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.

Marcos Júnior
Personal information
Full name Marcos Júnior Lima dos Santos
Date of birth (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31)
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)
2014Vitória (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2023 Yokohama F. Marinos 135 (37)
2023– Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7 (1)
International career
2011 Brazil U18 5 (2)
2013 Brazil U20 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:55

Club career edit

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 edit

As of 3 December 2023[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Honours edit

Fluminense

Yokohama F. Marinos

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "Fluminense win Brasileiro league title for fourth time | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ Vitória: Marcos Jr. chega a Salvador, e negócio com Martinuccio pode melar; Globo Esporte, 16 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ "Yokohama Marinos-JAP, anuncia acordo com Marcos Júnior, que brinca: "Kuririn está de casa nova"".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Brazil - Marcos Júnior - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do Campeonato Carioca: Fluminense e Vasco dominam indicações". UOL. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do carioca com cinco jogadores do Flu e dois do Bota". Globoesporte.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. ^ "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.

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