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Which team did the player Marcos Pizzelli belong to from 2013 to 2014?
Marcos Pizzelli Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli ( ; ; born 3 October 1984 ) , commonly known as Marcos , is a former professional footballer . Born in Brazil , Marcos represented Armenia internationally between 2008 and 2019 . Club career . Ararat Yerevan . He started his career at the Brazilian club São Carlos as a youth from 2000 to 2005 . In 2006 , the young talent was spotted by an agent from Ararat Yerevan , who soon recruited Pizzelli . His debut took place on 30 April in a game against Ulisses . Pizzelli entered the field in the 58th minute of the match , replacing Tigran Yesayan . His first goal for Ararat happened on 16 June in another game against Ulisses . For the first season Pizzelli focused on adapting , and the next on scoring goals . With his good performances , Pizzelli was the leading scorer in the Armenian Premier League twice with Ararat , scoring 22 goals during the 2007 Armenian Premier League and scoring 17 goals during that 2008 Armenian Premier League . As a result of the financial problems that befell Ararat , the club decided to loan Pizzelli to the amateur club of the French 5th Division – Ararat ( Issy-les-Moulineaux ) . Pyunik Yerevan . Six months later , in the summer of 2009 , Pizzellis contract with Ararat ended , and , as a free agent , he accepted offer of FC Yerevan Pyunik . In July , he signed a long-term contract . With Pizzelli playing for Pyunik , the club won the 2009 Armenian Premier League and 2010 Armenian Premier League , won the 2009 Armenian Cup and 2010 Armenian Cup and won the 2010 Armenian Supercup . In the 10th round of the 2010 Armenian Premier League , Marcos had his 100th match in the Premier League in the history of his performance . That season , Pizzelli became the top goalscorer for a third time along with Armenian Gevorg Ghazaryan , with both scoring 16 goals . In the middle of the 2011 Armenian Premier League , Pizzelli scored 6 goals , but was then transferred to Metalurh Donetsk . Metalurh Donetsk . In June 2011 , he signed a contract with Metalurh Donetsk , along with Pyunik teammate Gevorg Ghazaryan . In his first official match for the Donetsk club , Pizzelli scored a goal , and this goal , scored against Chornomorets Odesa , was the only one in the match . In the higher level championship , Pizzelli had more difficulty playing and found it harder to score than in the Armenian Premier League . However , his trouble scoring was also due to the Metalurh coach not playing as a striker , but instead as an attacking midfielder . Kuban Krasnodar . In January 2012 , Pizzelli joined Kuban Krasnodar . In 2011 , in a match between Russia and Armenia , the head coach of Team Kuban Dan Petrescu spotted Pizzelli and was interested in the player . After a long observation of the game of Pizzelli , Petrescu agreed to acquire the player . On 13 January , they signed a contract for three years . On 18 March , Pizzelli scored the first goal in the Russian Premier League and brought Kuban the win over Rubin Kazan . Pizzelli was voted player of the month for Kuban a second time in May 2012 . Krasnodar . In May 2013 , Pizzelli agreed to join Kuban Krasnodars rivals FC Krasnodar on a two-year contract starting on 10 June 2013 . After six months with Krasnodar , Pizzelli joined Kazakhstan Premier League side Aktobe on a season-long loan in January 2014 . Aktobe . In October 2014 , Pizzelli made his loan move from FC Krasnodar permanent . Following the conclusion of the 2015 season , Pizzelli was transfer listed by Aktobe . Al-Raed . On 18 January 2016 , Pizzelli moved to Saudi club Al-Raed . Al-Fujairah SC . On 27 June 2016 Pizzelli was transferred to Al-Fujairah of the UAE Arabian Gulf League . Aktobe return . On 13 February 2018 , FC Aktobe announced the return of Pizzelli to the team . He was awarded the Kazakh Premier League top goal scorer after scoring 18 goals in 24 games . Ararat-Armenia . On 31 December 2019 , FC Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Pizzelli , however on 11 January , Ararat-Armenia and Pizzelli announced that he was retiring from football due to injury . International career . In May 2008 , he received Armenian citizenship and became a member of the Armenia national team . He made his first appearance on 28 May 2008 and scored on his debut in a friendly away game against Moldova . The match ended with the score 2–2 . After playing 3 games that year , he was briefly no longer invited to the national team . After moving to Yerevan to play for Pyunik , he again came to the attention of coaches and 12 August 2009 Marcos again played for the Armenian national team regularly . On 8 October 2010 in a match against Slovakia , he made a scoring pass to Yura Movsisyan , and a few days later , he scored Armenias 4th goal in a game against Andorra . That victory then went on to secure Armenias by that time highest ever FIFA World Ranking as 42nd . For his second goal for the national squad , Pizzelli scored in an away match with Russia ( 1:3 ) . His third goal for the team scored in am away match against Andorra in which Armenia won 3–0 . His fourth goal for the national team scored in the match against Macedonia , in which Armenia won 4–1 . In a friendly game , which was held 29 February 2012 against Team Canada , marked the first time in his double gate rivals . On 11 September 2012 , Pizzelli was controversially sent off in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria . On 11 October 2014 , Pizzelli had a penalty saved by Serbia goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match , after which Zoran Tošić scored a late equaliser to give Serbia a 1–1 draw . Career statistics . International . Statistics accurate as of match played on 9 September 2018 Personal life . Marcos is married to his wife Natalia . They met in Brazil and she moved with him to Armenia . Marcos and Natalia do not have children yet . Pizzelli can speak Portuguese , Armenian , English and is currently learning Russian . He identifies himself as Brazilian-Armenian . Pizzelli says he feels more Armenian than Brazilian . Marcos says he would never forget about Armenia , which gave him an opportunity to develop his skills . I am grateful to this country for everything . I would play for Armenia as long as the squad needs me . Marcos and his wife Natalia have a dog named Liza . Honours . Club . - Ararat Yerevan - Armenian Premier League Runner-up ( 1 ) : 2008 - Armenian Cup ( 1 ) : 2008 - Pyunik Yerevan - Armenian Premier League ( 2 ) : 2009 , 2010 - Armenian Cup ( 2 ) : 2009 , 2010 - Metalurh Donetsk - Player of the Month ( 1 ) : July 2011 - Aktobe - Kazakhstan Super Cup ( 1 ) : 2014 Individual . - Armenian Premier League Top Goalscorer : 2007 ( 22 ) , 2008 ( 17 ) , 2010 ( 16 ) - Armenian Footballer of the Year : 2018 External links . - Profile at FFA website - Profile at armfootball.tripod.com