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Personal information | |||
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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) |
*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 |
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 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]
On 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]
On 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]
On 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]
Marcos Júnior is a big fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, and sometimes performs a Kamehameha after scoring a goal. [12]
Club | Season | League | State League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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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 |
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