Marcos Pizzelli

What fascinates me about Marcos Pizzelli is the geography of his identity. Born in Piracicaba, Brazil, he ended up representing Armenia internationally from 2008 to 2019, a pairing that reads like a small miracle of football's globalized era. I find these cross-border careers far more compelling than any goal tally. A Brazilian-born attacking midfielder becoming a fixture for a Caucasus nation says something tender about belonging, about how a passport and a heart can point in different directions. The records that reach me are thin, but the simple fact that he carried another country's hopes for over a decade is, to me, the mark of a genuinely interesting professional.

Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli (pronounced [pitˈtsɛlli]; Armenian: Մարկոս Պինեյրո Պիզզելլի; born 3 October 1984), commonly known as Marcos, is a former professional footballer. Born in Brazil, Marcos represented Armenia internationally between 2008 and 2019.

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Name (English)

Marcos Pizzelli

Name (Japanese)

マルコス・ピニェイロ・ピッゼーリ

Reading

まるこす・ぴにぇいろ・ぴっぜーり

Born

October 3, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rat

Origin

Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Blood type

Private

Height

178 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%BC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player

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.