 Bordon in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marcelo José Bordon | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1976-01-07)7 January 1976 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1993 | Botafogo-SP | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | São Paulo | 73 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | VfB Stuttgart | 129 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Schalke 04 | 168 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Rayyan | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 381 | (28) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Brazil | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Rio Branco-SP | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Marcelo José Bordon (born 7 January 1976) is a former Brazilian professionalfootballer who played as acentre-back. He is best known for his time withBundesliga sidesVfB Stuttgart andSchalke 04, as well as being part of the2004 Copa América-winningBrazil squad.
His son,Filipe Bordon, plays in the same position as him forFC Südtirol, on loan fromLazio.
Born inRibeirão Preto, Bordon spent six years at Schalke between 2004 and July 2010,[1] having been acquired from Stuttgart on a €2.6 million deal. He formed a formidable defensive partnership with SerbianMladen Krstajić, boasting formidable aerial ability and leadership that earned him the captain's armband from the2006–07 season until the summer of 2010. On 5 July 2010, Bordon left Schalke[2] and signed forAl-Rayyan in Qatar three days later,[3] earning approximately €6.5 million per year before retiring once his contract expired.
Bordon briefly served as head coach ofRio Branco-SP in 2016.[4]
São Paulo
VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
Brazil
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