<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marcelo, the former <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/real-madrids-rudiger-sidelined-with-injury-23477869" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Real Madrid</strong></a> and Brazil left back, announced his retirement on Thursday at the age of 36.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a video on X, Marcelo said: "My journey as a player ends here, but I still have so much to give to football. Thank you for everything."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An attacking left back, Marcelo had one of the most trophy-filled careers in soccer history thanks to his time at Madrid from 2007-22 and his return to boyhood Brazilian club Fluminense across 2023-24.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At Madrid, he won the Champions League five times, the Spanish league six times and 25 titles in total.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Marcelo is part of the history of Real Madrid and is one of the great legends of our club and of world football," Madrid said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a brief spell with Olympiakos in Greece, Marcelo moved to Fluminense " where he started his career " and won the Copa Libertadores.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marcelo played for Brazil at the World Cup in 2014 and `18, and won Olympic medals in 2008 (bronze) and 2012 (silver).</span></p><p>
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