Marcelo Veridiano Explained

Marcelo
Fullname:Marcelo Veridiano
Birth Date:30 June 1966
Birth Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Position:Striker
Years1:1986–1989
Years2:1989
Years3:1989–1996
Years4:1996–1998
Years5:1998–2000
Years6:2000–2001
Clubs7:Total
Caps1:36
Caps3:207
Caps4:56
Caps5:43
Caps6:26
Caps7:368
Goals1:6
Goals3:75
Goals4:9
Goals5:19
Goals6:3
Goals7:112
Manageryears1:2001–2002
Manageryears2:2002–2003
Manageryears3:2004–2006
Manageryears4:2007
Manageryears5:2007–2008
Managerclubs1:Aris Thessaloniki (Assistant Manager)
Managerclubs2:AEL Limassol (Assistant Manager)
Managerclubs3:Skoda Xanthi (Youth Coach)
Managerclubs4:Omonia (Assistant Manager)
Managerclubs5:Veria (Assistant Manager)

Marcelo Veridiano (pronounced as /pt-BR/; born June 30, 1966) is a former Brazilian footballer.

Club career

His professional career started at 1986 with São Paulo. He played for São Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by Skoda Xanthi.[1] He instantly became the club's star scoring 11 goals in just 21 matches. His best season with Skoda Xanthi was 1992–1993 when he scored 24 goals in 32 matches being the league's third goalscorer. He was the first player to score 4 goals in a match in the Greek professional championship in an 8–2 win against Pierikos on January 10, 1993 (Skoda Xanthi's biggest league win ever). He is also Skoda Xanti's all-time top goalscorer with 75 goals and the player who scored both the 100th (May 22, 1992 against Aris Thessaloniki) and the 200th (February 13, 1994 against Panathinaikos) Skoda Xanthi's league goal. He played for the Thracian club until 1996, when he moved to AEK Athens. In 1998, he was transferred to APOEL and helped his team to win the 1998–1999 Cypriot Cup, scoring twice in the Cup final where APOEL won 2–0 Anorthosis. He ended his career with Kozani in 2001.

Honours

São Paulo

1987, 1989

AEK Athens

1996–97

1996

APOEL

1998–99

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60. RSSSF. 11 May 2005.