Marcelo Veridiano (; born June 30, 1966) is a former
Brazil
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ian
footballer
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.
Club career
His professional career started at 1986 with
São Paulo
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. He played for São Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by
Skoda Xanthi
Xanthi Football Club ( el, Α.Ο. Ξάνθη Π.Α.Ε.) is a Greek professional football club based in Xanthi, Western Thrace and plays at Xanthi FC Arena. The club resigned from the Super League 2 due to financial issues.
Founded in 1967, Xa ...
.
He instantly became the club's star scoring 11 goals in just 21 matches. His best season with Skoda Xanthi was 1992–1993 when he scored 24 goals in 32 matches being the
league's third goalscorer. He was the first player to score 4 goals in a match in the Greek professional championship in an 8–2 win against
Pierikos on January 10, 1993 (Skoda Xanthi's biggest league win ever). He is also Skoda Xanti's all-time top goalscorer with 75 goals and the player who scored both the 100th (May 22, 1992 against
Aris Thessaloniki
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...
) and the 200th (February 13, 1994 against
Panathinaikos
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) Skoda Xanthi's league goal. He played for the Thracian club until 1996, when he moved to
AEK Athens
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. In 1998, he was transferred to
APOEL
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and helped his team to win the 1998–1999
Cypriot Cup
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, scoring twice in the Cup final where APOEL won 2–0
Anorthosis
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club fo ...
. He ended his career with
Kozani
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in 2001.
Honours
São Paulo
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Campeonato Paulista:
1987
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,
1989
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AEK Athens
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Greek Cup
The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Greek Cup is the second most ...
:
1996–97
*
Greek Super Cup
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: 1996
APOEL
*
Cypriot Cup
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:
1998–99
References
External links
Career OverviewEntry at Globo Esporte's Futpédia
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1966 births
Living people
Brazilian footballers
Brazilian expatriate footballers
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Association football forwards
AC Omonia managers
APOEL FC players
AEK Athens F.C. players
São Paulo FC players
Kozani F.C. players
Esporte Clube Bahia players
Xanthi F.C. players
Super League Greece players
Cypriot First Division players
Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Brazilian football managers
Footballers from São Paulo