Marcelo Pitaluga
{{Short description|Brazilian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Portuguese name|de Araújo|Pitaluga|Filho}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcelo Pitaluga
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Niterói, Brazil
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Fluminense
| clubnumber = 27
| youthyears1 = 2009–2010
| youthclubs1 = Vasco da Gama
| youthyears2 = 2011–2020
| youthclubs2 = Fluminense
| years1 = 2019–2020
| clubs1 = Fluminense
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2020–2025
| clubs2 = Liverpool
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022–2023
| clubs3 = → Macclesfield (loan)
| caps3 = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2024
| clubs4 = → St Patrick's Athletic (loan)
| caps4 = 4
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2024–2025
| clubs5 = → Livingston (loan)
| caps5 = 2
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2025–
| clubs6 = Fluminense
| caps6 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = Brazil U15
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = Brazil U16
| nationalcaps2 =
| nationalgoals2 =
| nationalyears3 =
| nationalteam3 = Brazil U17
| nationalcaps3 =
| nationalgoals3 =
| club-update = 22:07, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 17:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-17 World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Brazil|}}
}}
Marcelo de Araújo Pitaluga Filho (born 20 December 2002) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fluminense.
Career
=Fluminense=
Pitaluga started his career with Brazilian side Fluminense.{{cite news|url=https://www.goal.com/br/not%C3%ADcias/quem-e-marcelo-pitaluga-goleiro-que-o-liverpool-comprou-do/wimgifepv4wv1ffpfnhxtfovr|title=Quem é Marcelo Pitaluga, goleiro que o Liverpool comprou do Fluminense?|date=8 October 2020|work=Goal|trans-title=Who is Marcelo Pitaluga, goalkeeper that Liverpool bought from Fluminense?|language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marcelo-pitaluga-liverpool-transfer-news-18896531|title=Liverpool new signing part of long term plan and has big advantage|first=Chris|last=Beesley|date=14 September 2020|website=Liverpool Echo}}{{cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/2356455/2021/02/02/pitalugas-under-23-baptism-of-fire-is-step-towards-becoming-the-next-alisson/|title=Pitaluga's under-23 'baptism of fire' is step towards becoming the next Alisson|last1=O'Neill|first1=Caoimhe|last2=Lang|first2=Jack|date=2 February 2021|work=The Athletic}}{{cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/we-try-make-next-step-21739109|title=Alisson helped Liverpool sign 18-year-old prospect as next steps explained|first=Theo|last=Squires|date=6 October 2021|website=Liverpool Echo}} He was an unused substitute with the first team on four occasions during his time with the club.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/-/540189/|title=Brazil - Marcelo Pitaluga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}
=Liverpool=
In 2020, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool, for an undisclosed fee potentially reaching £2 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-adrian-young-goalkeeper-pitaluga-25789792|title=Alisson talks up "really special" young Liverpool goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga|first=Tom|last=Blow|date=26 December 2021|website=Daily Mirror}}{{Cite web|url=https://legacy.liverpoolfc.com/news/media-watch/408524-liverpool-to-sign-pitaluga-brazilian-goalkeeper-fluminense|title=Liverpool to sign Brazilian teenage goalkeeper Pitaluga from Fluminense|date=14 September 2020|website=Liverpool FC}}{{cite web|url=http://sportwitness.co.uk/brazil-marcelo-pitaluga-look-liverpools-expected-signing/|title=Marcelo Pitaluga, who is he? – A look at Liverpool's expected signing|last=Sposito|first=Lucas|date=11 September 2020|publisher=Sport Witness}}{{Cite web|url=https://ge.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/ex-fluminense-marcelo-pitaluga-recebe-sequencia-entre-o-sub-18-e-sub-23-e-ganha-moral-no-liverpool.ghtml|title=Ex-Fluminense, Marcelo Pitaluga recebe sequência entre o sub-18 e sub-23 e ganha moral no Liverpool|date=31 August 2021 |publisher=ge.globo.com}} After sporadically being involved in the first team squad as an unused substitute in Premier League and EFL Cup games, Pitaluga made his first appearance at first team level on 25 July 2023, in a 4–4 draw against German side Greuther Fürth in a pre-season friendly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12309/12926539/greuther-furth-4-4-liverpool-mohamed-salah-scores-late-leveller-to-claim-draw-in-pre-season-friendly|title=Greuther Furth 4–4 Liverpool: Mohamed Salah scores late leveller to claim draw in pre-season friendly|website=Sky Sports}}
==Loan to Macclesfield==
In July 2022, Pitaluga was sent on loan to English eighth-tier club Macclesfield.{{cite news |last=Squires |first=Theo |date=1 July 2022 |title=Alisson helped Liverpool sign 19-year-old prospect as next steps explained |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/alisson-helped-liverpool-sign-18-24373488 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/07/24/liverpool-marcelo-pitaluga-macclesfield/|title=Liverpool teenager praised by non-league club|last=Dawes|first=Olly|date=24 July 2022|publisher=HITC}} He made 18 league appearances for the club before an ankle injury suffered in November saw him out of action until April 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/inside-story-liverpool-1m-starlets-25586221|title=Inside story of Liverpool £1m starlet's latest transfer as Robbie Savage dealt unwanted blow|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk|date=23 November 2022|accessdate=8 March 2023}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/macclesfield/appearances/marcelo-pitaluga/940443|title=Macclesfield – Appearances – Marcelo Pitaluga|website=footballwebpages.co.uk|accessdate=8 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://macclesfield.nub.news/news/local-news/macclesfield-fc-get-promoted-ashton-athletic|title=Macclesfield FC promoted as champions in comfy win over Ashton Athletic|first=Alex|last=Greensmith|date=13 March 2022|website=Macclesfield Nub News}}
==Loan to St Patrick's Athletic==
