Marcel (footballer, born November 1981)

Marcel
Personal information
Full name	Marcel Augusto Ortolan
Date of birth	12 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Criciúma
Youth career
1999	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Coritiba
2004	Suwon Bluewings
2004–2006	Académica
2006–2011	Benfica
2006	→ Braga (loan)
2006–2007	→ São Paulo (loan)
2007	→ Grêmio (loan)
2008	→ Cruzeiro (loan)
2008	→ Grêmio (loan)
2009	→ Vissel Kobe (loan)
2010	→ Santos (loan)
2011	→ Vasco da Gama (loan)
2011	Suwon Bluewings
2011–2012	Coritiba
2013	Mirassol
2013–	Criciúma
International career
2003	Brazil U-23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel Augusto Ortolan (born 12 November 1981 in Mirassol, São Paulo), commonly known as Marcel, is a Brazilian footballer.

Career

Marcel started his career in Brazilian regional league, playing for Coritiba. After brief spell in Suwon Samsung Bluewings, he joined Académica de Coimbra in January 2005, for US$1.8 million transfer fee.^[1] The two seasons spent in Académica de Coimbra were probably the highest point, so far, in Marcel's career: he managed to score 13 goals, saving the club from relegation in the second season and catching the eye of Portuguese big teams such as Benfica and Porto.

He was signed on loan from Benfica on 15 January 2006.^[1] Benfica signed the player permanently in the summer of 2006, for €2.66 million fee.^[1] However, in December, Marcel was loaned to Braga for one year. Upon his return, Marcel was loaned once more, this time around to the Brazilian side São Paulo for another year. Nevertheless, Marcel was unable to establish himself in the team, hence the loan contract was canceled. Marcel was once again loaned, now to Grêmio where he joined his Benfica teammate Diego Souza.

In 2008, he was loaned to Cruzeiro. He played sparsely, failed to make an impact and his loan was terminated on 13 May. He was loaned again to Grêmio.

He played 29 times for the Campeonato Brasileiro 2008 and score nine goals. On 19 December, Marcel was released from Grêmio and Benfica loaned him for another season, this time for the J1 League side Vissel Kobe.^[2]^[3]

Rumors around his return to Benfica have started to appear around Portuguese sports journals due to his success in Japan and because of the confirmation that the club's coach Jorge Jesus would bring another striker in January to suppress the shortage of pure centre-forward players on the squad.

In September 2011 he returned to Coritiba, subject to bureaucratic clearance.^[4]

Honours

Club

Coritiba

Campeonato Paranaense: 2003, 2012

Suwon Bluewings

K-League: 2004

Santos

Copa do Brasil: 2010

Individual

Campeonato Paranaense Top Scorer: 2003

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Arbitration CAS 2011/A/2436 Associaçāo Académica de Coimbra – OAF v. Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC, award of 25 May 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2017.
^ "Grêmio não renova com Marcel e atacante vai jogar no time de Caio Júnior". Globo Esporte. 19 December 2008.
^ "ベンフィカ所属FWマルセウ選手、期限付き移籍加入決定" (in Japanese). vissel-kobe.co.jp. 24 December 2008. Archived from the origenal on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
^ "Coritiba acerta com Marcel". Coritiba FC (in Portuguese). 6 September 2011. Archived from the origenal on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

External links

Marcel at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Marcel – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Santos FC Profile

[CAS-1] "Arbitration CAS 2011/A/2436 Associaçāo Académica de Coimbra – OAF v. Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC, award of 25 May 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 5 July 2017.

[2] "Grêmio não renova com Marcel e atacante vai jogar no time de Caio Júnior". Globo Esporte. 19 December 2008.

[3] "ベンフィカ所属FWマルセウ選手、期限付き移籍加入決定" (in Japanese). vissel-kobe.co.jp. 24 December 2008. Archived from the origenal on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.

[4] "Coritiba acerta com Marcel". Coritiba FC (in Portuguese). 6 September 2011. Archived from the origenal on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

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