Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983), known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He began his career with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A teams

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, Cruzeiro and Grêmio, before moving to Spain in 2005, where he represented Mallorca,

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and

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. After one year at

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, he signed for Juventus for €25 million in 2009. Felipe Melo spent four seasons at

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, playing 154 total games and winning eight honours, including three

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titles. After a spell back in

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with

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, he returned to Brazil in 2017 by signing for

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, where he soon won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2018. Felipe Melo was a Brazilian international from 2009 to 2010, earning 22 caps and scoring two goals. He was part of their squads that won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the

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Club career

Brazil

Felipe Melo began his career for

, where he made 69 appearances and scored no goals in his two-season spell with the club. Following impressive performances with Flamengo, Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003, but would remain for just one season. In his single season with Cruzeiro, Melo managed to make 31 league appearances, scoring two goals. Following yet another impressive season in Brazil, he was sold to Grêmio. Following his transfer to Grêmio, Melo managed to make an additional 19 appearances and adding three goals to his tally in his native Brazil. He would only remain in

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for 2004, because Grêmio was relegated that year and the team was dismantled.

Spain

In January 2005, Felipe Melo moved abroad for the first time, joining Spanish

club Mallorca, who released

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to give him a place. He played only eight times for the Balearic team, his season ending through knee ligament injury against

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in March; they narrowly avoided relegation. Ahead of the 2005–06 season, Melo moved to fellow league team

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. He scored his first goal for them on 21 December, in a 2–1 win away to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. On 3 July 2007, Felipe Melo became

's first signing ahead of their debut top-flight season. The transfer, which involved buying some of his rights from a third-party owner, was the most expensive in the club's history. He was a regular in midfield for

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's team, contributing seven goals as the

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ns finished 8th.

Fiorentina

After a successful first season at Almería, Felipe Melo agreed to transfer to Italian side Fiorentina in a reported €13 million transfer for the 2008–09 season. Having held Spanish nationality since the 2007–08 season, he was not counted as a non-EU player in the Italian Serie A. He made his debut in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the

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against

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, and scored his first goal in a ''Viola'' shirt against

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in the Serie A. After a very impressive debut season in the Serie A, which included 29 appearances and two goals, the Brazilian transferred to Juventus in

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Juventus

On 30 June 2009, following a lauded performance with Brazil at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Felipe Melo signed a new five-year contract with Fiorentina, with a release clause of €25 million. At this point, Arsenal was reportedly in negotiations to sign the player. Within days, however, Melo was the subject of a bid from Juventus. The two rival clubs eventually agreed a fee of €25 million in total and Juve's

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joined Fiorentina on 15 July 2009 for a tagged price of €4.5 million. Later, Cristiano Zanetti, tagged for €2 million, re-joined Fiorentina. This allowed Juve to pay Fiorentina €18.5 million in three instalments. The first half of the 2009–10 season was one to forget despite a bright start to his Juve career. He scored his first Juve goal against top-of-the-table rivals Roma in a 3–1 win. In the December

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fixture at home, he was controversially sent off for a supposed elbow at

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. The incident sparked a fiery argument between his teammate

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and Inter midfielder

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, and both had to be separated by Inter and Juve players. Due to his poor performances throughout the season, he won the Bidone d'Oro Award in 2009, which was given to the worst Serie A player during a particular season. Melo was instrumental in his side's win over

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at the

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in the 2010–11 season, and was later voted man of the match.

Galatasaray

On 22 July 2011, Felipe Melo joined

in Turkey on a season-long loan deal for €1.5 million, with an option to transfer permanently at the end of the season for €13 million. He agreed on a contract with a net annual salary of €3.3 million plus a per-appearance bonus of €30,000, replacing departed Lorik Cana as the club's new central midfielder. He was attributed to the nickname "Pitbull" by the team supporters because of his passionate playing style, which also helped him become a fans favourite quickly; it is said that he displayed the mutual respect back with his tattoo of the club's mascot, a lion, on his arm.Felipe Melo tattoo (speculation)
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habermonitor.com (Turkish w/ English option) Felipe Melo scored his first goal on 18 September 2011 from a 35-metre-long shot against

Samsunspor Samsunspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Samsun. The club was formed through a merger of five clubs: 19 Mayıs, Akınspor, Fener Gençlik, Samsunspor, and Samsunspor Galatasaray.2012–13 season, for €1.75 million, with the agreement including "the option, to be exercised by Galatasaray by 30 April 2013, for the permanent acquisition of the player for a price of €6.5 million". Melo also had a wage cut to €2.9 million with an appearances-based bonus of €25,000. On 24 November, in a game between Galatasaray and

