Marcelinho Carioca

Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He was known as Pé de Anjo (Angel's Foot) for his free kick accuracy, having scored 80 goals in this manner out of a total tally of 505.

In mid-1997, after winning the Brazilian Cup (Copa do Brasil) and the São Paulo State Championship (Campeonato Paulista), he was sold to Valencia (ESP) for US$7,000,000 where he would become a teammate of Romário.

[4] With the Mestalla side he would play 11 games,[5] of which five would be on La Liga,[6] and scored one single goal,[5] against Hércules in the Copa Generalitat.

In February 2006, as part of a deal, he signed his third contract with Corinthians but only six months later, as of the arrival and request of manager Émerson Leão, Marcelinho Carioca was released.