Marcelo Pletsch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcelo José Pletsch | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Toledo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cascavel | ||
| Number | TBA | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998 | Ceará | ||
| 1998–1999 | Oliveirense | ||
| 1999–2005 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 142 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Kaiserslautern | 22 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Panionios | 44 | (6) |
| 2008–2009 | Omonia | 35 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Vojvodina | 23 | (1) |
| 2011– | Cascavel | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Marcelo José Pletsch (born 13 May 1976 in Toledo, Paraná) is a Brazilian football defender.
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[edit] Club career
He played with Ceará Sporting Club and Portuguese lower league club Oliveirense[1] before coming to Germany in 1999 where he first played for Borussia Mönchengladbach. The first two seasons his team has played in the 2. Bundesliga and then to the next four seasons he played in the 1. Bundesliga. For six years at the club, he made a total of 142 league appearances and scored 3 goals.
Then he moved to Kaiserslautern where he played in the 2005–06 season.[2] After a year of playing in Kaiserslautern, he left Germany and moved to Panionios the member of the Greek Superleague.[3][4] During his time at Panionios he made 44 league appearances and scored 6 goals.
In January 2008 he moved to Cypriot club AC Omonia, for which he played a year and a half, making 35 league appearances without a goal achieved.[5]
On 17 July 2009, it was announced that he signed a one plus one year contract with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina.[6][7]
In February 2011 he returned to Brazil to play with Futebol Clube Cascavel.[8]
[edit] Club statistics
| Season | Club | Competition | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–00 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |  2. Bundesliga |
28 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2. Bundesliga |
26 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga |
27 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga |
26 | 2 |
| 2003–04 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga |
16 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga |
19 | 1 |
| 2005–06 | Kaiserslautern | Bundesliga |
22 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | Panionios |  Superleague |
27 | 3 |
| 2007–08 | Panionios | Superleague |
17 | 3 |
| 2007–08 | Omonia |  First Division |
12 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | Omonia | First Division |
23 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Vojvodina |  SuperLiga |
23 | 1 |
| Total | 266 | 11 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Profile at Zerozero.
- ^ Kaiserslautern verpflichtet Marcelo Pletsch (in German), rp-online.de.
- ^ Lienen holt Pletsch (in German), transfermarkt.de.
- ^ Lienen holt FCK-Verteidiger Pletsch nach Athen (in German), rp-online.de.
- ^ Μαρτσέλλο Πλετς (in Greek), omonia.net.
- ^ Pletsch zu Vojvodina (in German), transfermarkt.de.
- ^ Brazilac oduševljen Vojvodinom (in Serbian), sportske.net.
- ^ Cascavel contrata zagueiro experiente com passagem pela Alemanha at Gazeta do Povo
[edit] External links
- Marcelo Pletsch at fussballdaten.de
- Marcelo Pletsch at Soccerway
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- 2. Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Panionios G.S.S. players
- Superleague Greece players
- AC Omonia players
- FK Vojvodina players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Serbia
- U.D. Oliveirense players
