Marcel Augusto Ortolan (born 12 November 1981 in

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, São Paulo), commonly known as Marcel, is a Brazilian

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Career

Marcel started his career in Brazilian regional league, playing for

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. After brief spell in

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, he joined

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in January 2005, for US$1.8 million transfer fee. The two seasons spent in

were probably the highest point, so far, in Marcel's career: he managed to score 13 goals, saving the club from relegation in the second season and catching the eye of Portuguese big teams such as Benfica and

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. He was signed on loan from Benfica on 15 January 2006. Benfica signed the player permanently in the summer of 2006, for €2.66 million fee. However, in December, Marcel was loaned to

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for one year. Upon his return, Marcel was loaned once more, this time around to the Brazilian side

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for another year. Nevertheless, Marcel was unable to establish himself in the team, hence the loan contract was canceled. Marcel was once again loaned, now to Grêmio where he joined his Benfica teammate Diego Souza. In 2008, he was loaned to Cruzeiro. He played sparsely, failed to make an impact and his loan was terminated on 13 May. He was loaned again to Grêmio. He played 29 times for the Campeonato Brasileiro 2008 and score nine goals. On 19 December, Marcel was released from Grêmio and Benfica loaned him for another season, this time for the

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side

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. Rumors around his return to Benfica have started to appear around Portuguese sports journals due to his success in Japan and because of the confirmation that the club's coach

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would bring another striker in January to suppress the shortage of pure

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players on the squad. In September 2011 he returned to Coritiba, subject to bureaucratic clearance.

Honours

Club

;Coritiba *

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: 2003, 2012 ;Suwon Bluewings *

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: 2004 ;Santos *

Copa do Brasil The Copa do Brasil () is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and it is the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de Portugal, ...

: 2010

Individual

Top Scorer: 2003

References

External links

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Santos FC Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcel 1981 births Living people People from Mirassol Men's association football forwards Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Coritiba Foot Ball Club players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Académica de Coimbra (football) players S.L. Benfica footballers S.C. Braga players São Paulo FC players Grêmio FBPA players Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players Vissel Kobe players Santos FC players CR Vasco da Gama players Mirassol Futebol Clube players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players K League 1 players Primeira Liga players J1 League players Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Footballers from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen