.jpg) Moreno playing forFlamengo in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo Moreno Martins | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
| 2004–2005 | Vitória | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2004 | Oriente Petrolero | 20 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Vitória | 30 | (12) |
| 2007–2008 | Cruzeiro | 14 | (7) |
| 2008–2011 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 32 | (7) |
| 2009 | →Werder Bremen (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010 | →Wigan Athletic (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Grêmio | 28 | (10) |
| 2013–2014 | →Flamengo (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | →Cruzeiro (loan) | 32 | (15) |
| 2015–2016 | Changchun Yatai | 53 | (22) |
| 2017–2018 | Wuhan Zall | 34 | (25) |
| 2019 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 12 | (7) |
| 2020–2021 | Cruzeiro | 43 | (8) |
| 2022–2023 | Cerro Porteño | 30 | (6) |
| 2023 | Independiente del Valle | 20 | (4) |
| 2024 | Cruzeiro | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (127) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U18 | 8 | (6) |
| 2006 | Brazil U20 | 7 | (5) |
| 2007–2023 | Bolivia | 108 | (31) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 Feb 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Marcelo Martins Moreno (born 18 June 1987), known asMarcelo Martins in Bolivia and asMarcelo Moreno in other countries, is a Bolivian former professionalfootballer. He is considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.[1] With 108 caps and 31 goals, he is the national team'sall-time capped player andall-time top goalscorer.
Moreno was born inSanta Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. He began his career atOriente Petrolero. In 2003, Martins debuted for the club as a 16-year-old in Bolivia's Primera División.[2][3]
He moved toVitória, becoming first choice in 2006, at theCampeonato Brasileiro Série C. He scored 12 goals in the competition, four less than the top goalscorer. In the middle of 2007, he moved toCruzeiro, becoming first choice only in the next year, when he scored 8 goals at the2008 Copa Libertadores, being the top goalscorer, alongsideSalvador Cabañas.
On 27 May 2008, he signed a five-year contract withShakhtar Donetsk. The Ukrainian club agreed to pay €9 million for the player.[4] On 1 November, he scored a brace in a 3–1 league match win againstZorya Luhansk. Even though he had won the2008–09 UEFA Cup, on 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Moreno joined German clubWerder Bremen on loan.[5] Bremen had initially attempted to sign Moreno the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar.
In a 2009 interview, Martins remarked that he didn't want to go to Ukraine at the moment of signing with Shakhtar, but that was the way the negotiation was produced.[6] He commented that it was a difficult moment but it was a moment of adaptation to a new football.[7]
In 2009, he said that when speaking inPortuguese with team matesNaldo andHugo Almeida that he would feel Brazilian, that Brazil was an important country in his life cause he lived in it for half of his life.[7]
On 2 August 2009, he scored a double in a2009–10 DFB-Pokal match that ended in a 5–0 victory againstUnion Berlin. On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned toShakhtar Donetsk.[8] Ontransfer deadline day, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar andWigan Athletic was agreed to take the player to thePremier League. He signed for them on 1 February on loan.[9][10] After returning to Shakhtar, he made a decent impression, scoring 7 times in 23 appearances. However, after being listed as a reserve the next season, Moreno joinedGrêmio in late December 2011 and signed a five-year contract with the Brazilian team starting in 2012.[11][12] He was then loaned toFlamengo in the2013 season[13] and Cruzeiro in2014.[14]
In February 2015, Moreno transferred toChinese Super League sideChangchun Yatai. His first season in China was successful, scoring 20+ goals in 53 games.[15] In 2017 he signed forWuhan Zall in theChinese League One being the joint top scorer inhis first season with 23 league goals, along with ColombianHarold Preciado. In 2019 Moreno signed withShijiazhuang Ever Bright. Although he only played 12 games with them, he scored 7 goals.
On 19 February 2020, Moreno returned for his former club,Cruzeiro, signing with them for 3 seasons.[16]
On 30 January 2022,ABC Color announced that Martins would joinPrimera División Paraguaya teamCerro Porteño.[17] He would be the attacking replacement of ArgentineMauro Boselli.[17] The transfer took effect on 9 February 2022 ofParaguay's summer transfer window.[18] On 10 February, Martins arrived toParaguay and was officially presented at Cerro Porteño.[19][20] He signed for two years.[2] He was presented with the number 9 shirt.[21] His salary would not be paid by the club, instead by a private company would.[22] Before signing, Martins spoke with Cerro Porteño coachFrancisco Arce, who sent him videos so he can adapt to his play as quick as possible.[23] Martins remarked that Arce was important so that he could join Cerro Porteño.[24] His arrival into Paraguay was made through Cerro Porteño's director,Miguel Carrizosa, who lent his airplane to bring Martins.[25] He became Cerro Porteño's 5th signing ahead of the 2022 Primera División season, followingWilliam Riveros,Robert Piris Da Motta,Sergio Díaz andAlfio Oviedo.[26]
Born in Bolivia to a Brazilian father (Mauro Martins, former footballer) and Bolivian mother, Moreno played for the Brazilian under-18 andunder-20 sides at the youth level, becoming the first foreign player to be part of this youth setup and the fifth foreign player to wear the Brazilian national team's shirt in an official match,[clarification needed] but chose to represent theBolivian senior national team as a professional.[27]
Due to his success playing for Cruzeiro, Moreno received his first call-up for a friendly match againstPeru on 12 September 2007. He scored his first two international goals on 20 November 2007, during a2010 World Cup qualifier againstVenezuela. On 14 October 2008, he scored both of Bolivia's goals againstUruguay in a 2–2 draw. He also opened the scoring in Bolivia's historic 6–1 victory overDiego Maradona'sArgentina on 1 April 2009. A few months later, in October, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 victory against powerhouseBrazil atEstadio Hernando Siles.[28]
Moreno was included in the Bolivia squad for the2015 Copa América inChile. On 15 June, he scored the decisive goal in the team's second group match – a 3–2 defeat ofEcuador – to giveLa Verde its first win at theCopa América since the1997 tournament.[29] He was Bolivia's top scorer at the tournament with two goals, also being the only Bolivian player to score in the knockout stage as the side lost 3–1 toPeru in the quarter-finals. Moreno announced his retirement from the national squad on 15 September 2015 together with then captainRonald Raldes, claiming divergences with head coachJulio César Baldivieso.[30]
Moreno returned to the national squad in 2016 afterGuillermo Ángel Hoyos replaced Baldivieso.[31]
