Marcelo Toscano

Marcelo Aparecido Toscano (born 12 May 1985) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for America Mineiro. Mainly a striker, he can also play as a winger.

Club Career

Born in Areado, Minas Gerais, Toscano was a Sao Vicente youth graduate. Initially a forward, he was converted to a right back during his time at Paulista, mainly due to the lack of goals.

Back as a striker at Parana, Toscano scored ten goals in 2009 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B, being the club's top goalscorer. On 20 August 2010 he moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a four-year deal with Primeira Liga side Vitoria de Guimaraes.

Toscano made his debut in the main category of Portuguese football on 28 August, starting and scoring a hat-trick in a 3–1 away win against C.D. Nacional. On 21 December 2012 he rescinded his contract, and signed for Figueirense on the following day.

Toscano appeared rarely for Figueira, and subsequently joined Comercial de Ribeirao Preto. On 14 April 2014 he moved to Vila Nova, but rescinded his link only two months later.

Toscano finished the year with Cuiaba, scoring three goals in Serie C. In November 2014 he joined Mirassol, and was the top goalscorer in 2015 Campeonato Paulista Serie A2.

On 16 April 2015 Toscano moved to Serie B side America Mineiro.

Having successfully gotten America Mineiro promoted to the Serie A, Toscano signed for Jeju United FC on 7 December 2015. After one and a half seasons playing for Jeju, he transferred to Omiya Ardija in the J. League Division 1 in June, 2017. He finished his time at Jeju with 49 league appearances and 17 goals.

On 29 July 2017 Toscano made his first appearance against Vissel Kobe scoring a goal on his debut however the game concluded with 3-1 away defeat. In his first season with Omiya Ardija they were relegated to Japan's second division J2 League.

On 1 January 2019 Toscano resigned with Serie B side America Mineiro to a two-year contract.