Marcelo Mattos Explained

Marcelo Mattos
Fullname:Marcelo de Mattos Terra
Birth Date:1984 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Indiaporã, Brazil
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthyears1:1997–1998
Youthclubs1:Mirassol
Years1:1999–2001
Years2:2002
Years3:2002
Years4:2003–2004
Years5:2005–2007
Years6:2007–2011
Years7:2009–2010
Years8:2010–2011
Years9:2011–2015
Years10:2015
Years11:2016–2019
Years12:2019
Years13:2020
Years14:2020–2021
Clubs1:Mirassol
Clubs2:FC Tokyo
Clubs3:Oita Trinita (loan)
Clubs4:São Caetano
Clubs5:Corinthians
Clubs6:Panathinaikos
Clubs7:Corinthians (loan)
Clubs8:Botafogo (loan)
Clubs9:Botafogo
Clubs10:Vitória
Clubs11:Vasco da Gama
Clubs12:Santa Cruz
Clubs13:Dom Bosco
Clubs14:Bangu
Caps1:133
Caps2:1
Caps3:1
Caps4:71
Caps5:72
Caps6:62
Caps7:8
Caps8:20
Caps9:71
Caps10:10
Caps11:36
Caps12:2
Caps13:3
Caps14:19
Goals1:5
Goals2:0
Goals3:3
Goals4:1
Goals5:12
Goals6:5
Goals7:0
Goals8:1
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:2
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Goals14:0

Marcelo de Mattos Terra or simply Marcelo Mattos (born 10 February 1984) is a Brazilian former football defensive midfielder.

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 performanceLeague
SeasonClubLeagueApps Goals
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
Country Japan20
Brazil14313
Greece411
Total18614

Honours

Club

São Caetano

2004

Corinthians

2005

Botafogo

2013

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ainda lesionado, Marcelo Mattos faz falta ao Bota. LanceNet. 28 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140307070433/http://www.lancenet.com.br/botafogo/Marcelo-Mattos_0_725327508.html. 7 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Brazilian prodigy joins Panathinaikos. 18 July 2007. UEFA.
  3. Web site: Em 2005, melhores do Campeonato Brasileiro recebem prêmio Craque do Brasileirão . 29 September 2016 . 6 December 2005 . Globo Esporte . Portuguese.