Felipe Melo
Melo playing for Galatasaray in 2014.
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| Full name | Felipe Melo de Carvalho | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Volta Redonda, Brazil | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Palmeiras (on loan from Internazionale) |
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| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Flamengo | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Cruzeiro | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Grêmio | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Mallorca | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Racing Santander | 49 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Almería | 39 | (7) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Fiorentina | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Juventus | 58 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 62 | (13) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Galatasaray | 52 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2015– | Internazionale | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2017– | → Palmeiras (loan) | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||
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| 2009–2010 | Brazil | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2017. |
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Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian club Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, on loan from Internazionale.
Melo was a Brazilian international and played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He arrived in Europe in 2005 and has played for top division clubs like Juventus, Fiorentina, Almería, Racing de Santander and Mallorca. He also holds the Spanish nationality since the 2007–08 season, and thus was not consumed by the non-EU registration quota for new signings from abroad in Serie A. As of 2015, he is the most decorated Brazilian player in Turkish domestic competitions, winning seven cups, beating the record of his fellow countryman and ex-Galatasaray goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.
Melo began his career for Flamengo, where he made 69 appearances and scored no goals in his two-season spell with the club. Following impressive performances with Flamengo, Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003, but would remain for just one season. In his single season with Cruzeiro, Melo managed to make 31 league appearances, scoring two goals. Following yet another impressive season in Brazil, he was sold to Grêmio.
Following his transfer to Grêmio, Melo managed to make an additional 19 appearances and adding three goals to his tally in his native Brazil. He would only remain in Porto Alegre for 2004, because Grêmio was relegated that year and the team was dismantled.
Following several impressive seasons in Brazil, Melo moved to Spain with Mallorca prior to the 2005–06 season. This transfer was short lived, however, as Melo made just eight appearances in six months with the club, before transferring permanently to Racing de Santander.
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