Facts: - clubs: santa internacional cruz flamengo botafogo uag tecos botafogo cruzeiro botafogo - caps: 9 13 9 167 61 16 10 - position: centre back - nationalcaps: 24 - years: 1988 -- 1997 1997 1998 1999 1989 1989 -- 1990 1990 -- 1995 1995 - height: 1.80 m on - nationalyears: 1996 -- 1998 - nationalteam: brazil - nationalgoals: 1 - birth date: 22 february 1966 - fullname: marcelo goncalves costa lopes - name: goncalves - image: goncalves ou marcelo goncalves costa lopes.jpg - birth place: rio de janeiro , brazil - goals: 1 2 0 11 3 2 0 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marcelo goncalves costa lopes .
marcelo goncalves costa lopes , usually known simply as goncalves -lrb- born on february 22 , 1966 in rio de janeiro , rio de janeiro state -rrb- is a brazilian football central defender who started his career at flamengo in 1987 .however , he became famous when he was playing for botafogo and was called up to play for the brazilian national team .he was effective on low balls and was a reserve player during the 1998 fifa world cup , having played against norway and chile .playing for the brazilian team , he was capped in 23 games , scoring just one goal .he was well-known because of his long hair , that he had during most of his career , which was cut only during the 1997 confederations cup , when all the brazilian players entered the field in the semifinal match with shaved heads .besides playing for botafogo and flamengo , he has also played for santa cruz , cruzeiro , internacional , and tecos of mexico .he was brazilian champion in 1995 , carioca champion in 1990 and in 1997 and rio-sao paulo champion in 1998 playing for botafogo , in 1994 he was mexican champion and concacaf 's recopa champion playing for tecos -lrb- universidad autonoma de guadalajara -rrb- and copa america champion playing for the brazilian team in 1997 .he scored the winning goal in the botafogo 1 -- 0 win against vasco da gama in the 1997 taca guanabara final .goncalves played for cruzeiro in the 1997 intercontinental cup match against borussia dortmund , won 2 -- 0 by the german side .goncalves is currently the executive director of estacio de sa , a rio de janeiro football club .