Marcos Júnior
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, DF, 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 | 0 | (0) |
| 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 12 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:55 | |||
Club career
Marcos 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]
On 1 June 2014, Fluminense loaned Marcos Júnior out to EC Vitória until 31 December 2014.[2]
On 4 January 2019, Marcos Júnior signed with Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League Division 1.[3] On 23 February 2019, he made his debut against Gamba Osaka and on 10 March he scored his first goal for the club.
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 and was vital for Yokohama F. Marinos as they clinched the 2019 J1 League. He was also named in the J.League Best XI.
On 11 August 2023, it was announced that Marcos Júnior departs Marinos to join 3-time J1 Champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima.[4]
Career statistics
- As of 12 October 2022[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | State League | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fluminense | 2012 | Série A | 16 | 1 | – | – | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 24 | 3 | |||
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 2 | – | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| 2015 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 7 | |||||
| 2016 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 15 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 55 | 9 | ||||
| 2017 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | – | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 53 | 5 | |||
| 2018 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 6[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 10 | 6 | – | 48 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 139 | 17 | 23 | 6 | – | 15 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 243 | 36 | |||
| Vitória (loan) | 2014 | Série A | 6 | 0 | – | – | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 37 | 13 | ||||
| 2021 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | 39 | 9 | |||||
| 2022 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 117 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 38 | ||
| Career total | 262 | 52 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 58 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 393 | 74 | ||
Honours
Fluminense
- 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[6][7]
- J.League Top Scorer: 2019
- J.League Best XI: 2019[8]
References
- "Fluminense win Brasileiro league title for fourth time | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- Vitória: Marcos Jr. chega a Salvador, e negócio com Martinuccio pode melar; Globo Esporte, 16 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
- "Yokohama Marinos-JAP, anuncia acordo com Marcos Júnior, que brinca: "Kuririn está de casa nova"".
- "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.
- "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.