Portuguese footballer

Marcelo Daniel Marques Santiago (born 18 March 1988) is a Portuguese football midfielder who plays for SC São João de Ver.

Club career

Born in São João de Loure, Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality, he played in the youth team of S.C. Beira-Mar before moving to F.C. Porto where he played in the youth teams (U-19) between 2005 and 2007. In the season 2007–08 he made his debut as a senior in Spain playing with Pontevedra CF B team in the Spanish Third League. The following season, he returned to Portugal and played the next 4 seasons in the Second Division B with 4 different clubs in each season, respectively S.C. Espinho, F.C. Pampilhosa, Gondomar S.C. and C.D. Tondela. In summer 2012 he moved abroad again, this time to Serbia, by signing with FK Jagodina. He failed to make any appearance in the Serbian SuperLiga and during the winter break he returns to Portugal and joins second level side *ociação Naval 1º de Maio.

National team

Marcelo represented Portugal at U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels.

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