Marcelo Toscano

Marcelo Toscano

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Aparecido Toscano
Date of birth	(1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Areado, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Thrissur Magic FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Paulista	35	(5)
2006	→ Mirassol (loan)
2006–2007	→ Maccabi Ahi Nazareth (loan)	29	(7)
2008	→ União São João (loan)	21	(8)
2008–2009	→ Lausanne (loan)	5	(0)
2009–2010	Paraná	45	(18)
2010–2012	Vitória Guimarães	61	(12)
2013	Figueirense	27	(8)
2014–2015	Comercial-SP	10	(3)
2014	Vila Nova	10	(0)
2014	Cuiabá	12	(3)
2015	Mirassol	18	(13)
2015	América Mineiro	35	(14)
2016–2017	Jeju United FC	50	(17)
2017–2018	Omiya Ardija	30	(1)
2019–2021	América Mineiro	79	(6)
2020	→ Mirassol (loan)	5	(0)
2022	Paysandu	1	(0)
2024–	Thrissur Magic FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Aparecido Toscano (born 12 May 1985) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Thrissur Magic FC. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.^{[ citation needed ]}

Club career

Born in Areado, Minas Gerais, Toscano was a São Vicente youth graduate. Initially a forward, he was converted to a right back during his time at Paulista, mainly due to the lack of goals. ^[1]

Back as a striker at Paraná, Toscano scored ten goals in 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, being the club's top goalscorer. On 20 August 2010 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a four-year deal with Primeira Liga side Vitória de Guimarães. ^[2]

Toscano made his debut in the main category of Portuguese football on 28 August, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 away win against C.D. Nacional. On 21 December 2012 he rescinded his contract, ^[3] and signed for Figueirense on the following day. ^[4]

Toscano appeared rarely for Figueira, and subsequently joined Comercial de Ribeirão Preto. ^[5] On 14 April 2014 he moved to Vila Nova, ^[6] but rescinded his link only two months later. ^[7]

Toscano finished the year with Cuiabá, ^[8] scoring three goals in Série C. In November 2014 he joined Mirassol, ^[9] and was the top goalscorer in 2015 Campeonato Paulista Série A2.

On 16 April 2015 Toscano moved to Série B side América Mineiro. ^[10]

Having successfully gotten América Mineiro promoted to the Série A, Toscano signed for Jeju United FC on 7 December 2015. ^[11] After one and a half seasons playing for Jeju, he transferred to Omiya Ardija in the J. League Division 1 in June, 2017. ^[12] He finished his time at Jeju with 49 league appearances and 17 goals.

On 29 July 2017 Toscano made his first appearance against Vissel Kobe scoring a goal on his debut however the game concluded with 3–1 away defeat. In his first season with Omiya Ardija they were relegated to Japan's second division J2 League.

On 1 January 2019 Toscano resigned with Série B side América Mineiro to a two-year contract. ^[13]

On 27 December 2019 Toscano was loaned out to Mirassol until the end of December 2020. ^[14]

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães

• Taça de Portugal: 2012–13

References

1. "De volta ao ataque, Marcelo Toscano busca no Paraná os gols que faltaram no Paulista" [Back to the attack, Marcelo Torcano seeks in Paraná the goals which he missed at Paulista] (in Portuguese). Gazeta do Povo. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
2. "Médio ofensivo Marcelo Toscano é reforço" [Attacking midfielder Marcelo Toscano is an addition] (in Portuguese). Record. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
3. "Toscano também rescinde" [Toscano also rescinds] (in Portuguese). Record. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
4. "Figueirense anuncia Marcelo Toscano como novo reforço" [Figueirense announces Marcelo Toscano as new addition] (in Portuguese). Terra. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
5. "Atacante acerta com equipe paulista para 2014" [Forward joins paulista team for 2014] (in Portuguese). InfoEsporte. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
6. "Vila Nova apresenta três reforços: Gabriel, Ângelo e Marcelo Toscano" [Vila Nova presents three signings: Gabriel, Ângelo and Marcelo Toscano] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
7. "Atacante Marcelo Toscano é mais um a pedir para rescindir com o Vila Nova" [Forward Marcelo Toscano is another one to rescind with Vila Nova] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
8. "Marcelo Toscano é a novidade na reapresentação do Cuiabá" [Marcelo Toscano is the novelty in Cuiabá's presentation] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
9. "Paulista A2: Na apresentação de Piza, Mirassol anuncia o atacante Marcelo Toscano" [Paulista A2: In Piza's presentation, Mirassol announces forward Marcelo Toscano] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
10. "América-MG apresenta reforço para o setor ofensivo: Marcelo Toscano" [América-MG presents addition to the offensive line: Marcelo Toscano] (in Portuguese). Alterosa. 16 April 2015.
11. Korea Football News [@KORFootballNews] (8 December 2015). "OFFICIAL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. "[오피셜]제주 마르셀로, J리그 오미야로 이적".
13. "América Futebol Clube » Apresentados, Marcelo Toscano e Felipe Azevedo prometem Coelho forte no ataque".
14. "Leão apresenta dois velhos conhecidos da torcida".

External links

• Marcelo Toscano at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
• Marcelo Toscano – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• Marcelo Toscano at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Marcelo Toscano at Soccerway