Marcelo Pitaluga
Personal information
Full name Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho
Date of birth (2002-12-20) 20 December 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Niterói, Brazil
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic (on loan from Liverpool)
Number 13
Youth career
2009–2010 Vasco da Gama
2011–2020 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Fluminense 0 (0)
2020– Liverpool 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Macclesfield (loan) 19 (0)
2024– → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:10, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho (born 20 December 2002) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic on loan from Premier League club Liverpool.

Career

Pitaluga started his career with Brazilian side Fluminense.[2][3][4][5] In 2020, he signed for Liverpool in the Premier League.[6][7][8]

In July 2022, Pitaluga was sent on loan to English eighth-tier club Macclesfield.[9][10] He made 18 league appearances for the club before an ankle injury suffered in November saw him out of action until April 2023.[11] He made a total of 26 appearances in all competitions for the club as they won the 2022–23 Northern Premier League Division One West.[12][13]

On 5 January 2024, he signed a new contract with Liverpool and was loaned out to League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic.[14][15][16]

International Career

Pitaluga was part of the Brazil U17 squad that won the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[17]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2019[18] Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 0 0 0 0 – – 0[c] 0 0 0
2020[18] 0 0 0 0 – – 0[c] 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0
Liverpool U21 2021–22[18] — — — — 2[d] 0 2 0
2023–24[18] — — — — 2[d] 0 2 0
Total – 4 0 4 0
Liverpool 2021–22[18] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[e] 0 – 0 0
2022–23[18] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[e] 0 0[f] 0 0 0
2023–24[18] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[g] 0 – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Macclesfield (loan) 2022–23[19] NPL Division One West 19 0 4 0 – – 3[h] 0 26 0
St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 2024[18] LOI Premier Division 0 0 0 0 – 0[i] 0 0[j] 0 0 0
Career total 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 30 0
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup & FAI Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca
  4. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ^ a b Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  6. ^ Appearance in the FA Community Shield
  7. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Appearances in the FA Trophy
  9. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
  10. ^ Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup

Honours

Brazil U17
Macclesfield

References

  1. ^ "Marcelo Pitaluga: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Quem é Marcelo Pitaluga, goleiro que o Liverpool comprou do Fluminense?" [Who is Marcelo Pitaluga, goalkeeper that Liverpool bought from Fluminense?]. Goal (in Portuguese). 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ Beesley, Chris (14 September 2020). "Liverpool new signing part of long term plan and has big advantage". Liverpool Echo.
  4. ^ O'Neill, Caoimhe; Lang, Jack (2 February 2021). "Pitaluga's under-23 'baptism of fire' is step towards becoming the next Alisson". The Athletic.
  5. ^ Squires, Theo (6 October 2021). "Alisson helped Liverpool sign 18-year-old prospect as next steps explained". Liverpool Echo.
  6. ^ Blow, Tom (26 December 2021). "Alisson talks up "really special" young Liverpool goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga". Daily Mirror.
  7. ^ Sposito, Lucas (11 September 2020). "Marcelo Pitaluga, who is he? – A look at Liverpool's expected signing". Sport Witness.
  8. ^ "Ex-Fluminense, Marcelo Pitaluga recebe sequência entre o sub-18 e sub-23 e ganha moral no Liverpool". ge.globo.com. 31 August 2021.
  9. ^ Squires, Theo (1 July 2022). "Alisson helped Liverpool sign 19-year-old prospect as next steps explained". Liverpool Echo.
  10. ^ Dawes, Olly (24 July 2022). "Liverpool teenager praised by non-league club". HITC.
  11. ^ "Inside story of Liverpool £1m starlet's latest transfer as Robbie Savage dealt unwanted blow". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Macclesfield – Appearances – Marcelo Pitaluga". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  13. ^ Greensmith, Alex (13 March 2022). "Macclesfield FC promoted as champions in comfy win over Ashton Athletic". Macclesfield Nub News.
  14. ^ "Marcelo Pitaluga signs new LFC deal and joins St Patrick's Athletic on loan - Liverpool FC". www.liverpoolfc.com.
  15. ^ "Pitaluga Joins On Loan From Liverpool". www.stpatsfc.com.
  16. ^ "St Patrick's Athletic sign Brazilian keeper Marcelo Pitaluga on loan from Liverpool". Independent.ie. 5 January 2024.
  17. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20191018144205/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h "Brazil - Marcelo Pitaluga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  19. ^ "Macclesfield | Appearances | Marcelo Pitaluga | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.

External links

St Patrick's Athletic F.C. – current squad
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