Marcelo (footballer, born 1991)

Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva (26 August 1991 – 28 November 2016), simply known as Marcelo, was a Brazilian footballer who last played as a central defender for Chapecoense.

Marcelo

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Augusto Mathias da Silva
Date of birth	(1991-08-26)26 August 1991
Place of birth	Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Date of death	28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 25)
Place of death	La Unión, Colombia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Tupi
2011	Macaé
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Volta Redonda	24	(1)
2014–2016	Cianorte	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Flamengo (loan)	32	(1)
2016	→ Chapecoense (loan)	22	(0)
Total		78	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo was one of the victims when LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashed on 28 November 2016.

Club career

Volta Redonda

Marcelo was born in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, but represented Macaé as a youth. After being released, he joined Volta Redonda in 2012.^[1]

Marcelo made his senior debut on 20 April 2012, starting in a 2–0 away win against Resende for the Campeonato Carioca championship.^[2] Regularly used during the club's run in Série D, he managed to appear in only one match during the following year's state championship, but returned to feature regularly in the following campaign.

Flamengo

On 23 April 2014, shortly after having his federative rights acquired by Cianorte, Marcelo was loaned to Série A club Flamengo until the end of 2015.^[3] He made his division debut on 27 July, starting in a 1–0 derby home win against Botafogo.^[4]

Marcelo scored his first goal in the main category of Brazilian football on 31 August 2014, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against Vitória.^[5] Ending the season as a starter, he fell down the pecking order in the following year, after the emergence of Samir and the arrival of César Martins.

Chapecoense

On 8 January 2016, Marcelo signed for fellow top tier club Chapecoense.^[6] He spent four months nursing an injury before returning to action on 27 November, in a 0–1 away loss against Palmeiras, which would be his last match.^[7]

Death

On 28 November 2016, whilst at the service of Chapecoense, Marcelo was among the fatalities of the LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 accident in the Colombian village of Cerro Gordo, La Unión, Antioquia.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2016^[9]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Volta Redonda	2012	Série D	7	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		9	0
	2013	Carioca	—		1	0	0	0	—		11[a]	0	12	0
	2014		—		14	1	—		—		—		14	1
	Subtotal		7	0	17	1	0	0	—		11	0	35	1
Flamengo	2014	Série A	17	1	—		3	0	—		—		20	1
	2015		11	0	4	0	2	0	—		—		17	0
	Subtotal		28	1	4	0	5	0	—		—		37	1
Chapecoense	2016	Série A	13	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	—		23	0
Career total			48	1	30	1	6	0	0	0	11	0	95	2

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Rio

Honours

Chapecoense

• Copa Sudamericana: 2016 (posthumously)^[10]