Marcelo Martins Moreno

Marcelo Martins Moreno (born 18 June 1987), known as Marcelo Martins in Bolivia and as Marcelo Moreno in other countries, is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie A club Independiente del Valle and captains the Bolivia national team. He is considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.[1] With 106 caps and 31 goals, he is the national team's all-time capped player and all-time top goalscorer.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martins and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Marcelo Moreno
Moreno playing for Flamengo in 2013
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Martins Moreno
Date of birth (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Independiente del Valle
Number 9
Youth career
2003–2004 Oriente Petrolero
2004–2005 Vitória
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Oriente Petrolero 20 (2)
2005–2007 Vitória 30 (12)
2007–2008 Cruzeiro 14 (7)
2008–2011 Shakhtar Donetsk 32 (7)
2009 → Werder Bremen (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 12 (0)
2012–2015 Grêmio 28 (10)
2013–2014 → Flamengo (loan) 16 (2)
2014–2015 → Cruzeiro (loan) 32 (15)
2015–2016 Changchun Yatai 53 (22)
2017–2018 Wuhan Zall 34 (25)
2019 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 12 (7)
2020–2021 Cruzeiro 43 (8)
2022–2023 Cerro Porteño 30 (6)
2023– Independiente del Valle 0 (0)
International career‡
2005 Brazil U18 8 (6)
2006 Brazil U20 7 (5)
2007– Bolivia 106 (31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Moreno was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. He began his career at Oriente Petrolero. In 2003, Martins debuted for the club as a 16-year-old in Bolivia's Primera División.[2][3]

He moved to 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 2008 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.[4] On 1 November, he scored a brace in a 3–1 league match win against Zorya Luhansk. Even though he had won the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, on 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Moreno joined German club Werder Bremen on loan.[5] Bremen had initially attempted to sign Moreno the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar.

In a 2009 interview, Martins remarked that he didn't want to go to Ukraine at the moment of signing with Shakhtar, but that was the way the negotiation was produced.[6] He commented that it was a difficult moment but it was a moment of adaptation to a new football.[7]

In 2009, he said that when speaking in Portuguese with team mates Naldo and Hugo Almeida that he would feel Brazilian, that Brazil was an important country in his life cause he lived in it for half of his life.[7]

On 2 August 2009, he scored a double in a 2009–10 DFB-Pokal match that ended in a 5–0 victory against Union Berlin. On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk.[8] On transfer deadline day, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar and Wigan Athletic was agreed to take the player to the Premier League. He signed for them on 1 February on loan.[9][10] After returning to Shakhtar, he made a decent impression, scoring 7 times in 23 appearances. However, after being listed as a reserve the next season, Moreno joined Grêmio in late December 2011 and signed a five-year contract with the Brazilian team starting in 2012.[11][12] He was then loaned to Flamengo in the 2013 season[13] and Cruzeiro in 2014.[14]

In February 2015, Moreno transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai. His first season in China was successful, scoring 20+ goals in 53 games.[15] In 2017 he signed for Wuhan Zall in the Chinese League One being the joint top scorer in his first season with 23 league goals, along with Colombian Harold Preciado. In 2019 Moreno signed with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright. Although he only played 12 games with them, he scored 7 goals.

On 19 February 2020, Moreno returned for his former club, Cruzeiro, signing with them for 3 seasons.[16]

On 30 January 2022, ABC Color announced that Martins would join Primera División Paraguaya team Cerro Porteño.[17] He would be the attacking replacement of Argentine Mauro Boselli.[17] The transfer took effect on 9 February 2022 of Paraguay's summer transfer window.[18] On 10 February, Martins arrived to Paraguay and was officially presented at Cerro Porteño.[19][20] He signed for 2 years.[2] He was presented with the number 9 shirt.[21] His salary would not be paid by the club, instead by a private company would.[22] Before signing, Martins spoke with Cerro Porteño coach Francisco Arce, who sent him videos so he can adapt to his play as quick as possible.[23] Martins remarked that Arce was important so that he could join Cerro Porteño.[24] His arrival into Paraguay was made through Cerro Porteño's director, Miguel Carrizosa, who lent his airplane to bring Martins.[25] He became Cerro Porteño's 5th signing ahead of the 2022 Primera División season, following William Riveros, Robert Piris Da Motta, Sergio Díaz and Alfio Oviedo.[26]

International career

Born in Bolivia to a Brazilian father (Mauro Martins, former footballer) and Bolivian mother, Moreno played for the Brazilian under-18 and under-20 sides at the youth level, becoming the first foreign player to be part of this youth setup and the fifth foreign player to wear the Brazilian national team's shirt in an official match, but chose to represent the Bolivian senior national team as a professional.[27]

