Marcelo Pereira Moreira, commonly known as Pavão (born April 15, 1974), is a retired association footballer who played as a right back for several Brazilian Série A clubs.

Career

Born in Recife, Pavão started his professional career playing with São Paulo in 1993, being promoted from the youth team. With São Paulo, he played 24 Série A games without scoring a goal between 1993 and 1995. He left São Paulo in 1995, joining Atlético Paranaense in 1996. After playing for Rio Branco-SP and Atlético Goianiense respectively in 1996 and in 1997, he left Brazil to play for Austrian club

Austria Lustenau Sportclub Austria Lustenau is a professional association football club based in the town of Lustenau, Vorarlberg, Austria, that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga, the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1914, ...

from 1997 to 1999, and Tenerife of Spain from 1999 to 2000. Pavão returned to his country in 2001 to play for

Mogi Mirim Mogi Mirim is a municipality located in the eastern part of São Paulo State, in Brazil. The population is 93,650 (2020 est.) in an area of 498 km². The elevation is 611 m. Mogi Mirim is around 65 km from Campinas, the biggest city in ...

in 2001, leaving the club in 2002 to defend Treze and retiring in the same year when playing for Brasiliense.

References

1974 births Living people Footballers from Recife Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers São Paulo FC players Club Athletico Paranaense players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Atlético Clube Goianiense players CD Tenerife players Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube players Treze Futebol Clube players Brasiliense FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Men's association football defenders {{Brazil-footy-defender-1970s-stub