Marcelo Mattos

Marcelo Mattos
Personal information
Full name	Marcelo de Mattos Terra
Date of birth	10 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Indiaporã, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1997–1998	Mirassol
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2001	Mirassol
2002	FC Tokyo
2002	→ Oita Trinita (loan)
2003–2004	São Caetano
2005–2007	Corinthians
2007–2011	Panathinaikos
2009–2010	→ Corinthians (loan)
2010–2011	→ Botafogo (loan)
2011–2015	Botafogo
2015	Vitória
2016–2019	Vasco da Gama
2019	Santa Cruz
2020	Dom Bosco
2020–2021	Bangu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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	São Caetano	Série A	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	Panathinaikos	Super League	14	0
Brazil			League
2009	Corinthians Paulista	Série A
2010	Corinthians Paulista	Série A
Country	Japan		2	0
	Brazil		143	13
	Greece		41	1
Total			186	14

Honours

Club

São Caetano

Campeonato Paulista: 2004

Corinthians

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005

Botafogo

Campeonato Carioca: 2013

Individual

Footnotes

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

External links

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Marcelo Mattos at Soccerway
Marcelo Mattos at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

[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. 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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