Marcel Scalese

Marcel Scalese caught my interest because his story crosses so many borders. A Brazilian centre-back who played in Japan's J2 League with Ehime and now plays for Port in Thailand, he represents the kind of globe-trotting footballer I think gets overlooked. Playing in a foreign league means adapting to a new culture, language and style of defending, and doing it as a center-back, where one mistake gets punished, takes real composure. I always root for players who build careers far from the spotlight of Europe's giants. To me, his path is a reminder that football talent shows up everywhere and that leagues across Asia quietly attract capable imports worth watching.

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Name (English)

Marcel Scalese

Name (Japanese)

マルセル・スカレゼ

Reading

まるせる・すかれぜ

Born

April 17, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

São Paulo, Brazil

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rat

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Scalese
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124254204

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.