Piracaia (footballer)
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Marcelo Gonçalves de Oliveira (born April 17, 1971 in São Paulo), known as Piracaia, is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays and works as an assistant coach for the Finnish second-tier club Musan Salama.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gonçalves and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo Gonçalves de Oliveira | ||
Date of birth | (1971-04-17) April 17, 1971 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Musan Salama | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1987 | Piracaia FC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1991 | C.A. Bragantino | – | (–) |
1992–1997 | FC Jazz | 145 | (27) |
1997 | AIK | 13 | (1) |
1998–2000 | HJK | 47 | (4) |
2000 | → Kotkan TP | 13 | (0) |
2000–2002 | USM Blida | 50 | (4) |
2001 | → Atlantis | 11 | (1) |
2002 | FC Hämeenlinna | 1 | (0) |
2003–2004 | FC Jazz | 50 | (7) |
2004–2005 | US Monastir | – | (–) |
2005–2007 | FF Jaro | 57 | (1) |
2008–2010 | FC PoPa | 54 | (5) |
2010–2014 | MuSa | 95 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Piracaia has played 17 seasons and 324 matches in Finnish Veikkausliiga. In the six games of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage he was in the opening line-up of HJK Helsinki. Piracaia has also played in the top divisions of Sweden, Algeria and Tunisia.