Marcelo Gonçalves de Oliveira (born April 17, 1971 in

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), known as Piracaia, is a Brazilian

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player. He currently plays and works as an assistant coach for the Finnish second-tier club

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. Piracaia has played 17 seasons and 324 matches in Finnish Veikkausliiga. In the six games of the

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group stage he was in the opening line-up of HJK Helsinki. Piracaia has also played in the top divisions of

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Honours

Club: *Finnish championship: 1993, 1996 *Swedish championship: 1998 * Finnish Cup winner: 1998 Personal: * Ilta-Sanomat Player of the Year Award: 1993

statistics

with

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*2000-2001 : (22 matches, 3 goals, 6 assists) *2001-2002 : (28 matches, 1 goal, 15 assists)

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* 1971 births Brazilian men's footballers Veikkausliiga players Allsvenskan players Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players FC Jazz players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players AIK Fotboll players US Monastir (football) players USM Blida players Living people Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Men's association football midfielders Musan Salama players Footballers from São Paulo {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-stub