Marcelo Aparecido Toscano (born 12 May 1985) is a Brazilian

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who plays for Paysandu. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.

Club career

Born in

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, Toscano was a São Vicente youth graduate. Initially a forward, he was converted to a

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during his time at

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, mainly due to the lack of goals. Back as a striker at Paraná, Toscano scored ten goals in

2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B In 2009, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second level of the Brazilian League, was contested by 20 clubs from May 8 to November 29, 2009. Top four teams in the table would eventually qualify to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A to be cont ...

, being the club's top goalscorer. On 20 August 2010 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a four-year deal with

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side

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. Toscano made his debut in the main category of Portuguese football on 28 August, starting and scoring a

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in a 3–1 away win against

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. On 21 December 2012 he rescinded his contract, and signed for

Figueirense Figueirense Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Figueirense, is a Brazilian professional club based in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina founded on 12 June 1921. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, the third tier of Brazilian ...

on the following day. Toscano appeared rarely for ''Figueira'', and subsequently joined Comercial de Ribeirão Preto. On 14 April 2014 he moved to Vila Nova, but rescinded his link only two months later. Toscano finished the year with

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, scoring three goals in Série C. In November 2014 he joined

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, and was the top goalscorer in 2015

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. On 16 April 2015 Toscano moved to Série B side América Mineiro. Having successfully gotten América Mineiro promoted to the Série A, Toscano signed for

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on 7 December 2015. After one and a half seasons playing for

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, he transferred to

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in the

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in June, 2017. He finished his time at Jeju with 49 league appearances and 17 goals. On 29 July 2017 Toscano made his first appearance against

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scoring a goal on his debut however the game concluded with 3–1 away defeat. In his first season with

they were relegated to Japan's second division

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. On 1 January 2019 Toscano resigned with Série B side América Mineiro to a two-year contract. On 27 December 2019 Toscano was loaned out to

until the end of December 2020.

Honours

;Vitória de Guimarães *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toscano, Marcelo 1985 births Living people Footballers from Minas Gerais Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Paulista Futebol Clube players Mirassol Futebol Clube players União São João Esporte Clube players Paraná Clube players Figueirense FC players Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players Vila Nova Futebol Clube players Cuiabá Esporte Clube players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Paysandu Sport Club players Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players Swiss Challenge League players FC Lausanne-Sport players Primeira Liga players Vitória S.C. players Omiya Ardija players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal