Marcelo Messias

Marcelo Messias

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Messias
Date of birth	(1981-11-09) November 9, 1981
Place of birth	Paranaguá-PR, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2000	Rio Branco
2000–2002	Grêmio
2003	Antigua
2003–2005	FAS
2006	Isidro Metapán
2007	Chalatenango
2008	Isidro Metapán
2008–2009	Águila
2010–2011	Alianza
2012	Deportivo Petapa
2013–2014	Alianza
2015–2016	Chalatenango
2016–2017	Sonsonate
2018	Audaz	5	(0)
International career
2011	El Salvador	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Messias (born November 9, 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he represented El Salvador at international level.

Club career

FAS

Messias signed with FAS of the Salvadoran Primera División in 2003. With the Santa Ana team, he won the Apertura 2003 and the Apertura 2004.

Also, he lost the Clausura 2004 final against Alianza on penalties.

Isidro Metapán

Messias signed with Isidro Metapán in 2006.

Chalatenango

Messias signed with Chalatenango in 2007.

Return to Isidro Metapán

He signed again with Isidro Metapán in 2008.

Águila

Time later. he signed with Águila.

Alianza

In 2010, he signed with Alianza. With Alianza, he lost the Apertura 2010 final against Isidro Metapán on penalties. However, in the next tournament, Alianza won the Clausura 2011 final against FAS.

Deportivo Petapa

In 2012, he signed with Deportivo Petapa.

Return to Alianza

Messias signed again with Alianza for the Clausura 2013.

Return to Chalatenango

In 2015, he signed again with Chalatenango.

Sonsonate

Messias signed with Sonsonate for the Apertura 2016.

Audaz

Messias signed with Audaz for the Clausura 2018. With Audaz, reached the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018.

International career

Messias was called up to train with the national team preliminary squad, which would take part in two friendly matches in March 2011.

Messias was able to be noticed and would take part in the first friendly of that month against Cuba and Jamaica. Messias came on as a substitute in that friendly match against Cuba and started against Jamaica.

Personal life

Messias is married to a Salvadoran woman and he has two daughters. He is now a Salvadoran citizen.

External links

• Marcelo Messias at National-Football-Teams.com