Marcos Pizzelli was born in 1984, October 3, in Brazil. This is a Brazilian and Armenian footballer who today defends the colors of FC Al-Raed and the Armenian national team. He has a rather rich and interesting career, and it is worth telling about her.
The beginning of professional activity
Marcos Pizzelli began with the Brazilian club San Carlos. And in 2006, the young football player was noticed by representatives of the Armenian FC “Ararat”. They made him an offer to move. The player agreed and soon moved to Yerevan. There, his debut took place on April 30. The match was against FC Ulysses. The Brazilian was replaced in the 58th minute.
June 16, he scored his first goal. By the way, he sent the ball into the net again in the match against Ulysses. It should be noted that the first year in Armenia and in the new team at Marcos took to adapt. But from the next season he began to consistently score. And precisely because of his amazing performance, he became the top scorer of the Armenian championship. And two times! The first time - in 2007 (with 22 goals), and the second time - in 2008 (17 goals).
Way to success
Due to the fact that “Ararat” had severe financial problems in the late 2000s, Marcos Pizzelli went to France to play in the Yerevan club from the city of Valence. And a year later he moved to Pyunik. That was in 2009. In July, he signed a long-term contract with the team.
In the new team, the player showed himself at a decent level. Together with the club, he won twice the championship titles, as well as the Cup (2 times) and the Super Bowl (1 time) of the country. Interestingly, in the tenth round of the Armenian championship, which was held in 2010, Marcos Pizzelli held his 100th match in the Premier League. It was in that season that the Brazilian player received the title of top scorer in Armenia. And next year he was named the top scorer of the championship. After that, he received an offer from Donetsk “Metallurg”.
In 2011, a football player signed a contract with a Ukrainian club. He went there not alone, but together with Gevorg Ghazaryan, his teammate from FC Pyunik.
Russian clubs and team
In 2012, Marcos Pizzelli moved to Russia. Naturally, in connection with the proposal he received from “Kuban”. This team became his new club. The Brazilian, by the way, the head coach of the Krasnodar club noticed in 2011. Dan Petrescu watched him for a long time and in the end made an advantageous offer to him. The contract was signed for three years. However, he did not last long there. Already May 27, 2013 he was invited to join the ranks of Krasnodar. But in the main team, the Brazilian could not gain a foothold. So they decided to lease it. The player gladly received FC Aktobe. That was in 2014. On April 9, the Brazilian first entered the field as part of a Kazakh club. He was replaced in the 73rd minute. And after 60 seconds, he already scored his first goal. Then FC “Aktobe” played against “Zhetysu”. And that goal was the only and victorious.
In the current year, 2016, in January, Marcos has become a player on a team like Al-Raed. Now he protects her colors.
Many are interested in what kind of nationality Marcos Pizzelli has. It is logical that since he plays for the national team of Armenia, it means that he is an Armenian. But no. Marcos is a pure Brazilian. He said that he was invited to join the national team by its head coach and president of the Football Federation of Armenia. Marcos understood that it would be difficult for him to get into the Brazilian team, but in Armenia he will succeed. And he liked the idea. So he made a choice. As you can see now, he was not mistaken. By the way, it is interesting that the Brazilian speaks good Armenian and likes to sing national songs of this people.
Achievements
Marcos Pizzelli, whose biography is very interesting, has achieved considerable success in his entire life. Together with “Ararat” he won the Armenian Cup in 2008, and in 2007 became the top scorer of the championship. He repeated his success in 2008, by the way.
With Pyunik, he became the champion of Armenia (twice), and also won the Cup and the Super Bowl of the country. All these achievements were in 2010. Then he was recognized as the top scorer of the championship.
Together with “Metallurg” he won nothing. This is if we talk about team achievements. But he was named the best player in July 2011.
And together with “Aktobe”, the Brazilian won the Super Cup of Kazakhstan in 2014. This was his last achievement, but you can be sure that he will win more than once in any championship.