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Marcelo Mattos
Personal information
Full name Marcelo de Mattos Terra
Date of birth (1984-02-10) 10 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Indiaporã, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dom Bosco
Youth career
1997–1998 Mirassol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Mirassol 133 (5)
2002 FC Tokyo 1 (0)
2002 → Oita Trinita (loan) 1 (3)
2003–2004 São Caetano 71 (1)
2005–2007 Corinthians 72 (12)
2007–2011 Panathinaikos 62 (5)
2009–2010 → Corinthians (loan) 8 (0)
2010–2011 → Botafogo (loan) 20 (1)
2011–2015 Botafogo 71 (0)
2015 Vitória 10 (0)
2016–2019 Vasco da Gama 36 (2)
2019 Santa Cruz 2 (0)
2020– Dom Bosco 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2019

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 Dom Bosco.

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]

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.[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 statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Japan League
2002 FC Tokyo J1 League 1 0
2002 Oita Trinita J2 League 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

Club

São Caetano
Corinthians
Botafogo

Individual

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Ainda lesionado, Marcelo Mattos faz falta ao Bota". LanceNet. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Brazilian prodigy joins Panathinaikos". UEFA.com. 18 July 2007.
  3. ^ "Em 2005, melhores do Campeonato Brasileiro recebem prêmio Craque do Brasileirão" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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