Marcelo Antonio Pereira Rodríguez (born 27 May 1995) is a Honduran professional

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who plays as a defender for

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and the Honduras national team.

Club career

In 2013, Pereira joined

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from

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. He was assigned to their reserves and made his senior debut with the first team during the 2014–15 season.

International career

Pereira got his first call up to the senior

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side for a friendly against Belize in October 2016.

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* Honduran men's footballers Honduras men's international footballers 1995 births Living people Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Honduras F.C. Motagua players Footballers from Tegucigalpa Men's association football defenders 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Honduras-footy-bio-stub