Marcelo Mattos

Marcelo Mattos

Personal information
Full name	Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Panathinaikos
Number	4

Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos or simply Marcelo Mattos (born 10 February 1984 in Indiaporã, São Paulo) is a Brazilian defensive midfielder for Panathinaikos in the Greek Super League.

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 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 the 6th 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.

Honours

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

Personal Honours

• Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar):2005

External links

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