Marcelo Messias (born November 9, 1981, in Paranaguá) is a

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ian-

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professional

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defender.

Club career

FAS

Messias signed with FAS of the

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in 2003. With the Santa Ana team, he won the Apertura 2003 and the Apertura 2004. Also, he lost the Clausura 2004 final against Alianza on penalties.

Isidro Metapán

Messias signed with Isidro Metapán in 2006.

Chalatenango

Messias signed with Chalatenango in 2007.

Return to Isidro Metapán

He signed again with Isidro Metapán in 2008.

Águila

Time later. he signed with Águila.

Alianza

In 2010, he signed with Alianza. With Alianza, he lost the Apertura 2010 final against Isidro Metapán on penalties. However, in the next tournament, Alianza won the Clausura 2011 final against FAS.

Deportivo Petapa

In 2012, he signed with

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Return to Alianza

Messias signed again with Alianza for the Clausura 2013.

Return to Chalatenango

In 2015, he signed again with Chalatenango.

Sonsonate

Messias signed with

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for the Apertura 2016.

Audaz

Messias signed with Audaz for the Clausura 2018. With Audaz, reached the quarter-finals of the Apertura 2018.

International career

Messias was called up to train with the national team preliminary squad, which would take part in two friendly matches in March 2011. Messias was able to be noticed and would take part in the first friendly of that month against

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and

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. Messias came on as a substitute in that friendly match against Cuba and started against Jamaica.

Personal

Messias is married to a

woman and he has two daughters. He is now a

citizen.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Messias, Marcelo 1981 births Living people People from Paranaguá Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of El Salvador Brazilian emigrants to El Salvador Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. FAS footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers A.D. Chalatenango footballers C.D. Águila footballers Alianza F.C. footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Antigua GFC players C.D. Sonsonate footballers Men's association football defenders Deportivo Petapa players Footballers from Paraná (state)