Marcelo Mattos

Marcelo Mattos

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo de Mattos Terra
Date of birth	February 10, 1984 (1984-02-10) (age 27)
Place of birth	Indiaporã, SP, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Botafogo
Number	5
Youth career
1997–1998	Mirassol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2001	Mirassol
2002	FC Tokyo	1	(0)
2002	Oita Trinita	1	(0)
2003–2004	São Caetano
2005–2007	Corinthians	134	(17)
2007–2011	Panathinaikos	51	(4)
2009–2010	→ Corinthians (loan)	18	(2)
2010–2011	→ Botafogo (loan)	25	(1)
2011-	Botafogo
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 5, 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo de Mattos Terra or simply Marcelo Mattos (born 10 February 1984 in Indiaporã, São Paulo) is a Brazilian football defensive midfielder. He currently plays for Botafogo.

Marcelo was born in Brazil were he began at Mirassol a third division club in Brazil he then left for FC Tokyo in the J-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 Tévez 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.^[1] 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 career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Japan			League
2002	Tokyo	J. League 1	1	0
2002	Oita Trinita	J. League 2	1	0
Brazil			League
2003	São Caetano	Série A	31	0
2004			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			14	0
Brazil			League
2009	Corinthians Paulista	Série A
2010
Country	Japan		2	0
	Brazil		143	13
	Greece		41	1
Total			186	14

Honours

• São Paulo State League: 2004
• Brazilian League: 2005

Personal honours

• Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2005

Footnotes

1. ^ "Brazilian prodigy joins Panathinaikos". UEFA.com. 2007-07-18. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=562310.html. 

External links

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Persondata
Name	Mattos, Marcelo Mendonca de
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Date of birth	1984-02-10
Place of birth	Indiaporã, SP, Brazil
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