Marcelo started his professional career in 1986 at
São Paulo. He played for São Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by
Skoda Xanthi. He instantly became the club's main striker scoring 11 goals in 21 matches. His best season with the club was 1992–93 when he scored 24 goals in 32 matches being the
league's third top scorer. 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 10 January 1993 which was the team's biggest league win. 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. On 2 July 1996 Marcelo was transferred to
AEK Athens for a fee of 35 million
drachmas. In his first season at the club he won the
Greek Cup and the
Greek Super Cup. In the summer of 1998, he moved to
APOEL and helped his team to win the 1998–99
Cypriot Cup, scoring twice in the Cup final where APOEL won 2–0
Anorthosis Famagusta. He ended his career with
Kozani in 2001. ==Honours==