Marcelo Nascimento da Costa

Early career

Marcelinho joined São Paulo as a seventeen-year-old, but he failed to break into the first-team. Since leaving São Paulo in early 2005 he has played for Cascavel, Santacruzense, São Caetano and Catanduvense. In 2008, Marcelinho joined Al Nasr in Dubai.

Mogi Mirim

After one season, Marcelinho left the UAE League side Al Nasr and signed for Mogi Mirim. In the first half of 2010 he earned 15 appearances in the Campeonato Paulista. Marcelinho made his debut in a 5–1 away loss against Palmeiras on 16 January 2010.

Bragantino

In July 2010, Marcelinho signed with Clube Atlético Bragantino, where he played 24 matches and scored four goals to the end of the season in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Marcelinho made his first-team debut in a 2–0 home defeat at Ponte Preta on 31 July. In 2011, he appeared 17 times for Bragantino in the Campeonato Paulista, scoring one goal. Marcelinho netted his first goal of 2011 as he scored the winning strike in a 2–1 home victory over Santos on 19 March.

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 12 May 2011, Marcelinho joined Bulgarian team Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year deal and was assigned the number 84 jersey. His debut came in Ludogorets's opening match in the 2011–12 season, at home to Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 6 August. Two weeks later, on 20 August, he scored his first competitive goals for Ludogorets, netting twice in a 4–0 win over Vidima-Rakovski. On 16 May 2012, Marcelinho was named "Man of the match" in…

On 24 January 2013, Marcelinho received a Bulgarian passport from the local authorities and became eligible to play for the Bulgaria national team. He later stated in an interview that he would be happy to represent Bulgaria at international level. On 7 March 2016, Marcelinho was called up for the first time to the Bulgaria national team for the friendly matches against Portugal and Macedonia. He scored on his international debut at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa against Portugal on 25 March, scoring the only goal for a 1–0 win. Despite his good performance with the team Marcelinho never received call-ups from Ivaylo Petev's successor Petar Hubchev as he did not want naturalized players in the team. In 2019 the new national manager Krasimir Balakov once again picked Marcelinho as part of the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifications matches on 7 and 10 June against Czech Republic and Kosovo, though he had to withdraw due to an injury.

Club

As of 22 June 2020

International

As of match played 17 November 2019

Scores and results list Bulgaria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marcelinho goal.

His brother, Gustavo Costa, is also a footballer who last played for Levadiakos and is the brother-in-law of Farul Constanța player Rivaldinho and son-in-law of former Brazil and FC Barcelona player, Rivaldo.