Marcelo Boeck (born 28 November 1984) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Internacional

Born in

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of Belgian descent, Boeck started his professional career with

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, being part of the squads that won the

2006 Copa Libertadores The 2006 Copa Toyota Libertadores was the 47th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's annual football club tournament. 38 teams from 11 football associations have taken part, starting with the first qualifying round played on 24 January 2 ...

, the

2006 FIFA Club World Cup The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament held in Japan between 10 December and 17 December 2006. It was the third FIFA Club World ...

and the

2007 Recopa Sudamericana The 2007 Recopa Sudamericana (officially the 2007 Recopa Visa Sudamericana for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana com ...

, as well as the

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

on two occasions. In four years, he played only 20 official games.

Marítimo

Boeck signed a three-year contract with C.S. Marítimo of Portugal on 17 August 2007. He totalled just five

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matches in his first three seasons, acting as backup to successively

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and Peterson Peçanha and also fighting for second-choice status with

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, all three his compatriots; additionally, he also appeared on and off for the reserves in the third division. In the 2010–11 campaign, Boeck won the battle for the starting job with Peçanha, and played all 30 league fixtures for the

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ns as they finished in mid-table.

Sporting CP

On 30 June 2011, Boeck joined

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on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He played second-fiddle to youth graduate and

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international

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during his spell. When the team celebrated winning the

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on 10 August 2015, Boeck doused striker

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in champagne, angering the Algerian due to his Islamic faith's prohibition of alcohol. The following 8 January, he extended his contract until 2018 with an option for a further year. Boeck appeared in 27 competitive matches in his four-and-a-half-year tenure at the ''

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''.

Chapecoense

In the last days of the 2016 January

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, Boeck returned to his country and its Série A, joining

Associação Chapecoense de Futebol Associação Chapecoense de Futebol, commonly known as Chapecoense, is a Brazilian football club, based in the city of Chapecó in the state of Santa Catarina. The club was founded in 1973 with the goal of restoring football in the city, an ...

who retained 50% of his sporting rights. He did not board

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for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals, which crashed and killed 19 of his teammates, because it was his birthday.

Fortaleza

Boeck moved to

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in December 2016. He was a very important part of the squads that won two consecutive promotions from Série C, but lost his starting spot in 2019 to new signing Felipe Alves. Immediately after his contract expired in December 2021, the 37-year-old Boeck agreed to a one-year extension.

Career statistics

Honours

Internacional *

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...

: 2006 *

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

: 2006 *

: 2005 Sporting CP *

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; "Cup of Portugal") is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Placard since the 2015–16 seas ...

: 2014–15 *

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Chapecoense *

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American fo ...

: 2016 (posthumously) *

Campeonato Catarinense The Campeonato Catarinense de Futebol, known as Campeonato Catarinense or simply Catarinense, is the main competition of association football from state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil. History The Campeonato Catarinense top level has had several ...

: 2016 Fortaleza *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

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Copa do Nordeste Copa do Nordeste (''Cup of the North-East''), also known as Campeonato do Nordeste (''Championship of the North-East'') or Copa Nordeste (''Northeastern Cup''), and sometimes informally referred as Lampions League – in reference to the UEFA Ch ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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Campeonato Cearense The Campeonato Cearense is the football league of the state of Ceará, Brazil. Format The Campeonato Cearense has three divisions with the following division and format (as in any other Brazilian soccer championship, the format can change eve ...

: 2019,

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, 2021,

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