Marcelo Veridiano

Marcelo Veridiano (Brazilian Portuguese: [mɐʁˈsɛlu veɾidʒiˈɐnu]; born June 30, 1966) is a former Brazilian footballer.

Marcelo

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Veridiano
Date of birth	(1966-06-30) June 30, 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	São Paulo	36	(6)
1989	Vitória
1989–1996	Skoda Xanthi	207	(75)
1996–1998	AEK Athens	56	(9)
1998–2000	APOEL	43	(19)
2000–2001	Kozani	26	(3)
Total		368	(112)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Aris (assistant)
2002–2003	AEL Limassol (assistant)
2004–2006	Skoda Xanthi Youth
2007	Omonia (assistant)
2007–2008	Veria (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

His professional career started at 1986 with São Paulo. He played for São Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by Skoda Xanthi.^[1] He instantly became the club's star scoring 11 goals in just 21 matches. His best season with Skoda Xanthi was 1992–1993 when he scored 24 goals in 32 matches being the league's third-best goalscorer. He was the first player to score 4 goals in a match in the Greek professional championship in an 8–2 win against Pierikos on January 10, 1993 (Skoda Xanthi's biggest league win ever). He is also Skoda Xanti's all-time top goalscorer with 75 goals and the player who scored both the 100th (May 22, 1992 against Aris) and the 200th (February 13, 1994 against Panathinaikos) Skoda Xanthi's league goal. He played for the Thracian club until 1996, when he moved to AEK Athens. In 1998, he was transferred to APOEL and helped his team to win the 1998–1999 Cypriot Cup, scoring twice in the Cup final where APOEL won 2–0 Anorthosis. He ended his career with Kozani in 2001.

Honours

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1987, 1989

AEK Athens

• Greek Cup: 1996–97
• Greek Super Cup: 1996

APOEL

• Cypriot Cup: 1998–99