Marcelo Cordeiro de Souza (born 4 December 1981), known as Marcelo Cordeiro or simply Cordeiro, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current assistant coach of Guarani.

Club career

Born in

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, Cordeiro graduated with

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's youth setup, but left in the following year after the club's financial troubles. He subsequently resumed his career in the lower levels. In 2008, after scoring 12 goals for

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, Cordeiro joined Vitória. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 10 May, starting in a 0–2 home loss against Cruzeiro. Cordeiro scored his first professional goals on 9 July, netting a brace in a 5–2 home routing over

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. He appeared in 33 matches and scored five goals, and moved to

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on 9 January 2009. Cordeiro was subsequently loaned to Botafogo and Portuguesa, and signed permanently with the latter in November 2011. He was an ever-present figure with ''Lusa'', appearing in more than 100 matches for the club. On 25 April 2013, Cordeiro joined

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. He was released on 30 May of the following year, and signed for

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on 4 August. Cordeiro moved to São Bento for the 2015 season, and subsequently represented

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before returning to his previous club. On 6 May 2016, he was presented at Vila Nova. On 29 November 2016, Cordeiro returned to São Bento for his third spell. On 3 July 2019, he announced his retirement at the age of 38.

Coaching career

Immediately after retiring, Cordeiro became an assistant coach of his last club São Bento. He was an interim head coach on two occasions before leaving the club on 17 May 2021. Cordeiro returned to ''Bentão'' in 2022, but as coach of the under-17 squad. He moved to Real Soccer under the same role for the 2024 season, before joining Guarani on 29 April of that year.

Honours

Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

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* Copa Suruga Bank:

Botafogo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

: 2010 Portuguesa *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B, the Série B or the Brazilian Série B to distinguish it from the Italian and the Ecuadorian Serie B), and currently officially called Brasileirão Série B ...

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