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Revision as of 08:12, 26 June 2010

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Melo and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.
Felipe Melo
Personal information
Full name Felipe Melo Vicente de Carvalho
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 4
Senior career*
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 48 (5)
2007–2008 Almería 34 (7)
2008–2009 Fiorentina 29 (2)
2009– Juventus 29 (3)
International career‡
2009– Brazil 20 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Football
FIFA Confederations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Confederations Cup
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2010

Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983 in Volta Redonda) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Juventus F.C. in Serie A.

Club career

Flamengo

Felipe Melo began his career for Flamengo, where he made 24 appearances and scored 3 goals in his two season spell with the club. Following impressive performances with Flamengo, Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003.

Cruzeiro

Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003, but would remain for just one season. In his single season with Cruziero, Melo did manage to make 31 league appearances, also scoring 2 goals. Following yet another impressive season in Brazil, he was sold to fellow Brazilian club, Grêmio.

Grêmio

Following his transfer to Grêmio, Melo managed to make an additional 19 appearances and adding 3 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. Felipe Melo was considered, by many fans, one of the players responsible for the relegation, due to his poor performances. .

RCD Mallorca

Following several impressive seasons in Brazil, Melo moved to Spain with RCD Mallorca prior to the 2005–2006 season. This transfer was short lived however, as Melo made just 8 appearances in 6 months with the club, before transferring permanently to Racing de Santander.

Racing de Santander

After joining Racing Santander, Melo began to prove his worth again for the club. He would remain in Santander for two seasons, making nearly 50 appearances with 5 goals for the Spanish club.

UD Almería

In July 2007, Felipe Melo transfer to fellow La Liga club, UD Almería. He was a regular in the clubs' starting eleven and would make 34 league appearances with an impressive 7 goals. This outstanding season, led to the attraction of several European clubs, scouting the defensive midfielder, and in the summer of 2008, Melo transferred to the Italian Serie A with ACF Fiorentina.

ACF Fiorentina

After a successful first season at UD Almería, Melo agreed to transfer to Italian side ACF Fiorentina in a reported €13 million transfer for the 2008–2009 season.[1] This was confirmed after Almería's match against Recreativo de Huelva in La Liga.[2] He made his debut in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League against Slavia Prague, and scored his first goal in a Viola shirt against Atalanta B.C. in the Serie A. After a very impressive debut season in the Serie A, which included 29 appearances and 2 goals, the Brazilian transferred to Turin giants, Juventus FC.

Juventus

On June 30, 2009, following a lauded performance at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Melo signed a new five-year contract with ACF Fiorentina,[3] with a release clause of €25 million. At this point, Arsenal F.C. was reportedly in negotiations to sign the player.[4] Within days, however, Melo was the subject of a bid from Juventus.[5] The two clubs eventually agreed a fee of €25 million in total and Juventus' Marco Marchionni joined Fiorentina on July 15, 2009, for a tagged price €4.5M.[6][7] Later, Cristiano Zanetti, tagged for €2 million, re-joined Fiorentina.[8] This allowed Juve to pay Fiorentina only €18.5M in 3 installment. The first half of the 2009–2010 season was one to forget despite a bright start to his Juve career. He scored his first Juve goal against top-of-the-table rivals A.S. Roma in a 3–1 win. In the December Derby d'Italia fixture at home, he was controversially sent off for a supposed elbow at Inter's teenage striker Mario Balotelli. The incident sparked a fiery argument between his teammate Gianluigi Buffon and Inter midfielder Thiago Motta and both had to be separated by Inter and Juve players. He was voted as the 2009 Worst Soccer player by the readers of Il Fatto Quotidiano.[9]

International career

Melo made his debut for Brazil on 10 February 2009 against Italy in a friendly match, which Brazil won 2–0. He scored his first goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification over Peru. Brazil won 3–0. At the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, Melo scored the opening goal in a 3–0 victory over United States, in the group stage. Melo started all five games at the competition as Brazil went on to win the trophy.

Melo was named to Brazil's 2010 FIFA World Cup roster.

International statistics

As of 7 June 2010[10]

Honours

Flamengo
Cruzeiro
International

Personal life

Melo has a son called Lineker, who he named after the English centre forward Gary Lineker.[11]

But ironically, Lineker couldn't get Felipe's name right in his definitive guide to the 2010 World Cup. On page 26 of his glossy guide to the tournament, he called the Juventus midfielder "Fernando Melo".

References

  1. ^ "Arsenal target Felipe Melo". Insideworldsoccer.com. 2009-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ "Fútbol sala para terminar". Almería. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  3. ^ "Comunicato Stampa" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  4. ^ "Comunicato Stampa" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
  5. ^ "Serie A auf Sparkurs — Nur «Juve» kauft kräftig ein". Transfermarkt.de. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  6. ^ "Official: Felipe Melo joins Juventus". Juventus F.C. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  7. ^ "Milano, 20 giugno 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  8. ^ "Agreement with ACF Fiorentina S.p.A. for the disposal of the player C. Zanetti" (PDF). Juventus. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Bulgarian National Team) 2008–2009". RSSSFbrasil.com. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  11. ^ World Cup 2010: Brazil star Melo names his son Lineker, BBC Sport online, 14 June 2010
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