Marcelo Pereira Moreira, commonly known as Pavão (born April 15, 1974), is a retired association footballer who played as a

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for several

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clubs.

Career

Born in

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, Pavão started his professional career playing with

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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 Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

in 1996. After playing for Rio Branco-SP and

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respectively in 1996 and in 1997, he left Brazil to play for Austrian club Austria Lustenau from 1997 to 1999, and

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of Spain from 1999 to 2000. Pavão returned to his country in 2001 to play for

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in 2001, leaving the club in 2002 to defend

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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 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-defender-1970s-stub