Marcelo Pletsch

Marcelo Pletsch
Personal information
Full name Marcelo José Pletsch
Date of birth 13 May 1976 (1976-05-13) (age 35)
Place of birth Toledo, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Cascavel
Number TBA
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998 Ceará
1998–1999 Oliveirense
1999–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach 142 (3)
2005–2006 Kaiserslautern 22 (1)
2006–2008 Panionios 44 (6)
2008–2009 Omonia 35 (0)
2009–2010 Vojvodina 23 (1)
2011– Cascavel 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marcelo José Pletsch (born 13 May 1976 in Toledo, Paraná) is a Brazilian football defender.

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Club career

He played with Ceará Sporting Club and Portuguese lower league club Oliveirense[1] before coming to Germany in 1999 where he first played for Borussia Mönchengladbach. The first two seasons his team has played in the 2. Bundesliga and then to the next four seasons he played in the 1. Bundesliga. For six years at the club, he made a total of 142 league appearances and scored 3 goals.

Then he moved to Kaiserslautern where he played in the 2005–06 season.[2] After a year of playing in Kaiserslautern, he left Germany and moved to Panionios the member of the Greek Superleague.[3][4] During his time at Panionios he made 44 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

In January 2008 he moved to Cypriot club AC Omonia, for which he played a year and a half, making 35 league appearances without a goal achieved.[5]

On 17 July 2009, it was announced that he signed a one plus one year contract with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina.[6][7]

In February 2011 he returned to Brazil to play with Futebol Clube Cascavel.[8]

Club statistics

Season Club Competition Apps Goals
1999–00 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2. Bundesliga 28 0
2000–01 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2. Bundesliga 26 0
2001–02 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 27 0
2002–03 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 26 2
2003–04 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 16 0
2004–05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bundesliga 19 1
2005–06 Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 22 1
2006–07 Panionios Superleague 27 3
2007–08 Panionios Superleague 17 3
2007–08 Omonia First Division 12 0
2008–09 Omonia First Division 23 0
2009–10 Vojvodina SuperLiga 23 1
Total 266 11

References

  1. ^ Profile at Zerozero.
  2. ^ Kaiserslautern verpflichtet Marcelo Pletsch (in German), rp-online.de.
  3. ^ Lienen holt Pletsch (in German), transfermarkt.de.
  4. ^ Lienen holt FCK-Verteidiger Pletsch nach Athen (in German), rp-online.de.
  5. ^ Μαρτσέλλο Πλετς (in Greek), omonia.net.
  6. ^ Pletsch zu Vojvodina (in German), transfermarkt.de.
  7. ^ Brazilac oduševljen Vojvodinom (in Serbian), sportske.net.
  8. ^ Cascavel contrata zagueiro experiente com passagem pela Alemanha at Gazeta do Povo

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