 0
Total 75 3 0 0 9 1 24 1 108 5
Career total 370 28 13 1 39 2 80 4 502 35
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