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
	2. Bundesliga	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
Panionios	Superleague	2007–2008	17	3
Omonia	First Division	2007–2008	12	0
Omonia	First Division	2008–2009	23	0
Vojvodina	SuperLiga	2009–2010	23	1
Total			266	11

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