Investments, a footballer son... Marcelo's plan to make a fortune off the field

• Interview Clarice Alves, wife of footballer Marcelo: "Cristiano Ronaldo has left us a great void"

The growth of Marcelo's hair shows the passing of the footballer's years wearing the number 12. Because the Brazilian appeared in the Spanish capital in

with shaved hair and a suit much larger than his shoulders.

Almost two decades later, Marcelo leaves Real Madrid with his free locks, more looks and the honor of having won 25 trophies with the White Club.

At the moment he does not hang up his boots completely, but he could do it, since he has an

and diversified future outside of football.

Although Real Madrid does not give exact salary figures for its players, in recent years the Brazilian earned

euros per season.

Money that helped his family prosper.

Marcelo has been with Clarice Alves all his life, his girlfriend since he was 13 years old, the witness of his debut in the Rio de Janeiro Fluminense.

In fact, the footballer celebrated the first goal of his life as a professional by making a 'C' with his hand as a gesture of love for his

Together they settled in Madrid at the age of 18, they formed a family with

and

and now they aspire to have a saga of soccer players, since Enzo is already a forward

for Real Madrid

That, added to the years that the family has been in Spain, suggests that it will be in Madrid where Marcelo continues most of the time while he decides if he signs for another team and changes to another foreign league.

Waiting for the striker to make a decision, last January he began to prepare the ground for his retirement.

In Hermosilla street in Madrid he installed the headquarters of

A business holding company that, as they have explained to La Otra Crónica from Doze, was born to take over Marcelo's most important businesses under its umbrella.

"It seems like a big step," they say, "but it was

in recent years," they explain to this medium.

Enzo plays for Real Madrid

Thus, Marcelo wanted his retirement from football to remain linked to sport.

Specifically, he dreamed of

signing and training players, representing them and placing them in clubs.

For this reason, before opening the Doze Group, he acquired the Brazilian club

in 2017 - "it has a percentage of the shareholding", they clarify - and the Portuguese

.

"Marcelo's idea is to implement a structure that allows him to make a leap in the European market."

He wants to train footballers in Azuriz, then sign them in Mafra and that the Portuguese league will serve as a showcase for the rest of the continent.

And all represented by him.

A seamless plan.

Added to this is the academy to

Marcelo footballers.

Academy12 works with promising young people from the age of 6 and seeks to "fully develop all their abilities".

The most successful of this academy are its summer campuses, already present in Spain, Brazil and Belgium, and with plans to spread throughout the Middle East.

Marcelo also represents

soccer players.

How could it be otherwise, it is he who leads the career of his son within Real Madrid.

He also represents midfielder

Enzo's teammate.

Lastly, he manages the career of

, son of the legendary Reyes and called up by the Spanish U15 National Team.

SEVERAL OPTIONS

But in case business in the world of football is cut short, the left-back has other professional opportunities in which he has been working for a long time.

In Francisco Silvela Street in the capital is the headquarters of the

in which he appears as the sole administrator:

and

.

Limited companies are dedicated to real estate development.

One of them has

in Valdebebas, just two kilometers from the Real Madrid Sports City.

None of the companies presents accounts, but Belluly has a share capital of 757,776 euros.

Finally, Marcelo collaborates with the Catalan jewelry firm Twojeys.

This year he has designed a collection of rings with them and together they have opened

in Rio de Janeiro.

With all those businesses plus the fortune of his career in Madrid, Marcelo can be a 34-year-old retiree, who watches the days go by from

, where he lives with his family and his five dogs.

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