2023-02-24
Marcelo34 years old and five times European champion with the Real Madridcome back to Fluminensethe Rio de Janeiro club that formed him as a professional, confirmed the Brazilian institution this Friday.
“He has signed a contract until December 2024, with the option of an extension until the end of 2025,” the “Tricolor” club said in a statement.
Last week, the award-winning left-back terminated his contract with the Olympiakos from Greece, where he had been playing since September after leaving the white team.
“For years I dreamed of going back to my roots, to the team that trained me and taught me what I know in football,” he said. Marcelo after going back to his old house.
“I’m back where it all started,” he also expressed on his social networks, in a message illustrated with a photo wearing the current shirt of the Fluminense. The defender will wear number 12, as he did in Madrid.
Marcelo He had left his training club in 2007, at just 18 years old, to sign for the current European champion, who invested seven million euros in the pass.
He quickly established himself as a starter and won five Champions (2013-14, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2021-22) and six Spanish championships (2006-07, 2007-08, 2011-12, 2016 –17, 2019–20, 2021–22). With the national team he played the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
Long considered one of the best left-backs in the world, Marcelo His performance has decreased in recent years, with a physique that no longer allows him the same deployment as at the beginning of his career.
In May 2022 he did not play the Champions League final against him Liverpool (1-0 win for Real Madrid), but he was the first to lift the trophy, a tribute to his 15 years at the merengue entity.
then joined Olympiakosbut the story in the Greek team lasted only five months.