Veridiano Marcelo

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Veridiano Marcelo
Full name	Veridiano Marcelo
Date of birth	June 30, 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 41)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1989 1989–1996 1996–1998 1998–2000 2000–2001	São Paulo Skoda Xanthi AEK Athens APOEL Kozani Total	036 00(6) 207 0(75) 056 00(9) 043 0(19) 026 00(3) 368 (112)
Teams managed
2004–	Aris Thessaloniki (Assistant Manager) AEL Limassol (Assistant Manager) Skoda Xanthi (Youth Coach) Omonia (Assistant Manager) Veria (Assistant Manager)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Veridiano Marcelo (born June 30, 1966) is a former Brazilian footballer currently working as an Assistant Manager for Veria.

[edit] Club Career

His professional career started at 1986 with São Paulo. He played for Sao Paulo until 1989 when he was acquired by Skoda Xanthi. He instantly became the club's star scoring 11 goals in just 21 matches. His best season with Skoda Xanthi was 1992-1993 when he scored 24 goals in 32 matches being the league's third goalscorer. He was the fist player to score 4 goals in a match in the Greek professional championship in a 8-2 win against Pierikos on January 10, 1993 (Skoda Xanthi's biggest league win ever). He is also Skoda Xanti's all time top goalscorer with 75 goals and the player who scored both the 100th (May 22, 1992 against Aris Thessaloniki) and the 200th (February 13, 1994 against Panathinaikos) Skoda Xanthi's league goal. He played for the Thracian club until 1996, when he moved to AEK Athens. In 1998, he transferred to APOEL and ended his career with Kozani in 2001.