Marcelo Vieira Da Silva Jrone of the greatest legends in the history of real Madridwill receive a huge tribute from the club where he was born and where he will hang up his boots: the Fluminense. The club of Rio de Janeiro has decided to change the name of Vale Das Laranjeiras Stadium with the name of the 36-year-old left back.
He Vale Das Laranjeiras Stadium It is one of the fields owned by Fluminense and the stage where the club plays its home games when its main stadium, the Maracana of Rio de Janeiro. Currently it is mainly used as a training ground of Fluzao and has a capacity for 8,000 spectators.
“The boy left Xerem to conquer the world and conquer America again with the Fluminense He will be honored at the place where he took his first steps in football. In a ceremony scheduled for next Thursday (05/09), the Vale das Laranjeiras Stadium It will be called the Marcelo Vieira Stadium,” the Brazilian club explained on its website. The footballer, his family and some friends will attend the recognition ceremony, the note points out.
Marcelo reached the lower categories of flu at the age of 13 after cutting his teeth in futsal and making the jump to professional at the age of 17. Just a few games were enough for the skilled winger to attract the attention of important European clubs such as Seville yesReal Madrid. Monchi His signing was agreed but the white entity continued to include him in the winter market of the 2006/2007 season. The rest is history.
Using the Madrid achieved five Champions and six Suspenders for a total of 25 titles. He was, for a few months, the player with the most titles in the history of Madrid. In 2022 he left Madrid, as the first captain to head to Olympiacos.
In 2023, he made the decision to return to his home club not to put the finishing touches on a very successful career but to continue competing at a high level. He was greeted by huge crowds when he arrived in Rio just a few months later and won the long-awaited first Libertadores Cup of the history of Fluminense by winning the final Boca Juniors for 2-1.
This Thursday, in the heart of Rio, Marcelo will receive one of the greatest tributes of his career when Fluminense christens its stadium with the name of the best player in its history.
Source: La Verdad
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