Marcelo Mattos
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcelo de Mattos Terra | ||
Date of birth | 10 February 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Indiaporã, SP, Brazil | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Vasco da Gama | ||
Number | TBA | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1998 | Mirassol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2001 | Mirassol | ||
2002 | FC Tokyo | 1 | (0) |
2002 | Oita Trinita | 1 | (0) |
2003–2004 | São Caetano | ||
2005–2007 | Corinthians | 134 | (17) |
2007–2011 | Panathinaikos | 51 | (4) |
2009–2010 | → Corinthians (loan) | 18 | (2) |
2010–2011 | → Botafogo (loan) | 25 | (1) |
2011–2015 | Botafogo | 32 | (1) |
2015 | Vitória | 10 | (0) |
2016– | Vasco da Gama | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2016 |
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.[1]
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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 J-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.[2] 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 career statistics
Club performance | League | |||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
Japan | League | |||
2002 | Tokyo | J. League 1 | 1 | 0 |
2002 | Oita Trinita | J. League 2 | 1 | 0 |
Brazil | League | |||
2003 | São Caetano | Série A | 31 | 0 |
2004 | 40 | 1 | ||
2005 | Corinthians Paulista | Série A | 35 | 6 |
2006 | 29 | 4 | ||
2007 | 8 | 2 | ||
Greece | League | |||
2007/08 | Panathinaikos | Super League | 27 | 1 |
2008/09 | 14 | 0 | ||
Brazil | League | |||
2009 | Corinthians Paulista | Série A | ||
2010 | ||||
Country | Japan | 2 | 0 | |
Brazil | 143 | 13 | ||
Greece | 41 | 1 | ||
Total | 186 | 14 |
Honours
- São Caetano
- São Paulo State League: 2004
- Corinthians
- Botafogo
Personal honours
- Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2005
Footnotes
External links
- sambafoot
- placar
- Marcelo Mattos at Soccerway
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from São Paulo (state)
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian people of Italian descent
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Associação Desportiva São Caetano players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- F.C. Tokyo players
- Oita Trinita players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Mirassol Futebol Clube players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- J1 League players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Superleague Greece players