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Brazilian footballer

Marcelo Vita
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Gonçalves Vita
Date of birth (1963-02-19) 19 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Mococa, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Guarani
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1983 Guarani
1983–1984 Vasco da Gama 51 (20)
1985 Udinese
1985–1989 Internacional 94 (45)
1990 Blumenau
1991 Vitória
1991 Botafogo-SP
1991–1992 Araçatuba
1992 Joinville
1992 Inter de Limeira
1993 Botafogo-SP
1993 Joinville
1993 Bandeirante
1994 Pelotas
1994 União Bandeirante
1995 Pelotas
International career
1981 Brazil U20
Managerial career
2009 Inter de Bebedouro
2010 Radium
2012 Radium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Marcelo Gonçalves Vita (born 19 February 1963), simply known as Marcelo Vita, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager who played as a forward.

Player career

Revealed in the Guarani youth categories, Marcelo Vita made history by scoring the winning goal in the 1981 Silver Cup (currently Série B). He was traded to Vasco da Gama where he won the Taça Rio in 1984 and was runner-up in Brazilian championship. Traded with Udinese in 1985, he played little due to the excess of foreign players, being traded to Internacional where he remained from 1985 to 1989, when suffered a serious knee injury. Vita played for several clubs in the 1990s, with emphasis on AE Araçatuba, where he won the second level of São Paulo, and EC Pelotas, where he ended his career.

Vita was part of the Brazil under-20 squad that competed in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Managerial career

He had a modest coaching career, managing Inter de Bebedouro in 2009 and Radium de Mococa on two occasions, in 2010 and 2012.

Honours

Guarani
Vasco da Gama
Araçatuba

References

  1. "Saiba onde estão os jogadores campeões da Taça de Prata pelo Guarani em 1981". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Marcelo Vita está no mercado e busca uma nova chance". Futebol Interior (in Portuguese). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. "SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA SUB-20 (U-20 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM) 1949–1987". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

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