Marcelo Martini Labarthe (born 12 August 1984 in Porto Alegre), known as Marcelo Labarthe, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Marcelo Labarthe previously played for the rivals Internacional and Grêmio. He started in the youth categories of Internacional, known only by his first name, Marcelo. Inter's president at the time, Fernando Carvalho, suggested the change to only Labarthe, the surname of his French origins, because it could be more attractive for the European leagues, where the boy could get dual citizenship (in a similar case of his fellows from Inter's youth team, Rafael Sobis and Marcos Camozzato). When he went to the main team, he used his first name along with his last one, Marcelo Labarthe. Honours Internacional Campeonato Gaúcho: 2004, 2005 Juventus-SC Campeonato Catarinense Série C: 2014 References External links 1984 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian people of French descent Brazilian people of Italian descent Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Campeonato Brasileiro Série D players J2 League players Super League Greece players Primeira Liga players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Japan Expatriate footballers in Greece Sport Club Internacional players Sporting CP footballers S.C. Beira-Mar players Vitória F.C. players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players Ventforet Kofu players Uberlândia Esporte Clube players Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players Esporte Clube São José players Comercial Futebol Clube (Ribeirão Preto) players Platanias F.C. players Associação Atlética Aparecidense players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Association football midfielders Footballers from Porto Alegre