Marcelo Pletsch

Marcelo Pletsch
Personal information
Full name Marcelo José Pletsch
Date of birth (1976-05-13) 13 May 1976
Place of birth Toledo, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Ceará - (-)
1999 Oliveira de Frades - (-)
1999–2005 Borussia Mönchengladbach 142 (3)
2005–2006 1. FC Kaiserslautern 22 (1)
2006–2008 Panionios 44 (6)
2008–2009 Omonia 35 (0)
2009–2010 Vojvodina 23 (1)
2011 Cascavel - (-)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Marcelo José Pletsch (born 13 May 1976) is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

In his homeland, Pletsch played with Ceará in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, before moving to Portuguese lower league club Oliveira de Frades. He then moved to Germany in the summer of 1999 by signing with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In the first two seasons, they played in the 2. Bundesliga and then to the next four seasons in the Bundesliga. During his six-year tenure at the club, Pletsch made a total of 142 league appearances and scored three goals.

Subsequently, Pletsch moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern, spending there the 2005–06 season. After a year of playing in Kaiserslautern, he left Germany and moved to Panionios of the Superleague Greece. Pletsch made 44 league appearances and scored six goals for the club, before transferring to Cypriot side Omonia in January 2008. He stayed there for a year and a half, making 35 league appearances without scoring a goal.

In July 2009, it was announced that Pletsch signed a one plus one year contract for Serbian club Vojvodina. He left them at the end of the 2009–10 season.

In February 2011, Pletsch returned to Brazil after more than a decade to play with Cascavel in the Campeonato Paranaense.

Statistics

Club League Season Apps Goals
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2. Bundesliga 1999–2000 28 0
2000–2001 26 0
Bundesliga 2001–2002 27 0
2002–2003 26 2
2003–2004 16 0
2004–2005 19 1
1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga 2005–2006 22 1
Panionios Superleague 2006–2007 27 3
2007–2008 17 3
Omonia First Division 2007–2008 12 0
2008–2009 23 0
Vojvodina SuperLiga 2009–2010 23 1
Total26611

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