Marcelo (footballer, born 1991)

Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva (26 August 1991 – 28 November 2016), simply known as Marcelo, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Marcelo
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva
Date of birth (1991-08-26)26 August 1991
Place of birth Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Date of death 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 25)
Place of death La Unión, Colombia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Tupi
2011 Macaé
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Volta Redonda 24 (1)
2014–2016 Cianorte 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Flamengo (loan) 32 (1)
2016 → Chapecoense (loan) 22 (0)
Total 78 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Volta Redonda

Marcelo was born in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, but represented Macaé as a youth. After being released, he joined Volta Redonda in 2012.[1]

Marcelo made his senior debut on 20 April 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Resende for the Campeonato Carioca championship.[2] Regularly used during the club's run in Série D, he managed to appear in only one match during the following year's state championship, but returned to feature regularly in the following campaign.

Flamengo

On 23 April 2014, shortly after having his federative rights acquired by Cianorte, Marcelo was loaned to Série A club Flamengo until the end of 2015.[3] He made his division debut on 27 July, starting in a 1–0 derby home win against Botafogo.[4]

Marcelo scored his first goal in the main category of Brazilian football on 31 August 2014, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against Vitória.[5] Ending the season as a starter, he fell down the pecking order in the following year, after the emergence of Samir and the arrival of César Martins.

Chapecoense

On 8 January 2016, Marcelo signed for fellow top tier club Chapecoense.[6] He spent four months nursing an injury before returning to action on 27 November, in a 0–1 away loss against Palmeiras, which would be his last match.[7]

Death

On 28 November 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, Marcelo was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.[8]

Career statistics
As of 27 November 2016[9]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Volta Redonda 2012 Série D 702000——90
2013 Carioca —1000—11[lower-alpha 1]0120
2014 —141———141
Subtotal 7017100—110351
Flamengo 2014 Série A 171—30——201
2015 1104020——170
Subtotal 2814050——371
Chapecoense 2016 Série A 130901000—230
Career total 4813016000110952
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio

Honours
Chapecoense

References
  1. "Fome, um pai herói e a lição da estreia no Flamengo: a trajetória de Marcelo" [Hunger, a heroic father and the debut's lesson at Flamengo: the journey of Marcelo] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. "Volta Redonda vence o Resende por 2 x 0 e disputa título no domingo" [Volta Redonda defeat Resende by 2–0 and will fight for the title on Sunday] (in Portuguese). Foco Regional. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. "Flamengo acerta com 'novo Dedé'" [Flamengo sign 'new Dedé'] (in Portuguese). Correio do Estado. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. "À base da luta, Fla venceu Botafogo na reestreia de Luxa e encerra jejum" [Through effort, Fla defeated Botafogo in Luxa's re-debut and end drought] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. "Fla vence quinta seguida e mantém Vitória na lanterna do Brasileirão" [Fla win fifth in a row and keep Vitória in the last place of the Brasileirão] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. "É oficial: zagueiro Marcelo, ex-Fla, é o mais novo reforço da Chapecoense" [It is official: stopper Marcelo, formerly of Fla, is the newest addition of Chapecoense] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. "Zagueiro mineiro da Chape, Marcelo voltou de lesão contra o Palmeiras" [Chape's mineiro defender, Marcelo returned from injury against Palmeiras] (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. "'Se dedicou muito ao futebol', diz tio de Marcelo após queda de avião" ['He dedicated himself very much to football', says Marcelo's uncle after plane crash] (in Portuguese). G1. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. Marcelo at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  10. "CONMEBOL otorga el título de campeón de la Sudamericana 2016 a Chapecoense y reconoce a Atlético Nacional con el premio del centenario de la CONMEBOL al Fair Play" [CONMEBOL awards 2016 Sudamericana champion title to Chapecoense and bestows Atlético Nacional with CONMEBOL century Fair Play award] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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