Marcelo Cirino da Silva (born 22 January 1992) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger. He previously had played for Atlético Paranaense, winning the Brazilian Série A best newcomer award in 2013 and Vitória.
Career Born in Maringá, Paraná, Marcelo graduated from Atlético Paranaense's youth setup.
Atlético Paranaense Cirino made his professional debut on 7 June 2009, playing the last 30 minutes of a 0–4 home loss against Atlético Mineiro for the Série A championship.
Marcelo scored his first goal on 15 November, netting his side's only in a 2–1 away defeat against Fluminense. He was also mainly a backup in the following campaign, appearing in only ten matches.
Vitória (loan) On 15 March 2011, Marcelo was loaned to Vitória, in a season-long deal. As third-choice, he contributed with 15 appearances and one goal.
Atlético Paranaense return Marcelo returned to Furacão in January 2012, and was an undisputed starter during the club's promotion campaign from Série B, scoring 16 goals and being top scorer. He was also an important attacking unit in the following year, being mostly deployed as a right winger and scoring seven goals, being awarded the tournament's best newcomer.
On 15 January 2014, Marcelo signed a new two-year deal with the club.
Flamengo Cirino transferred to Flamengo from Atlético Paranaense on 2 January 2015. His signing was the highest fee paid in the club's history reaching the sum around R$16.5 million.
On 17 February 2017, Internacional came to terms with Flamengo and Atlético Paranaense (owner of 50% of the player's federative rights) to sign Cirino on loan until the end of 2017 season. Despite the previous agreement Internacional forfeited the offer on 6 March 2017.
Al Nasr (loan) In his first international experience, Cirino joined Al Nasr Dubai in a one-year loan deal with Atlético Paranaense on 3 August 2017.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAthletico Paranaense2009Série A41————412010Série A1009230——2222012Série B30169100——39172013Série A317—112——4292014Série A335—2140—3962018Série A174——102—2762019Série A3011—7070214612Total155451832332122121954Vitória (loan)2011Série B151————151Flamengo (loan)2015Série A21117951——43112016Série A2421974231—50122017Série A00300010—40Total45339169341—9723Internacional (loan)2017Série B91—20——111Al Nasr (loan)2017–18UAE Pro-League1910—63——2513Chongqing Lifan 2020Chinese Super League165—00——165Bahia2021Série A00————002022Série B004000—4282Total004000—4282Athletico Paranaense2022Série A110—1050—1702023Série A40000000—40Total150001050—210Operário Ferroviário2024Série B30810000—111PSS Sleman 2024–25Liga 1142—00——142Career total29167692041930363437102
Honours Athletico Paranaense Campeonato Paranaense: 2009 Copa Sudamericana: 2018 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship: 2019 Copa do Brasil: 2019
Individual Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Newcomer: 2013
References
External links
IG Esporte profile