Marcelo Cañete

Cañete started his professional career with Boca Juniors, debuting with the first team in 2010. In 2011, he was loaned to Chilean Universidad Católica. After a good performance at Universidad Católica he was signed by São Paulo for three million US$ ($3,000,000). In 2013, he was loaned to Portuguesa. In 2014, he was back on São Paulo's roster but did not perform well. He suffered minor injuries, was taken off the squad and placed in the reserves. He later trained with the Sub-20 squad, in the training center in Cotia. He was loaned to Náutico August 2014. In 2021, Cañete joined Universidad de Chile from Cobresal. In January 2026, Cañete joined Recoleta.

Cañete naturalized Paraguayan since his mother is from Paraguay. Cañete is the cousin of the footballer Ezequiel Cañete.