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in the

, Felipe Melo went in goal and saved a penalty, after regular keeper Fernando Muslera had committed a foul and been sent off after Galatasaray had already used all their substitutions. On 20 July 2013, Felipe Melo made a permanent move to Galatasaray on a three-year contract worth €3.1 million plus bonuses, while the transfer fee was reduced to €3.75 million plus bonuses of a maximum €500,000, which the club activated. He made his 100th appearance for the club on 2 February 2014 in Süper Lig encounter against

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in a 6–0 home win. On 13 August 2015, Melo signed a four-year contract extension; during the first season of said contract, the yearly salary remained unchanged at €3.1 million, but was set to be reduced to €2.6 million for next three seasons. As of 2015, he is the most decorated Brazilian player in Turkish domestic competitions, winning seven cups, beating the record of his fellow countryman and ex-Galatasaray

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Internazionale

On 31 August 2015, Felipe Melo returned to Italy to sign with Internazionale on a 2-year contract and a €3.7 million transfer fee, plus €500,000 bonuses for each

group stage qualification of the club, up to the 2017–18 season. Melo also received €657,500 from Galatasaray. He officially returned to Serie A play on 23 September 2015 against

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, against which he also scored his first goal for Inter.

Palmeiras

On 8 January 2017,

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announced the signing of Felipe Melo on a 3-year contract. Four days later Inter Milan announced that it was a loan until 30 June, with Melo's contract with Inter set to expire on the same day.

International career

Felipe Melo made his senior international debut for

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on 10 February 2009 against

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in a friendly, a match Brazil won 2–0. On 1 April 2009, he scored his first goal for his country against

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in a 3–0

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victory. Felipe Melo was named to the Brazilian squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, playing in every match of the tournament for his side and scoring the opener in a 3–0

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win against the

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. Brazil would again beat the U.S. in the

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to win a third consecutive Confederations Cup title. Felipe Melo was named in Brazil's final 23-man squad for the

. In Brazil's

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against the

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in Port Elizabeth, he provided the assist for

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's tenth-minute opener, before Melo himself slightly touched a

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cross, which at first was recorded as an own goal, but later credited to Sneijder. Sneijder then put the Dutch 2–1 ahead, before Melo was then sent off by referee

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in the 73rd minute for a violent stamp on Dutch winger

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. On Brazil's return home after the World Cup, Felipe Melo took the brunt of the criticism of the fans as they threw insults, pushed and shoved towards the players.

Style of play

A quick, strong, tenacious, yet talented

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, Felipe Melo is known in particular for his hard-working, energetic, physical, and hard-tackling playing style, which has earned him the nicknames ''Pitbull'' and ''Gladiator'', while in 2015 his Inter manager at the time,

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, described Melo and his teammate Gary Medel as ''warriors''. He is able to play as a central or

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, but is usually deployed as a

, where his stamina, power, tactical intelligence, and ball-winning abilities aid him in breaking down opposing plays, while his good all-round skills, first touch, and passing allow him subsequently to distribute the ball to his more offensive-minded teammates. In addition to his defensive attributes, he is also known for his dynamism and ability to make late runs into the area from midfield, which occasionally enables him to provide an additional attacking outlet to his teams. Throughout his career, Melo has stood out for his leadership on the pitch, although he has also equally been criticised for his aggression and tendency to pick up cards.

Personal life

Felipe Melo is married to Roberta, and they have one daughter (Pietra) and three sons, Davi, Linyker (who he named after the

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centre forward

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), and Bernardo. On 18 June 2013, through Twitter and Facebook, Felipe Melo offended Renato Maurício Prado, a pundit of the

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channel. Among another names callings, Melo called Prado "coward", "arsehole" and "the most famous cuckold of sporting journalism". Prado sued Melo in August. On 4 June 2014, Felipe Melo was on vacation with his family and friend in

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. Whilst enjoying dinner with his family and friends, a former football player and his friend handed Melo a hand-written paper stating "Sampiyon Fenerbahçe – which means Champion Fenerbahçe". Fenerbahçe, the main opponent of Galatasaray, had finished as Turkish Süper Lig champions for the 2013–14 season, which had just concluded. Melo responded to the note by showing the two his middle finger and by kicking one of them. The case was taken to American police. Felipe Melo endorsed Jair Bolsonaro in the

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. He dedicated his winning goal against Chapecoense in October 2019 to the president, a fan of Palmeiras.

Career statistics

Club

International

Source:

International goals

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first''.

Honours

Flamengo * Campeonato Carioca: 2001 *

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: 2001 Cruzeiro * Série A: 2003 Galatasaray *

: 2011–12,

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, 2014–15 *

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: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

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, 2015 Palmeiras * Copa Libertadores:

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*Série A:

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* Campeonato Paulista:

Fluminense *Campeonato Carioca:

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Brazil * FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009 Individual *Sambafoot Brazilian Player of the Year: 2012, 2013 (fourth place) *Campeonato Paulista Team of the year:

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References

External links

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