Marcos Júnior Lima dos Santos (born 19 January 1993), known as Marcos Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Júnior Lima dos Santos | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Gama, Federal District, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | Fluminense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2018 | Fluminense | 139 | (17) |
| 2014 | → Vitória (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 135 | (37) |
| 2023– | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Brazil U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2013 | Brazil U20 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 23 July 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:55 | |||
Club career
editFluminense
editMarcos Júnior started his youth career in Fluminese. He was promoted to the first team in 2012 and with 16 matches played in the league competition he was part of the Fluminese team that went on to win the Brazil Serie A trophy that year.[1] Marcos Júnior scored on his league debut against Macaé on 21 April 2012.[2]
EC Vitória
editOn 1 June 2014, Fluminense loaned Marcos Júnior out to EC Vitória until 31 December 2014.[3] He made his league debut against Chapecoense on 17 August 2014.[4]
Yokohama F. Marinos
editOn 4 January 2019, Marcos Júnior signed with Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League Division 1.[5] On 23 February 2019, he made his debut against Gamba Osaka.[6] On 10 March 2019, he scored his first goal for the club against Kawasaki Frontale, scoring in the 23rd minute.[7]
The 15 goals he scored in his first season in the J1 League was enough to crown him the highest goal-scorer in the league, along with Teruto Nakagawa.[8] and was vital for Yokohama F. Marinos as they clinched the 2019 J1 League. He was also named in the J.League Best XI.[9]
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
editOn 11 August 2023, it was announced that Marcos Júnior departs Marinos to join 3-time J1 Champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[10] He scored on his league debut against Kawasaki Frontale on 19 August 2023, scoring in the 60th minute.[11]
Personal life
editMarcos Júnior is a big fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, and sometimes performs a Kamehameha after scoring a goal.[12]
Career statistics
edit- As of 3 December 2023[13]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2012 | Série A | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 4[a] | 0 | – | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[a] | 0 | – | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | – | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 2015 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | 38 | 7 | |||||
| 2016 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 4[b] | 1 | 55 | 9 | ||||
| 2017 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 4[c] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 53 | 5 | |||
| 2018 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | 6[c] | 0 | – | 48 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 139 | 17 | 58 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 243 | 36 | ||
| Vitória (loan) | 2014 | Série A | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | 4[c] | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2019 | J1 League | 33 | 15 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 15 | |||
| 2020 | 28 | 11 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1[d] | 1 | 37 | 13 | ||||
| 2021 | 33 | 9 | – | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 9 | |||||
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 31 | 1 | ||||
| 2023 | 18 | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 1[d] | 0 | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 135 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 41 | ||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2023 | J1 League | 7 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 287 | 55 | 58 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 427 | 78 | ||
- ^ a b Copa Libertadores
- ^ a b Primeira Liga
- ^ a b c Copa Sudamericana
- ^ a b Japanese Super Cup
Honours
editFluminense
- Campeonato Carioca: 2012
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2012
- Primeira Liga: 2016
- Taça Guanabara: 2017
- Taça Rio: 2018
Yokohama F. Marinos
Individual
- Campeonato Carioca Team of the year: 2018[14][15]
- J.League Top Scorer: 2019
- J.League Best XI: 2019[16]
References
edit- ^ "Fluminense win Brasileiro league title for fourth time | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Fluminense vs Macaé - 21 April 2012". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ Vitória: Marcos Jr. chega a Salvador, e negócio com Martinuccio pode melar; Globo Esporte, 16 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Vitória vs Chapecoense - 17 August 2014". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Yokohama Marinos-JAP, anuncia acordo com Marcos Júnior, que brinca: "Kuririn está de casa nova"". 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 23 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "Yokohama F.Marinos vs Kawasaki Frontale - 10 March 2019". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "２０１９Ｊリーグ 各賞発表のお知らせ 最優秀選手賞は仲川 輝人選手（横浜Ｆ・マリノス）が初受賞～横浜Ｆ・マリノスからの受賞は3人目、得点王とダブル受賞～". www.jleague.jp (in Japanese).
- ^ "2019 J.LEAGUE AWARDS 4部門受賞！". www.f-marinos.com (in Japanese).
- ^ "マルコス ジュニオール選手 サンフレッチェ広島へ完全移籍のお知らせ". www.f-marinos.com (in Japanese). Yokohama F. Marinos. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Sanfreece Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale - 19 August 2023". uk.soccerway.com.
- ^ "横浜FMのクリリンことマルコス、来日初ゴールでかめはめ波!!「ダービーは得意」". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Brazil - Marcos Júnior - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do Campeonato Carioca: Fluminense e Vasco dominam indicações". UOL. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do carioca com cinco jogadores do Flu e dois do Bota". Globoesporte.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Teruhito Nakagawa named J. League MVP, with Iniesta joining Marinos and Tokyo players in Best XI". The Japan Times. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
External links
edit- Marcos Júnior at Soccerway
- Marcos Júnior at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
