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Marcelo Mattos
Brazilian footballer

Marcelo Mattos

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Intro
Brazilian footballer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Indiaporã, São Paulo, Brazil
Age
40 years
Stats
Height:
179
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Marcelo de Mattos Terra or simply Marcelo Mattos (born 10 February 1984 in Indiaporã, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football defensive midfielder who plays for Vasco da Gama.

He is known for his positioning, tight marking of the opposing player and the ability to bring the ball forward to other offensive players.

Career

Marcelo was born in Brazil where he began at Mirassol a third division club in Brazil he then left for FC Tokyo in the J1 League. After exceptional performances he transferred to Associação Desportiva São Caetano where he then left for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. At Corinthians, Marcelo established himself where he excelled alongside Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano being dubbed the team of the year after the trio won the Championship.

He was part of the Brazilian team that played at the FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001. At that time he was with Mirassol and impressed so much that FC Tokyo signed him.

Marcelo Mattos has signed for Greek team Panathinaikos for 3 million euros on 6 July 2007 in a 4-year deal. In July 2008, Panathinaikos acquired the 85% of the players ownership for a fee of 3 million Euros. The rest of the player's percentage belongs to his agent, Pini Zahavi.

On 26 August 2009 Corinthians announced a one-year loan deal with Panathinaikos.

On 20 July 2010 he was announced as a player of Botafogo.

On 3 July 2011 he was sold to Botafogo for 1 million Euros

Club statistics

Club performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
JapanLeague
2002FC TokyoJ1 League10
2002Oita TrinitaJ2 League10
BrazilLeague
2003São CaetanoSérie A310
2004401
2005Corinthians PaulistaSérie A356
2006294
200782
GreeceLeague
2007/08PanathinaikosSuper League271
2008/09140
BrazilLeague
2009Corinthians PaulistaSérie A
2010
CountryJapan20
Brazil14313
Greece411
Total18614

Honours

  • São Paulo State League: 2004
  • Brazilian League: 2005
  • Campeonato Carioca: 2013

Personal honours

  • Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2005
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