Marcelo Pereira

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Marcelo Pereira
Pereira playing for Motagua in 2018
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Antonio Pereira Rodríguez
Date of birth (1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Motagua
Number 5
Youth career
Olimpia
2013–2014 Motagua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Motagua 206 (13)
International career
2015 Honduras U20 2 (0)
2016 Honduras U23 10 (2)
2016– Honduras 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023

Marcelo Antonio Pereira Rodríguez (born 27 May 1995) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga Nacional club Motagua and the Honduras national team.[2]

Club career[edit]

In 2013, Pereira joined F.C. Motagua from C.D. Olimpia. He was assigned to their reserves and made his senior debut with the first team during the 2014–15 season.[3]

International career[edit]

Pereira got his first call up to the senior Honduras side for a friendly against Belize in October 2016.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marcelo Pereira". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. ^ Motagua renueva los contratos de Marcelo Santos y Marcelo Pereira; Diario Diez. 7 February 2020. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Marcelo Pereira y su pasado Merengue (Marcelo Pereira and his Merengue past); El Heraldo. 2 February 2017. (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Jorge Luis Pinto Anuncia Convocatoria de Honduras Para Microciclo y Amistoso Ante". laprensa.hn. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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