Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho (born 20 December 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Championship club

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, on loan from club Liverpool.

Career

Fluminense

Pitaluga started his career with Brazilian side Fluminense. He was an unused substitute with the first team on 4 occasions during his time with the club.

Liverpool

In 2020, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool, for a fee in the region of £2 million. After sporadically being involved in the first team squad as an unused substitute in Premier League and

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games, Pitaluga made his first appearance at first team level on 25 July 2023, in a 4–4 draw against German side Greuther Fürth in a pre-season friendly.

Loan to Macclesfield

In July 2022, Pitaluga was sent on loan to English eighth-tier club

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. He made 18 league appearances for the club before an ankle injury suffered in November saw him out of action until April 2023. He made a total of 26 appearances in all competitions for the club as they won the 2022–23 Northern Premier League Division One West.

Loan to St Patrick's Athletic

On 5 January 2024, Pitaluga signed a new contract with Liverpool and was loaned out to

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. His spell at the club proved difficult, with high profile errors in the

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as well as a league game away to Waterford seeing him dropped by manager Jon Daly in favour of Danny Rogers after playing the first 4 league games of the season. On 29 June 2024, newly appointed manager Stephen Kenny confirmed that Pitaluga's loan spell with the club had been cut short after making 7 appearances in all competitions in the club's first 29 games of the season.

Loan to Livingstone

On 30 August 2024, Pitaluga signed for Scottish Championship side

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on loan.

International career

As well as his native Brazil, Pitaluga also holds a German passport, making him eligible to play for the Germany national team. He has played for the Brazil under-15, under-16 and under-17 teams. He was part of the

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for Brazil U17's

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win.

Career statistics

Honours

Macclesfield *

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Brazil U17 * FIFA U-17 World Cup:

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References

External links

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at the Liverpool F.C. website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pitaluga, Marcelo Living people 2002 births Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian men's footballers Footballers from Niterói Men's association football goalkeepers Brazil men's youth international footballers Northern Premier League players Fluminense FC players Liverpool F.C. players Macclesfield F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players League of Ireland players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Republic of Ireland