Marcelo Santiago

Marcelo
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Daniel Marques Santiago
Date of birth	March 18, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	São João de Loure, Portugal
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	SC São João Ver
Number	88
Youth career
2004–2005	Beira-Mar
2005–2007	Porto
2007	Candal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Pontevedra B
2008–2009	Sporting Espinho
2009–2010	Pampilhosa
2010–2011	Gondomar
2011–2012	Tondela
2012	Jagodina
2013	Naval
2013	Feirense
2014	AD Oliveirense
2014–2016	Estarreja
2016–2018	Águeda
2018–2019	Anadia
2020	Águeda
2020	LAAC
2020–2021	SC São João Ver
2021–	Beira-Mar
International career
	Portugal U-17
	Portugal U-18
	Portugal U-19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:23, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Marcelo Daniel Marques Santiago (born 18 March 1988) is a Portuguese football midfielder who plays for Beira-Mar.

Club career

Born in São João de Loure, Albergaria-a-Velha Municipality,^[1] he played in the youth team of S.C. Beira-Mar before moving to F.C. Porto where he played in the youth teams (U-19) between 2005 and 2007.^[2] In the season 2007–08 he made his debut as a senior in Spain playing with Pontevedra CF B team in the Spanish Third League.^[1] The following season, he returned to Portugal and played the next 4 seasons in the Second Division B with 4 different clubs in each season, respectively S.C. Espinho, F.C. Pampilhosa, Gondomar S.C. and C.D. Tondela.^[1] In summer 2012 he moved abroad again, this time to Serbia, by signing with FK Jagodina.^[1] He failed to make any appearance in the Serbian SuperLiga and during the winter break he returns to Portugal and joins second level side Associação Naval 1º de Maio.^[3]

Marcelo represented Portugal at U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels.^[1]