6 Greatest Brazilians to play for Real Madrid

#2 Marcelo (2007-

Marcelo has won a host of trophies at Real Madrid

Marcelo arrived Real Madrid midway through the 2006/2007 season just a few months after Roberto Carlos departed, and rightly so, as he has held down the left-back spot at both club and country in a manner not seen since Roberto Carlos himself roamed the flanks.

After his debut season at Fluminense where he was named into the Brazilian Serie A team of the season aged just 18, Marcelo joined Real Madrid, and has gone on to establish himself as the premier left-back in the world over the last decade, and unarguably one of the greatest of all time in his position.

Quick, possessing extreme technical abilities on the ball (Roberto Carlos confirmed that Marcelo had better technicality), and excellent with his pinpoint crosses, Marcelo was deployed as a left winger in the early part of his Real Madrid career to not much success until he was reverted back to his preferred position by Jose Mourinho in 2010.

Since then, Marcelo has grown from strength to strength, establishing himself firmly in the first team, and being integral to all of the successes enjoyed by Los Blancos in recent times.

He is the vice-captain at the club behind Sergio Ramos, and his stay at the Bernabeu has been tremendously successful both on a collective level (with 19 trophies won including four Champions Leagues with the last three won on the trot), and on a personal level (he has been named into the FIFPro five times overall and in each of the last four seasons).

He would undoubtedly depart Real Madrid a bonafide legend, as his excellent displays on the left flank of the side where he combines defense with attack beautifully (although tilting more towards the attacking aspect) have been unmatched by no other in the club’s history except his countryman, which brings us to….