Marcelo Pereira

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pereira and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
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
Place of birth Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Cartaginés
Number 5
Youth career
Olimpia
2013–2014 Motagua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2024 Motagua 198 (13)
2024– Cartaginés 31 (2)
International career‡
2015–2016 Honduras U20 2 (0)
2015–2018 Honduras U23 10 (2)
2016– Honduras 30 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals 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 Costa Rican Liga FPD club Cartaginés and the Honduras national team.[2]

Club career

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

International career

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

References

  1. ^ "Marcelo Pereira". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  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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