Career
He is currently the fifth all time top scorer in the Honduran Liga Nacional with a total of 94 goals. Now he lives in Honduras. Ferreira along with Denilson Costa are among the only naturalized Honduran nationals to have played for the Honduras national football team
Ferreira was born in Brazil.
He came to Honduras in 1997, by recommendation of José de la Paz Herrera. His first team was Broncos UNAH in 1999.
His brilliant performance in Broncos made him go to Olimpia. In the 2001-2002 Clausura, he was transferred to Platense.
During his two tournaments in Platense, Ferreira scored a total of 28 goals.
He went back in 2003 to Olimpia. After 2 years, he was contracted by Motagua for the 2005-2006 Apertura. He scored 8 goals for Motagua during the two tournaments.
After Motagua, Ferreira went to Atlético Olanchano for the 2006-2007 season.
Ferreira scored 11 goals during the season. In the 2007-2008 Apertura, Communicative Disorders Marathón signed Marcelo Ferreira.
Ferreira didn"t have an acceptable performance, scoring only 3 goals. He then moved to Platense, six years after his first spell at this team
This time, Ferreira had a poor performance.
He made only 2 goals. Foreign 2009 he signed for Parrillas One in the Liga de Ascenso de Honduras.