On 5 January 2024, Pitaluga signed a new contract with Liverpool and was loaned out to League of Ireland Premier Division side St Patrick's Athletic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/marcelo-pitaluga-signs-new-lfc-deal-and-joins-st-patricks-athletic-loan|title=Marcelo Pitaluga signs new LFC deal and joins St Patrick's Athletic on loan - Liverpool FC|website=www.liverpoolfc.com|date=5 January 2024 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=9533|title=Pitaluga Joins On Loan From Liverpool|website=www.stpatsfc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/st-patricks-athletic-sign-brazilian-keeper-marcelo-pitaluga-on-loan-from-liverpool/a696736757.html|title=St Patrick's Athletic sign Brazilian keeper Marcelo Pitaluga on loan from Liverpool|date=5 January 2024|website=Independent.ie}} His spell at the club proved difficult, with high profile errors in the 2024 President of Ireland's Cup as well as a league game away to Waterford seeing him dropped by manager Jon Daly in favour of Danny Rogers after playing the first four league games of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/marcelo-pitaluga-liverpool-st-pats-6323331-Mar2024/|title='If you're not performing you don't play regardless of where you've come from'|first=David|last=Sneyd|date=11 March 2024|website=The 42}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/football/pitaluga-liverpool-fans-concerned-form-589896|title=St Pat's Fans Concerned After Howler From Liverpool Loanee Marcelo Pitaluga|first=James|last=Fenton|date=5 March 2024|website=Balls.ie}} On 29 June 2024, newly appointed manager Stephen Kenny confirmed that Pitaluga's loan spell with the club had been cut short after making seven appearances in all competitions in the club's first 29 games of the season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/liverpool-loanee-leaves-pats-after-disappointing-spell-6422331-Jun2024/|title=Liverpool loanee leaves Pat's after disappointing spell|first=Paul|last=Fennessy|date=29 June 2024|website=The 42}}
==Loan to Livingston==
On 30 August 2024, Pitaluga signed for Scottish Championship side Livingston on loan.{{cite web | url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/marcelo-pitaluga-seals-loan-switch-livingston | title=Marcelo Pitaluga seals loan switch to Livingston - Liverpool FC | date=30 August 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thisisanfield.com/2024/08/brazilian-goalkeeper-marcelo-pitaluga-leaves-liverpool-for-third-loan-spell/ | title=Brazilian goalkeeper Pitaluga leaves Liverpool for third loan | date=30 August 2024 }}
=Return to Fluminense=
On 6 January 2025, Liverpool announced that subject to international clearance, Pitaluga would return on a permanent move to Fluminense.{{cite news |title=Pitaluga rejoins Fluminense |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9wl9j7eydjo |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=6 January 2025}}
International career
As well as his native Brazil, Pitaluga also holds a German passport, making him eligible to play for the Germany national team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/everything-you-need-to-know-about-liverpool-target-marcelo-pitaluga|title=Everything you need to know about Liverpool-bound Marcelo Pitaluga|first=Planet|last=Football|date=8 October 2020|website=Planet Football}} He has played for the Brazil under-15, under-16 and under-17 teams. He was part of the squad for Brazil U17's 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup win.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf|title=Wayback Machine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018144205/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf |archive-date=18 October 2019 }}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 12 November 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes Copa do Brasil, FA Cup, FAI Cup & Scottish Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup & Scottish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Fluminense
|2019 |rowspan="2"|Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0{{efn|Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca|name=statsCC}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0{{efn|Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca|name=statsCC}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Liverpool U21
|colspan=3|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in EFL Trophy|name=statsEFLT}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24
|colspan=3|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2{{efn|name=statsEFLT}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="8"|– | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Liverpool
|rowspan="4"|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League|name=statsUCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0{{efn|name=statsUCL}} | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearance in the FA Community Shield|name=FACS}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Europa League|name=statsUEL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League|name=statsUCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Macclesfield (loan)
|2022–23{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/macclesfield/appearances/2022-2023/marcelo-pitaluga/940443|title=Macclesfield | Appearances | Marcelo Pitaluga | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages|website=www.footballwebpages.co.uk}} |19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 3{{efn|Appearances in the FA Trophy|name=statsFAT}} | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan)
|2024 |4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 0{{efn|Appearances in the UEFA Conference League|name=statsConf}} | 0 | 3{{efn|1 appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup & 2 appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup}} | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Livingston (loan)
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | 2{{efn|Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluminense
|2025 |Campeonato Brasileiro Série A |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|– | 0{{efn|Appearances in the Campeonato Carioca|name=statsCC}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
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Honours
Macclesfield
Brazil U17
References
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External links
- [https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/mens/player/marcelo-pitaluga Profile] at the Liverpool F.C. website
- {{Premier League player}}
- {{UEFA player}}
{{Fluminense FC squad}}
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Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Brazilian men's footballers
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Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Brazil men's youth international footballers
Category:Northern Premier League players
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Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Macclesfield F.C. players
Category:St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
Category:Livingston F.C. players
Category:League of Ireland players
Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England
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Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the Republic of Ireland