Marcelo Pitaluga
Personal information
Full name Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho
Date of birth (2002-12-20) 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)
2022–2023Macclesfield (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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2019[17] Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 00000[lower-alpha 3]000
2020[17] 00000[lower-alpha 3]000
Total 00000000
Liverpool U21 2021–22[17] 2[lower-alpha 4]020
2023–24[17] 2[lower-alpha 4]020
Total 4040
Liverpool 2021–22[17] Premier League 0000000[lower-alpha 5]000
2022–23[17] 0000000[lower-alpha 5]00[lower-alpha 6]000
2023–24[17] 0000000[lower-alpha 7]000
Total 000000000000
Macclesfield (loan) 2022–23[18] NPL Division One West 190403[lower-alpha 8]0260
St Patrick's Athletic (loan) 2024[17] LOI Premier Division 00000[lower-alpha 9]00[lower-alpha 10]000
Career total 19040000070300
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup & FAI Cup
  2. Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca
  4. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. 1 2 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

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. https://macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-news/macclesfield-fc-get-promoted-ashton-athletic
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Brazil - Marcelo Pitaluga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  18. "Macclesfield | Appearances | Marcelo Pitaluga | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages". www.footballwebpages.co.uk.
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