Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR / CC BY 3.0 br (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Marcelinho Carioca earned the nickname Pe de Anjo, Angel's Foot, and honestly that says everything. A Brazilian attacking midfielder famed for free-kick accuracy, he reportedly holds the record for most goals scored from free kicks, 78 of them. I love specialists like this; in football the dead-ball artist is half technician, half showman, and that bend takes thousands of hours nobody sees. He later moved into politics, which is a common but always interesting second act for Brazilian football figures. I can't speak to that chapter, but on the pitch, the free-kick legacy is the kind of thing fans never stop replaying.
Overview
Marcelo Pereira Surcin (born 1 February 1971), known as Marcelinho Carioca, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was known as Pé de Anjo (Angel's Foot) for his free kick accuracy, having scored 78 goals in this manner.Widely considered one of the best free kick takers of all time, Marcelinho holds the record for the highest number of goals scored through free kicks.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marcelinho Carioca
- Name (Japanese)
- マルセリーニョ・カリオカ
- Reading
- まるせりーにょ・かりおか
- Born
- February 1, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 165 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / politician / beach soccer player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Politician — see all → · More people from Brazil →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.