Marcelo Marmelo da Silva (born August 1, 1972) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a

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. He is one of the most famous player in Chinese former top league

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. Marmelo scored a superb solo goal which was scored one of the greatest goal in Chinese professional league history, in a game against Shanghai Shenhua. Marmelo is living in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

after he retired. His wife is a Russian and has a son.

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Brazilian FA database
1972 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Guangzhou F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in China Men's association football forwards {{Brazil-footy-forward-1970s-stub