Marcelo Mattos

Marcelo Mattos
Personal information
Full name Marcelo de Mattos Terra
Date of birth (1984-02-10) 10 February 1984
Place of birth Indiaporã, SP, Brazil
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vasco da Gama
Youth career
1997–1998 Mirassol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Mirassol 6 (0)
2002 FC Tokyo 1 (0)
2002 Oita Trinita 1 (0)
2003–2004 São Caetano 7 (0)
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 72 (1)
2015 Vitória 10 (0)
2016– Vasco da Gama 19 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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]

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 AppsGoals
Japan League
2002FC TokyoJ1 League10
2002Oita TrinitaJ2 League10
Brazil League
2003São CaetanoSérie A310
2004401
2005Corinthians PaulistaSérie A356
2006294
200782
Greece League
2007/08PanathinaikosSuper League271
2008/09140
Brazil League
2009Corinthians PaulistaSérie A
2010
CountryJapan 20
Brazil 14313
Greece 411
Total 18614

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. December 6, 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
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