Onitlasi Júnior de Moraes Rodrigues (born 3 October 1997), commonly known as Moraes, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as left back for Aparecidense, on loan from Atlético Goianiense.

Moraes
Moraes with Juventude in 2022
Personal information
Full name Onitlasi Júnior de Moraes Rodrigues
Date of birth (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Goianira, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
Aparecidense
(on loan from Atlético Goianiense)
Youth career
2009–2013 Goiás
2014–2016 Atlético Goianiense
2016–2017 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Atlético Goianiense 6 (0)
2015Bom Jesus [pt] (loan) 9 (2)
2016–2018 Flamengo 0 (0)
2018São Bento (loan) 4 (1)
2018Atlético Goianiense (loan) 2 (1)
2019– Atlético Goianiense 35 (7)
2020–2021Mirassol (loan) 27 (2)
2021Santos (loan) 13 (0)
2022Juventude (loan) 26 (1)
2023–Aparecidense (loan) 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:32, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Club career edit

Early career edit

Born in Goianira, Goiás, Moraes began his career at Goiás' youth setup in 2009. He moved to Atlético Goianiense in 2014, but was loaned to local side Bom Jesus [pt] in 2015.

Known as Juninho at that time, he made his senior debut on 5 September 2015, starting in a 1–1 Campeonato Goiano Terceira Divisão home draw against Aparecida. He scored his first goal on 27 September, netting his team's second in a 3–2 away success over Monte Cristo.[1]

Back at Atlético for the 2016 campaign, Moraes extended his contract until 2020 in February.[2] He made his first team debut for the club on 3 February of that year, coming on as a second-half substitute for Jorginho in a 3–0 away win against Trinadade for the Goiano championship.[3]

Flamengo edit

In May 2016, Moraes moved to Flamengo and was initially assigned to the under-20 squad.[4] He impressed for the under-20s in the 2017 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, and trained regularly with the first team during the campaign, but was only an unused substitute for a few matches.

São Bento (loan) edit

On 5 January 2018, Moraes was loaned to São Bento until the end of the season.[5] He featured rarely for the club, appearing in four matches before suffering a knee injury in May.[6]

Atlético Goianiense edit

Moraes returned to Atlético Goianiense in August 2018, on loan until the end of the year.[7] He signed a permanent contract with the club ahead of the 2019 campaign, as his contract with Mengão expired.[8]

A regular starter in the 2019 Goiano, Moraes lost his first-choice status to new signing Nicolas Vichiatto in the 2019 Série B and featured in only four matches.

Loans to Mirassol, Santos and Juventude edit

On 17 July 2020, Moraes was loaned to Série D side Mirassol until June 2021.[9] He immediately became a starter at his new club, helping in their promotion to the Série C as champions.

On 27 May 2021, Moraes was loaned to Santos until the following April,[10] with a 1 million buyout clause.[11] He featured sparingly for the club, mainly acting as a backup to Felipe Jonatan, and left the side on 14 January 2022 to join Juventude.

2023 season edit

After sharing the starting spot with William Matheus as Ju suffered relegation, Moraes returned to Atlético for the 2023 season. A regular starter during the 2023 Campeonato Goiano, he reached an agreement with the Public Ministry of Goiás on 9 May 2023, after being included in the 2023 Brazilian football match-fixing scandal;[12] hours later, he was loaned out to Aparecidense.[13]

Personal life edit

Moraes' is named after his grandfather, Isaltino, with Onitlasi being his name backwards.[14] On 1 June 2023, after being involved in match-fixing schemes, he was suspended from football for 760 days and charged a R$ 55,000 fine.[15]

Career statistics edit

As of 22 May 2023[16]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bom Jesus [pt] 2015[17] Goiano 3ª Divisão 9 2 9 2
Atlético Goianiense 2016 Série B 0 0 6 0 1 0 7 0
Flamengo 2016 Série A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
São Bento 2018 Série B 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
Atlético Goianiense 2018 Série B 2 1 2 1
2019 4 1 9 1 3 0 16 2
2020 Série A 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0
2023 Série B 1 0 15 4 2 0 18 4
Total 7 2 28 5 5 0 40 7
Mirassol (loan) 2020 Série D 13 1 4 0 17 1
2021 Série C 0 0 10 1 1 1 11 2
Total 13 1 14 1 1 1 28 3
Santos (loan) 2021 Série A 13 0 2[a] 0 15 0
Juventude (loan) 2022 Série A 19 1 7 0 0 0 26 1
Aparecidense (loan) 2023 Série C 1 1 1 1
Career total 55 5 66 9 7 1 2 0 0 0 130 15
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Honours edit

Flamengo

Atlético Goianiense

Mirassol

References edit

  1. ^ "Bom Jesus dá mais um passo rumo a classificação" [Bom Jesus give another step towards the qualification] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Federação Goiana de Futebol. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Juninho quer mudar a vida de Onitlasi" [Juninho wants to change the life of Onitlasi] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Popular. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Atlético-GO aproveita expulsão, bate Trindade e confirma bom início de Goianão" [Atlético-GO take advantage of sending off, defeat Trindade and confirm good start of the Goianão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Atlético empresta lateral Juninho para o Flamengo" [Atlético loan full-back Juninho to Flamengo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sagres Online. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Flamengo empresta nove atletas; Márcio Araújo é cedido à Chapecoense" [Flamengo loan nine athletes; Márcio Araújo is transferred to Chapecoense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Lateral Moraes, do São Bento, passa por cirurgia no joelho e inicia recuperação" [Full-back Moraes, of São Bento, goes through knee surgery and starts the recovery] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Atlético-GO conta com Moraes para lateral-esquerda em 2019" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 29 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Mercado da bola: Lateral deixa o Flamengo e assina com o Atlético-GO" [Transfer market: Full-back leaves Flamengo and signs with Atlético-GO] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Torcedores.com. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Atlético-GO acerta empréstimo de Moraes para clube paulista" [Atlético-GO agree loan of Moraes to a club from São Paulo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sagres Online. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Santos FC anuncia Moraes como novo reforço" [Santos FC announce Moraes as new addition] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Moraes Jr assina contrato com o Santos; veja os detalhes do empréstimo" [Moraes Jr signs contract with Santos; see the details of the loan] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Lateral aliciado em esquema de apostas se torna testemunha e promete ajudar em investigação do MP" [Full-back attracted in betting scheme becomes a witness and promises to help in investigation from the MP] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Atlético-GO empresta Moraes para a Aparecidense" [Atlético-GO loan Moraes to Aparecidense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). O Popular. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Onitlasi? Entenda a origem do nome de reforço do Santos para a lateral esquerda" [Onitlasi? Understand the origins of the name of the addition of Santos for the left back] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Manipulação: Eduardo Bauermann pega 12 jogos de punição; veja todas as decisões do STJD" [Match-fixing: Eduardo Bauermann gets 12-match ban; see the other decisions of the STJD] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  16. ^ Moraes at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Moraes" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol de Goyaz. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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