Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos

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Personal information
Marcelo Mattos
Full name	Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos
Date of birth	February 10, 1984 (age 23)
Place of birth	Indiaporã, SP, Brazil
Height	1.81m
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Corinthians
Number	5
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2002 2002 2003-2004 2005-	Mirassol FC Tokyo Oita Trinita São Caetano Corinthians	? (?) 1 (?) 1 (?) ? (?) 119 (14)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:00, 11 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos (born 10 February 1984 in Indiaporá, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Corinthians in the Brazilian Série A.

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.

Marcelo is currently being liked with European Giants SL Benfica. 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 soo much that FC Tokyo signed him.