Francelino Matuzalem da Silva

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Matuzalem
Personal information
Full name	Matuzalem Francelino da Silva
Date of birth	June 10, 1980 (1980-06-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Natal, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Real Zaragoza
Number	20
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997-1999 1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2007 2007-	Vitória Bahia AC Bellinzona Napoli Parma → Piacenza (loan) → Brescia (loan) Brescia Shakhtar Donetsk Real Zaragoza	14 0(0) 00 0(0) 52 0(2) 00 0(0) 28 0(3) 30 0(0) 30 0(3) 68 (25) 04 0(1)
National team
1997	Brazil U17
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Matuzalem Francelino da Silva, commonly known as simply Matuzalem (born June 10, 1980 in Natal, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer. He plays for Real Zaragoza.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Italy 1.3 Ukraine 1.4 Spain 2 Honours 3 References 4 External limks

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Known as a goalscoring midfielder, he first emerged in the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. There, he scored 3 goals in 6 games, including a critical goal in the final match.

[edit] Italy

Matuzalem was joint-signed by Parma and Piacenza in summer 2001.

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[edit] Ukraine

In 2004, Matuzalem moved from Brescia to Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around $18.75 million, a Ukrainian record at the time. After the transfer of Anatoliy Tymoschuk to Zenit Saint Petersburg, he became the new captain of the club for the 2006-07 season and was voted the club's player of the year.

[edit] Spain

In July 2007 Matuzalem left the Shakhtar training facility without notice and returned home to Brazil, citing family issues. However, on July 18th he was presented as the latest signing of Real Zaragoza.^[1] Shakhtar’s officials have claimed that this is illegal, as no agreement took place between the two clubs and Matuzalem is still under contract to Shakhtar, and that the club is planning a lawsuit against both Matuzalem and Zaragoza.^{[citation needed]}

After played 4 games and scored once, Matuzalem was "injured" since September 2007 and return in March 2008. ^[2]

[edit] Honours

Team

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2005 and 2006 with Shakhtar Donetsk

International

• FIFA Under-17 World Cup 1997

[edit] References

[edit] External limks

• (Portuguese) CBF
• (Portuguese) Sambafoot.com Profile
• (Spanish) [1]

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