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Marcelo Saragosa

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Marcelo Saragosa
Personal information
Full name Marcelo Saragosa
Date of birth (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Campo Grande, Brazil
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Austin Bold
Youth career
0000–2003 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 São Paulo 3 (0)
2004 → Los Angeles Galaxy (loan) 26 (0)
2005–2006 Los Angeles Galaxy 14 (1)
2006–2009 FC Dallas 54 (1)
2009–2010 Chivas USA 22 (0)
2012–2013 D.C. United 24 (1)
2015 Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 (0)
2019 Austin Bold 0 (0)
Total 160 (3)
Managerial career
2019– Austin Bold (Director of Soccer Ops)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 3, 2018

Marcelo Saragosa (born 22 January 1982) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the Director of Soccer Operations for Austin Bold FC in the USL Championship.

Career

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Professional

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Born in Campo Grande, Saragosa began his career with Brazilian team São Paulo, having signed with their youth team at the age of 13. He was sent on loan to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in 2004 where he started in 24 of 26 games for the Galaxy. He then returned to São Paulo, before being signed to a permanent deal by the Galaxy in August 2005.

After starting in 10 of the first 15 games of the 2006 season for the Galaxy, Saragosa was traded to FC Dallas on July 19, 2006, in exchange for a fourth round supplemental draft pick in 2007. 2007 was a season riddled with injuries; he suffered a sprained right medial collateral ligament on April 14, 2007, which kept him out four weeks and appeared in only 13 games for FC Dallas before having surgery to repair a torn meniscus on September 25, 2007.

In 2008, Saragosa appeared in 25 games for FC Dallas and scored the second goal of his MLS career on October 18, 2008, in a 3–1 loss versus Real Salt Lake. Shortly before the last game of the regular season, Saragosa had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee on October 21, 2008. Saragosa was traded to Chivas USA in exchange for Atiba Harris on July 17, 2009. While with Chivas Saragosa appeared in 22 league matches.

After the 2010 MLS season Chivas USA declined Saragosa's contract option and Saragosa elected to participate in the 2010 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Saragosa became a free agent in Major League Soccer when he was not selected in the Re-Entry draft. In November 2010, Saragosa's blog announced he was suffering from cancer.[1]

On February 16, 2012, it was announced that Saragosa had returned to Major League Soccer signing with D.C. United.[2] Saragosa's club option declined following the 2013 season.[3]

After taking 2014 off, Saragosa signed with North American Soccer League side Tampa Bay Rowdies on February 3, 2015.[4] During an April 1 season kickoff event at the Mahaffey Theater, Saragosa was named captain of the 2015 Rowdies.[5] Saragosa was released by Tampa Bay in November 2015.[6]

On April 18, 2019, Austin Bold FC announced that Saragosa would be moving from his role as player to be the club's Director of Soccer Operations.[7]

Career statistics

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As of match played 31 October 2015[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LA Galaxy (loan) 2004 MLS 26 0 – 3 0 26 0
LA Galaxy 2005 MLS 4 1 – 2 0 6 1
2006 10 0 – – 10 0
Total 14 1 - - 12 0 16 1
FC Dallas 2006 MLS 7 0 – 2 0 9 0
2007 13 0 – – 13 0
2008 25 1 – – 25 1
2009 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Total 54 1 - - 2 0 56 1
Chivas USA 2009 MLS 8 0 0 0 – 1 0 9 0
2010 14 0 3 0 – – 17 0
Total 22 0 3 0 - - 1 0 26 0
D.C. United 2012 MLS 16 1 2 1 – 4 0 22 2
2013 8 0 0 0 – – 8 0
Total 24 1 2 1 - - - - 30 2
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2015 NASL 17 0 1 0 – – 18 0
Career total 157 3 - - 12 0 169 3

Personal life

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Saragosa's best friend is fellow Brazilian legend Kaká. They each served as best man at the other's wedding.[10]

Honours

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Club

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LA Galaxy

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2013 DC United

References

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  1. ^ "Cancer de Seno...Marcelo Saragosa". marcelosaragosa.blogspot.co.uk (in Spanish). Marcelo Saragosa. 28 November 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ Saragosa acquired by United Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "D.C. United declines options on three players". D.C. United. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Rowdies Bolster Roster With Addition of Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa". Tampa Bay Rowdies. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Marcelo Saragosa Appointed Captain of the Tampa Bay Rowdies". Tampa Bay Rowdies. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Rowdies Announce First Wave of Roster Moves | Tampa Bay Rowdies". Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Austin Bold FC Sign Jamaican International Demar Philips and Other Roster Changes". AustinBoldFC.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Marcelo Saragosa". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Marcelo Saragosa". mlssoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. ^ "FC DALLAS UPDATES: AC Milan or Liverpool?". Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
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