Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos 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.
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. 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 GoalsJapan League2002FC TokyoJ1 League102002Oita TrinitaJ2 League10Brazil League2003São CaetanoSérie A31020044012005Corinthians PaulistaSérie A3562006294200782Greece League2007/08PanathinaikosSuper League2712008/09140Brazil League2009Corinthians PaulistaSérie A2010 Country Japan20Brazil14313Greece411Total18614
Honours Club São Caetano Campeonato Paulista: 2004
Corinthians Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2005
Botafogo Campeonato Carioca: 2013
Individual Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2005 Bola de Prata: 2005
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