 Felipe Melo with Fluminense in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Felipe Melo de Carvalho[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1983[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Barra Mansa, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Flamengo | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Cruzeiro | 31 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Grêmio | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Mallorca | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Racing Santander | 48 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Almería | 33 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Fiorentina | 29 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Juventus | 58 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | → Galatasaray (loan) | 63 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Galatasaray | 52 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Inter Milan | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Palmeiras | 160 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Fluminense | 74 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Brazil | 22 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983), known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense.
He began his career with Brazilian teams Flamengo, Cruzeiro and Grêmio, before moving to Spain in 2005, where he represented Mallorca, Racing Santander and Almería in La Liga. After one year at Fiorentina, he signed for Juventus for €25 million in 2009. Felipe Melo spent four seasons at Galatasaray, playing 154 total games and winning eight honours, including three Süper Lig titles. After a spell back in Serie A with Inter Milan, he returned to Brazil in 2017 by signing for Palmeiras. He won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2018 and the Copa Libertadores in 2020 and 2021 with Palmeiras, before joining Fluminense where he won the latter again in 2023.
Felipe Melo was a Brazilian international from 2009 to 2010, earning 22 caps and scoring two goals. He was part of their squads that won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
- ^ "Inter submit squad for UEL group stages". Inter Milan. 1 September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Fluminense FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.