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

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. 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 where he then left for

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. 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 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

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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 *

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: 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" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

;Botafogo *

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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 men's footballers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Men's 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 men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's 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 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan