Zé Maria (footballer, born 1973)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Marcelo Ferreira | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1973 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oeiras (PI - Brazil) | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Right back Right midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Olbia (head coach) | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Portuguesa | 28 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | → Sergipe (loan) | 38 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1994 | → Ponte Preta (loan) | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Flamengo | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Parma | 45 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Perugia | 144 | (16) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | → Vasco Gama (loan) | 34 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | → Palmeiras (loan) | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2000 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 29 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Inter Milan | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Levante | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | Portuguesa | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Città Castello | |||||||||||||
| Total | 416 | (35) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | Brazil | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Group Castello | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Catanzaro | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Ceahlăul | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Gor Mahia | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Tirana | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portuguesa | |||||||||||||
| 2024– | Olbia | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
José Marcelo Ferreira (born 25 July 1973), commonly known as Zé Maria, is a retired Brazilian football player turned coach. He is currently working as head coach of Serie D club Olbia.
Known for his pin-point crosses, he could play either as a right back or right midfielder, and played the vast majority of his professional career, other than in his country, in Italy's Serie A, where he represented three teams, mainly Perugia.