Marcelo Alves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Alves and the second or paternal family name is Santos.

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.

Marcelo Alves

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Alves Santos
Date of birth	(1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	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	23	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 July 2025

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 26 July 2025^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		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	2	0	—		0	0	—		—		2	0
	Total		23	4	—		0	0	—		—		23	4
Career total			94	8	23	0	12	0	2	0	20	0	151	8

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Espírito Santo
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
4. Four appearances in Taça da Liga, one appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira