Marcelo Alves
Brazilian footballer (born 1998)
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Marcelo Alves Santos (born 7 February 1998), known as Marcelo Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian club Sochi.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcelo Alves Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sochi | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Madureira | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2024 | Madureira | 17 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Barra da Tijuca (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Rio Branco-ES (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Vasco da Gama (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Vitória (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Tondela (loan) | 40 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | → Sochi (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2024– | Sochi | 40 | (6) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026 | |||
Club career
Marcelo Alves was born in Rio de Janeiro, and finished his formation with Madureira. He made his first team debut on 13 July 2017, starting in a 1–2 away loss against São Gonçalo, for the year's Copa Rio.[1]
Marcelo Alves was definitely promoted to the main squad in November 2018, after an unassuming loan spell at Barra da Tijuca.[2] After being sparingly used, he moved to Rio Branco-ES also in a temporary deal.[3]
On 30 July 2020, still owned by Madureira, Marcelo Alves was announced at Série A side Vasco da Gama.[4] He made his debut in the category on 2 September, starting in a 2–2 away draw against Santos.[5]
On 24 June 2023, Marcelo Alves moved on a new loan to the Russian Premier League club Sochi, with an option to buy.[6] On 22 February 2024, Sochi made the transfer permanent and signed a contract with Marcelo Alves until 2028.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 17 May 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Madureira | 2017 | Carioca | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Carioca | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | — | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Barra da Tijuca (loan) | 2018[9] | Carioca Série B1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rio Branco-ES (loan) | 2019 | Capixaba | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12[b] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Vasco da Gama (loan) | 2020 | Série A | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Vitória (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Tondela (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 31 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| Sochi (loan) | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Sochi | Russian Premier League | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||||
| 2024–25 | Russian First League | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Russian Premier League | 19 | 2 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 40 | 6 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 6 | |||||
| Career total | 111 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 172 | 10 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Copa Espírito Santo
- Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- Four appearances in Taça da Liga, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira