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Date of birth: May 12, 1988
Instagram: @marcelotwelve
Club(s): Fluminense, Real Madrid
Country: Brazil
Signing fee: £5.85 million
Has won every domestic honour with Real Madrid but the left-back has not fared so well on international duty with Brazil. Has four winners medals for La Liga, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League and the Club World Cup, also lifting the Copa del Rey twice and UEFA Super Cup on three occasions. But his international honours are restricted to winning the 2013 Confederations Cup and bronze and silver medals in successive Olympic Games finals.
Latest about Marcelo
Marcelo looks back at Los Blancos clinching La Decima in 2014
Real Madrid bagged a record 10th Champions League title against bitter rivals Atletico Madrid
‘Ronaldinho came to hug me immediately after I scored on my Brazil debut – almost like a blessing’ Marcelo recalls his encounter with the Selecao legend after his dream debut
EXCLUSIVE Marcelo’s Brazil debut came at White Hart Lane in September 2006
‘I’d woken up at 7am, still tired because the day before we’d been drinking. I thought, “Today I’m not drinking anything.” But by 8.10am we were back at it!’ Marcelo on his romantic Fluminense return
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian icon returned to his former club in 2023
‘I’d trade three of my Champions Leagues for a World Cup. I’d still have two Champions Leagues – how many footballers can say that?’ Marcelo on reflects on his trophy-laden career
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian left-back accumulated five Champions League winners’ medals during his time at Real Madrid
‘Bale’s overhead kick showed that football is sometimes more improvisation than planning. He scored like that because he needed to’ Marcelo on what it meant to assist Gareth Bale’s Champions League final stunner against Liverpool
EXCLUSIVE The Welshman’s superlative overhead kick helped see off Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final
‘Despite being a legend, Zidane showed humility. He was different from the rest – and he was our coach. We were fortunate’ Marcelo opens up on what his best Real Madrid managers brought to the club
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian was managed by the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti at the Bernabeu
‘Playing a World Cup in your own country, defending your national colours, with all your people around you, and then losing 7-1 was indescribably painful’ Marcelo on Brazil’s 2014 thrashing by Germany
EXCLUSIVE Hosts Brazil were left humbled on home soil in the 2014 World Cup semi-final
‘Having to play under the pressure of being the new Roberto Carlos, who was also my role model, made joining Real Madrid even harder’ Marcelo opens up on what it’s like to replace an icon
EXCLUSIVE Marcelo was brought in at the Bernabeu to replace his countryman in 2007
‘It was an immense privilege to play with Cristiano Ronaldo. He’s an extraterrestrial’ Marcelo on what it’s like to share a pitch with the Portugal icon
EXCLUSIVE The Brazilian full-back was a team-mate with Ronaldo at the Bernabeu for nine seasons
‘Mourinho was a born winner – he pushed us, he took us to the limit. Real had gone too long without winning and a club of that magnitude couldn’t allow that to happen’ Marcelo on Jose Mourinho’s El Clasico impact at Real Madrid
EXCLUSIVE The Portuguese ended a four-year wait for the La Liga title at Real Madrid
