Marlon Roniel Brandão (born 1 September 1963) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a

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Football career

Born in Marília, São Paulo, Brandão played for four clubs in his country, competing in the Série A with Guarani Futebol Clube and

Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco ...

. In January 1987 he moved to Portugal where he remained for the following seven years, in representation of

Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional fo ...

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and

Boavista FC Boavista Futebol Clube, commonly known as Boavista (), is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Porto. Founded on 1 August 1903 by British entrepreneurs and Portuguese textile workers (thus the "FC" being appended – the British way as oppos ...

. Brandão's best season as a professional came in 1990–91, when he scored 11 goals in 31 games to help Boavista to the fourth position in the

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. He retired in 1994 at only 30, after a few months with Spanish side Real Valladolid.

Honours

;Sporting * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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;Boavista * Taça de Portugal: 1991–92 * Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira:

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