Marcelo de Mattos Terra or simply Marcelo Mattos (born 10 February 1984 in Indiaporã, São Paulo) is a Brazilian

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who plays for Bangu. He is known for his positioning, tight marking of the opposing player and the ability to bring the ball forward to other offensive players.

Career

Marcelo was born in Brazil where he began at

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a third division club in Brazil he then left for

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in the

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. After exceptional performances he transferred to

Associação Desportiva São Caetano Associação Desportiva São Caetano, commonly referred to as São Caetano, is a Brazilian professional club based in São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo founded on 4 December 1989. It competes in the Campeonato Paulista Série A2, the second tier ...

where he then left for

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...

. At Corinthians, Marcelo established himself where he excelled alongside

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and

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being dubbed the team of the year after the trio won the Championship. He was part of the Brazilian team that played at the

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. At that time he was with Mirassol and impressed so much that FC Tokyo signed him. Marcelo Mattos has signed for Greek team

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for 3 million euros on 6 July 2007 in a 4-year deal. 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,

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. On 26 August 2009 Corinthians announced a one-year loan deal with Panathinaikos. On 20 July 2010 he was announced as a player of

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. On 3 July 2011 he was sold to Botafogo for 1 million Euros

Club statistics

Honours

Club

;São Caetano *

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional association football, football league in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo. Run b ...

: 2004 ;Corinthians *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

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;Botafogo *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

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Individual

* Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year:

* Bola de Prata: 2005

Footnotes

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattos, Marcelo 1984 births Living people Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players FC Tokyo players Oita Trinita players Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Japan Mirassol Futebol Clube players Panathinaikos F.C. players J1 League players J2 League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Super League Greece players Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players