On 12 November 2020, Moreno scored his 20th international goal in a 3–2 defeat to Ecuador, equalingJoaquín Botero's all-time top goalscoring record for Bolivia.[32] On 28 March 2023, he played his100th international match for Bolivia, in which he also scored a goal in a 2–1 win in a friendly match againstSaudi Arabia.[33]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oriente Petrolero | 2003 | Liga de Fútbol Boliviano | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | Liga de Fútbol Boliviano | 12 | 2 | – | – | – | 12 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 2 | – | – | – | 20 | 2 | |||||
| Vitória | 2005 | Série B | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 2006 | Série C | 30 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 50 | 16 | |
| 2007 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 64 | 16 | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2007 | Série A | 13 | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 14 | 6 | ||
| 2008 | Série A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 15 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 21 | ||
| Shakhtar | 2008–09 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | |
| 2010–11 | Ukrainian Premier League | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | 23 | 7 | ||
| 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total | 32 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | – | 46 | 11 | |||
| Werder Bremen (loan) | 2009–10 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 12 | 3 | |
| Wigan Athletic (loan) | 2009–10 | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 0 | ||
| Grêmio | 2012 | Série A | 28 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 56 | 22 |
| 2013 | Série A | – | – | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 28 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 67 | 24 | ||
| Flamengo (loan) | 2013 | Série A | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 |
| Cruzeiro (loan) | 2014 | Série A | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 24 |
| Changchun Yatai | 2015 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 9 | ||
| 2016 | Chinese Super League | 29 | 13 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 13 | |||
| Total | 53 | 22 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 22 | ||||
| Wuhan Zall | 2017 | China League One | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 23 | ||
| 2018 | China League One | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 25 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 34 | 25 | ||||
| Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 2019 | China League One | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 |
| Cruzeiro | 2020 | Série B | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| 2021 | Série B | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | |
| Total | 43 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 9 | ||
| Cerro Porteño | 2022 | Paraguayan Primera División | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 37 | 7 | |
| 2023 | Paraguayan Primera División | 5 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | 44 | 7 | |||
| Independiente del Valle | 2023 | Ecuadorian Serie A | 20 | 4 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 26 | 4 | ||
| Cruzeiro | 2024 | Série A | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 386 | 127 | 38 | 17 | 52 | 11 | 83 | 28 | 559 | 183 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 2007 | 4 | 2 |
| 2008 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | |
| Total | 108 | 31 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 November 2007 | Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo,San Cristóbal, Venezuela |  Venezuela | 1–0 | 3–5 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 3–2 | |||||
| 3 | 18 June 2008 | Estadio Hernando Siles,La Paz, Bolivia |  Paraguay | 4–1 | 4–2 | |
| 4 | 14 October 2008 |  Uruguay | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 1 April 2009 |  Argentina | 1–0 | 6–1 | ||
| 7 | 11 October 2009 |  Brazil | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 8 | 7 October 2010 | Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera,Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Venezuela | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 9 | 7 October 2011 | Estadio Centenario,Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 11 November 2011 | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti,Buenos Aires, Argentina | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| 11 | 26 March 2013 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | 1–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 12 | 11 June 2013 | Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos,Santiago, Chile |  Chile | 1–2 | 1–3 | |
| 13 | 15 June 2015 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander,Valparaíso, Chile |  Ecuador | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2015 Copa América |
| 14 | 25 June 2015 | Estadio Municipal Germán Becker,Temuco, Chile |  Peru | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| 15 | 28 March 2017 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Argentina | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 16 | 10 September 2018 | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |  Saudi Arabia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 17 | 13 October 2018 | Thuwunna Stadium,Yangon, Myanmar |  Myanmar | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 18 | 18 June 2019 | Estádio do Maracanã,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Peru | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2019 Copa América |
| 19 | 13 October 2020 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Argentina | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 20 | 12 November 2020 | Ecuador | 2–2 | 2–3 | ||
| 21 | 17 November 2020 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco,Asunción, Paraguay | Paraguay | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| 22 | 26 March 2021 | Estadio El Teniente,Rancagua, Chile | Chile | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 23 | 3 June 2021 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Venezuela | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 24 | 3–1 | |||||
| 25 | 8 June 2021 | Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago, Chile | Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 26 | 5 September 2021 | Estadio Campeón del Siglo,Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay | 1–3 | 2–4 | |
| 27 | 2–4 | |||||
| 28 | 16 November 2021 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 29 | 21 January 2022 | Estadio Olímpico Patria,Sucre, Bolivia |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 30 | 1 February 2022 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Chile | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 31 | 28 March 2023 | Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium,Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
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