Marcelo Martins Moreno (born 18 June 1987), known as Marcelo Martins in Bolivia and as Marcelo Moreno in other countries, is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ecuadorian Serie A club Independiente del Valle and captains the Bolivia national team.
He is considered one of the greatest Bolivian players of all time.
With 106 caps and 31 goals, he is the national team's all-time capped player and all-time top goalscorer.
Moreno was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
He began his career at Oriente Petrolero.
2003
In 2003, Martins debuted for the club as a 16-year-old in Bolivia's Primera División.
2006
He moved to Vitória, becoming first choice in 2006, at the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C.
He scored 12 goals in the competition, four less than the top goalscorer.
2007
In the middle of 2007, he moved to Cruzeiro, becoming first choice only in the next year, when he scored 8 goals at the 2008 Copa Libertadores, being the top goalscorer, alongside Salvador Cabañas.
2008
On 27 May 2008, he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Ukrainian club agreed to pay €9 million for the player.
On 1 November, he scored a brace in a 3–1 league match win against Zorya Luhansk.
2009
Even though he had won the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, on 29 May 2009, unable to establish himself in Donetsk, Moreno joined German club Werder Bremen on loan.
Bremen had initially attempted to sign Moreno the previous summer, but the player opted for Shakhtar.
In a 2009 interview, Martins remarked that he didn't want to go to Ukraine at the moment of signing with Shakhtar, but that was the way the negotiation was produced.
He commented that it was a difficult moment but it was a moment of adaptation to a new football.
In 2009, he said that when speaking in Portuguese with team mates Naldo and Hugo Almeida that he would feel Brazilian, that Brazil was an important country in his life cause he lived in it for half of his life.
On 2 August 2009, he scored a double in a 2009–10 DFB-Pokal match that ended in a 5–0 victory against Union Berlin.
2010
On 29 January 2010, Bremen terminated his contract and he returned to Shakhtar Donetsk.
On transfer deadline day, a six-month loan deal between Shakhtar and Wigan Athletic was agreed to take the player to the Premier League.
He signed for them on 1 February on loan.
After returning to Shakhtar, he made a decent impression, scoring 7 times in 23 appearances.
2011
However, after being listed as a reserve the next season, Moreno joined Grêmio in late December 2011 and signed a five-year contract with the Brazilian team starting in 2012.
2013
He was then loaned to Flamengo in the 2013 season and Cruzeiro in 2014.
2015
In February 2015, Moreno transferred to Chinese Super League side Changchun Yatai.
His first season in China was successful, scoring 20+ goals in 53 games.
2017
In 2017 he signed for Wuhan Zall in the Chinese League One being the joint top scorer in his first season with 23 league goals, along with Colombian Harold Preciado.
2019
In 2019 Moreno signed with Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
Although he only played 12 games with them, he scored 7 goals.
2020
On 19 February 2020, Moreno returned for his former club, Cruzeiro, signing with them for 3 seasons.
On 30 January 2022, ABC Color announced that Martins would join Primera División Paraguaya team Cerro Porteño.
He would be the attacking replacement of Argentine Mauro Boselli.
The transfer took effect on 9 February 2022 of Paraguay's summer transfer window.
On 10 February, Martins arrived to Paraguay and was officially presented at Cerro Porteño.
He signed for two years.
He was presented with the number 9 shirt.
His salary would not be paid by the club, instead by a private company would.
Before signing, Martins spoke with Cerro Porteño coach Francisco Arce, who sent him videos so he can adapt to his play as quick as possible.
Martins remarked that Arce was important so that he could join Cerro Porteño.
His arrival into Paraguay was made through Cerro Porteño's director, Miguel Carrizosa, who lent his airplane to bring Martins.
