Marcelo Mattos

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Marcelo Mattos
Full name	Marcelo Mendonça de Mattos
Date of birth	February 10, 1984 (1984-02-10) (age 24)
Place of birth	Indiaporã, SP, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Panathinaikos
Number	4
Youth clubs
1997-1998	Mirassol
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2002 2002 2003-2004 2005-2007 2007-	Mirassol FC Tokyo Oita Trinita São Caetano Corinthians Panathinaikos	1 (0) 1 (0) 134 (17) 32 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17;44, 6 July 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

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. ^[1]