Marcelo Gonçalves

Marcelo Gonçalves
Gonçalves in 2005
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes
Date of birth (1966-02-22) 22 February 1966
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1988 Flamengo 9 (1)
1988 Santa Cruz
1989 Flamengo 13 (2)
1989–1990 Botafogo 9 (0)
1990–1995 UAG Tecos 167 (11)
1995–1997 Botafogo 61 (3)
1997 Cruzeiro
1998 Botafogo 16 (2)
1999 Internacional 10 (0)
International career
1995–1998 Brazil 24 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes, usually known simply as Marcelo Gonçalves (born 22 February 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro state) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a central defender. He was effective on low balls, and was well known because of his long hair, a recognisable hairstyle which he wore for most of his career, and which he only cut during the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, when all the Brazilian players entered the field in the semifinal match with shaved heads.