Marcelo Martins Moreno

Marcelo Moreno
	Moreno playing for Shakhtar Donetsk in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Martins Moreno
Date of birth	18 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Cruzeiro; (on loan from Grêmio)
Number	18
Youth career
2003–2004	Oriente Petrolero
2004–2005	Vitória
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Vitória
2007–2008	Cruzeiro
2008–2011	Shakhtar Donetsk
2009	→ Werder Bremen (loan)
2010	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)
2012–	Grêmio
2013	→ Flamengo (loan)
2014–	→ Cruzeiro (loan)
International career
2005	Brazil U18
2006	Brazil U20
2007–	Bolivia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2014

Marcelo Martins Moreno (born 18 June 1987 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra), is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Cruzeiro, on loan from Grêmio, and Bolivian national team.

Club career

Martins began his career at 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 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.^[1] On 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Martins joined German club Werder Bremen on loan.^[2] Bremen had initially attempted to sign Martins the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar. On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk.^[3] At 16:44 on the final day of the transfer window, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar and Wigan was agreed to take the player to the Premier League. He signed for Wigan Athletic on 1 February on loan.^[4]^[5] After returning to Shakhtar as a reserve, Martins was negotiated with Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and signed with the Brazilian team for a five-year contract starting in 2012.^[6]

International career

Born in Bolivia to a Brazilian father (Mauro Martins, former footballer) and Bolivian mother, Marcelo Martins has played for the Brazilian U18 national team at the youth level, becoming the first foreign player to be part of it and the fifth foreign player to wear the Brazilian National Team's shirt in an official match, but chose to play for the Bolivian senior national team as a professional.

Due to his success playing for Cruzeiro, he received his first call-up for a friendly match against Peru on 12 September 2007. Martins scored his first international goal on 20 November 2007, during a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Venezuela. He was also one of the goalscorers in Bolivia's 6–1 victory over Diego Maradona's Argentina on 1 April 2009. On 26 March 2013, he scored a goal in the 1-1 draw against Argentina.

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 August 2013

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		State League		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória	2005	-
	2006	30										12	2007	-
	Cruzeiro	2007	13	6	-	-	1	0	-	-	14	6
2008	Cruzeiro	1	1	8	6	10	8	-	-	19	15
Shakhtar	2008–09	14	2	1	1	6	0	-	-	21	3
Werder Bremen	2009–10	5	0	4	2	4	1	-	-	13	3
Wigan Athletic	2009–10	12	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	0
Shakhtar	2010–11	18	5	2	2	3	0	-	-	23	7
Shakhtar	2011–12	-	-	1	1	1	0	-	-	2	1
Grêmio	2012	28	10	8	3	5	1	16	9	57	23
Grêmio	2013	-	-	-	-	3	0	2	0	5	0
Flamengo	2013	16	2	4	2	-	-	-	-	20	4
Cruzeiro	2014	13	9	2	3	4	0	9	4	28	16
Career Total		120	34	20	14	37	10	27	13	204	71

National team

Bolivia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	4	2
2008	8	3
2009	6	2
2010	1	1
2011	12	2
2012	6	0
2013	6	2
Total	43	12

International goals

Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2007-11-20	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	1–0	3–5	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	2007-11-20		Venezuela	3–2	3–5
3.	2008-06-18	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Paraguay	4–2	4–2
4.	2008-10-14		Uruguay	1–0	2–2
5.	2008-10-14		Uruguay	2–0	2–2
6.	2009-04-01		Argentina	1–1	6–1
7.	2009-10-11		Brazil	2–0	2–1
8.	2010-10-07	Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Venezuela	1–3	1–3	Friendly
9.	2011-10-07	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–4	2–4	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
10.	2011-11-11	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentina	1–1	1–1
11.	2013-03-26	Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia	Argentina	1–0	1–1
12.	2013-06-11	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	Chile	1–2	1–3