| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 2002 | ||
| 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]
Career statistics
- As of match played 8 April 2023
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2019[17] | Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020[17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Liverpool U21 | 2021–22[17] | — | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24[17] | — | — | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | – | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Liverpool | 2021–22[17] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[17] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Macclesfield (loan) | 2022–23[18] | NPL Division One West | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 3[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 2024[17] | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup & FAI Cup
- ↑ Includes EFL Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca
- 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
- 1 2 Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in the FA Community Shield
- ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in the FA Trophy
- ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in the President of Ireland's Cup
Honours
- Macclesfield
References
- ↑ "Marcelo Pitaluga: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Beesley, Chris (14 September 2020). "Liverpool new signing part of long term plan and has big advantage". Liverpool Echo.
- ↑ O'Neill, Caoimhe; Lang, Jack (2 February 2021). "Pitaluga's under-23 'baptism of fire' is step towards becoming the next Alisson". The Athletic.
- ↑ Squires, Theo (6 October 2021). "Alisson helped Liverpool sign 18-year-old prospect as next steps explained". Liverpool Echo.
- ↑ Blow, Tom (26 December 2021). "Alisson talks up "really special" young Liverpool goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga". Daily Mirror.
- ↑ Sposito, Lucas (11 September 2020). "Marcelo Pitaluga, who is he? – A look at Liverpool's expected signing". Sport Witness.
- ↑ "Ex-Fluminense, Marcelo Pitaluga recebe sequência entre o sub-18 e sub-23 e ganha moral no Liverpool". ge.globo.com. 31 August 2021.
- ↑ Squires, Theo (1 July 2022). "Alisson helped Liverpool sign 19-year-old prospect as next steps explained". Liverpool Echo.
- ↑ Dawes, Olly (24 July 2022). "Liverpool teenager praised by non-league club". HITC.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Macclesfield – Appearances – Marcelo Pitaluga". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ https://macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-news/macclesfield-fc-get-promoted-ashton-athletic
- ↑ "Marcelo Pitaluga signs new LFC deal and joins St Patrick's Athletic on loan - Liverpool FC". www.liverpoolfc.com.
- ↑ "Pitaluga Joins On Loan From Liverpool". www.stpatsfc.com.
- ↑ "St Patrick's Athletic sign Brazilian keeper Marcelo Pitaluga on loan from Liverpool". Independent.ie. 5 January 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Brazil - Marcelo Pitaluga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Macclesfield | Appearances | Marcelo Pitaluga | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
External links
- Marcelo Pitaluga at the Liverpool F.C. website
- Marcelo Pitaluga at Premier League
- Marcelo Pitaluga – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Marcelo Pitaluga at Soccerway
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