Benfica: Marcel Adds To Encarnado Artillery
Benfica have signed Brazilian striker Marcel from fellow Superliga club Académica, who still reserve part of the player’s federative rights, for the next four and a half years. The official presentation should take place at Luz this afternoon.
The deal makes Marcel Benfica’s fifth reinforcement since the winter transfer window opened, the deal confirmed by Académica President José Eduardo Simões and is valued at around 2.5 million Euros. Marcel is already in Lisbon in the company of agents Cristiano Miller & Paulo Afonso.
In the wake of Moretto, Marco Ferreira, Manduca and Robert, Marcel should be Ronald Koeman’s last new face for Benfica 2006. The Encarnados are on a roll, eight games unbeaten and with a thrilling and lucrative CL tie against Liverpool coming up.
Name: MARCEL Augusto Ortolan
Date of Birth: 12/11/1981 (24 years old)
Birth Place: Mirassol, São Paulo
Nationality: Brazilian
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 82 kg
Position: Striker
Titles: Paranaense State Champion (2003) , South Korean Champion (2004)
Caps: 8
Clubs:
2000-3 Coritiba (Brazil) 50 games, 40 goals
2004 Suwon Bluewings (South Korea) 23 games 11 goals
2004/05 Académica de Coimbra 16 games 4 goals
Source: goal.com, uefa.com
