Not to be confused with the Portuguese footballer Filipe Melo or the Portuguese writer Filipe Melo.
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Melo and the second or paternal family name is Carvalho.
Felipe Melo
Felipe Melo with Fluminense in 2022
Personal information
Full name
Felipe Melo de Carvalho[1]
Date of birth
(1983-06-26) 26 June 1983 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth
Barra Mansa, Brazil
Height
1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)
Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Team information
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
68
(2)
International career
2009–2010
Brazil
22
(2)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner
2009 South Africa
U-20 South American Championship
Runner-up
2003 Uruguay
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 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 Fluminense.
He began his career with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 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.
^ ab"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.
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