Marcelo Palau

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Family name hatnote|Palau|Balzaretti|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Marcelo Palau

| image =

| fullname = Marcelo José Palau Balzaretti

| height = 1.77 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| currentclub = 2 de Mayo (manager)

| position = Midfielder

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 2007

| clubs1 = Atenas

| caps1 = ?

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2007–2008

| clubs2 = Rampla Juniors

| caps2 = 25

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = → Deportivo Quito (loan)

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2008–2009

| clubs4 = Montevideo Wanderers

| caps4 = 23

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2010

| clubs5 = Puebla

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2010

| clubs6 = Nacional Montevideo

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2011

| clubs7 = Cruz Azul

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2011

| clubs8 = Linense

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2012–2017

| clubs9 = Guaraní

| caps9 = 72

| goals9 = 12

| years10 = 2013

| clubs10 = → Atlético Paranaense (loan)

| caps10 = 2

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2018–2020

|clubs11 = Cerro Porteño

| caps11 = 70

| goals11 = 6

| years12 = 2021

|clubs12 = Sportivo Luqueño

| caps12 = 23

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2022

|clubs13 = Nacional Asunción

| caps13 = 25

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2023

|clubs14 = Guaraní

| caps14 = 8

| goals14 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2024

| managerclubs1 = Tacuary

| manageryears2 = 2025–

| managerclubs2 = 2 de Mayo

}}

Marcelo José Palau Balzaretti (born 1 August 1985) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Paraguayan club 2 de Mayo.