Due to his success playing for Cruzeiro, Moreno received his first call-up for a friendly match against Peru on 12 September 2007. He scored his first two international goals on 20 November 2007, during a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. On 14 October 2008, he scored both of Bolivia's goals against Uruguay in a 2–2 draw. He also opened the scoring in Bolivia's historic 6–1 victory over Diego Maradona's Argentina on 1 April 2009. A few months later, in October, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against powerhouse Brazil at Estadio Hernando Siles.[28]

Moreno was included in the Bolivia squad for the 2015 Copa América in Chile. On 15 June, he scored the decisive goal in the team's second group match – a 3–2 defeat of Ecuador – to give La Verde its first win at the Copa América since the 1997 tournament.[29] He was Bolivia's top scorer at the tournament with two goals, also being the only Bolivian player to score in the knockout stage as the side lost 3–1 to Peru in the quarter-finals. Moreno announced his retirement from the national squad on 15 September 2015 together with then captain Ronald Raldes, claiming divergences with head coach Julio César Baldivieso.[30]

Moreno returned to the national squad in 2016 after Guillermo Ángel Hoyos replaced Baldivieso.[31]

On 12 November 2020, Moreno scored his 20th international goal in a 3–2 defeat to Ecuador, equaling Joaquín Botero's all-time top goalscoring record for Bolivia.[32] On 28 March 2023, he played his 100th international match for Bolivia, in which he also scored a goal in a 2–1 win in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 November 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oriente Petrolero 2003 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 80–––80
2004 Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano 122–––122
Total 202–––202
Vitória 2005 Série B –––––
2006 Série C 301240001645016
2007 Série B 004100101142
Total 301281002656416
Cruzeiro 2007 Série A 136–10–146
2008 Série A 11001081162215
Total 147001181163621
Shakhtar 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League 1421160–213
2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League 1852230–237
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 001110–21
Total 32744100–4611
Werder Bremen (loan) 2009–10 Bundesliga 503241–123
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2009–10 Premier League 12000––120
Grêmio 2012 Série A 281083511585622
2013 Série A ––302050
2015 Série A 0000006262
Total 281083811786724
Flamengo (loan) 2013 Série A 162420011215
Cruzeiro (loan) 2014 Série A 321574401455724
Changchun Yatai 2015 Chinese Super League 24900––249
2016 Chinese Super League 291300––2913
Total 532200––5322
Wuhan Zall 2017 China League One 292300––2923
2018 China League One 5200––52
Total 342500––3425
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2019 China League One 127110000138
Cruzeiro 2020 Série B 263200040323
2021 Série B 175100041226
Total 438300081549
Career total 331117381737108328489172

International
As of match played 17 October 2023[34]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bolivia 200742
200883
200962
201011
2011122
201260
201392
201430
201562
201660
201761
201852
201941
202033
2021137
202262
202381
Total10631
Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moreno goal.[34]
List of international goals scored by Marcelo Moreno
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
120 November 2007Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela Venezuela1–03–52010 FIFA World Cup qualification
23–2
318 June 2008Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Paraguay4–14–2
414 October 2008 Uruguay1–02–2
52–0
61 April 2009 Argentina1–06–1
711 October 2009 Brazil2–02–1
87 October 2010Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Venezuela1–31–3Friendly
97 October 2011Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay2–42–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
1011 November 2011Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina Argentina1–01–1
1126 March 2013Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia1–01–1
1211 June 2013Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile Chile1–21–3
1315 June 2015Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Ecuador3–03–22015 Copa América
1425 June 2015Estadio Municipal Germán Becker, Temuco, Chile Peru1–31–3
1528 March 2017Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Argentina2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
1610 September 2018Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia2–22–2Friendly
1713 October 2018Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar Myanmar2–03–0
1818 June 2019Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Peru1–01–32019 Copa América
1913 October 2020Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Argentina1–01–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2012 November 2020 Ecuador2–22–3
2117 November 2020Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Paraguay1–12–2
2226 March 2021Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Chile1–11–2Friendly
233 June 2021Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Venezuela1–03–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification
243–1
258 June 2021Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile Chile1–11–1
265 September 2021Estadio Campeón del Siglo, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay1–32–4
272–4
2816 November 2021Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia2–03–0
2921 January 2022Estadio Olímpico Patria, Sucre, Bolivia Trinidad and Tobago3–05–0Friendly
301 February 2022Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia Chile2–32–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3128 March 2023Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia1–02–1Friendly

Honours

Vitória

Cruzeiro

Shakhtar Donetsk

Werder Bremen

Flamengo

Individual

See also

References
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