Name Marcelo Toscano | Height 1.84 m Years Team Role Footballer | |
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Full name Marcelo Aparecido Toscano Date of birth (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 30) | ||
Marcelo Aparecido Toscano (born 12 May 1985) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.
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Club career
Born in Areado, Minas Gerais, Toscano was a São Vicente youth graduate. Initially a forward, he was converted to a right back during his time at Paulista, mainly due to the lack of goals.
Back as a striker at Paraná, Toscano scored ten goals in 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, being the club's top goalscorer. On 20 August 2010 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a four-year deal with Primeira Liga side Vitória de Guimarães.
Toscano made his debut in the main category of Portuguese football on 28 August, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 away win against C.D. Nacional. On 21 December 2012 he rescinded his contract, and signed for Figueirense in the following day.
Toscano appeared rarely for Figueira, and subsequently joined Comercial de Ribeirão Preto. On 14 April 2014 he moved to Vila Nova, but rescinded his link only two months later.
Toscano finished the year with Cuiabá, scoring three goals in Série C. In November 2014 he joined Mirassol, and was the top goalscorer in 2015 Campeonato Paulista Série A2.
On 16 April 2015 Toscano moved to Série B side América Mineiro.
Having successfully gotten América Mineiro promoted to the Série A, Toscano signed for Jeju United FC on 7 December 2015. After one and a half seasons playing for Jeju, he transferred to Omiya Ardija in the J. League Division 1 in June, 2017. He finished his time at Jeju with 49 league appearances and 17 goals.