Marcos Júnior

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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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Full name Marcos Júnior Lima dos Santos
Date of birth (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 32)
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 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
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Club career

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Fluminense

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]

EC Vitória

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]

Yokohama F. Marinos

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]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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]

Personal life

Marcos Júnior is a big fan of the Dragon Ball franchise, and sometimes performs a Kamehameha after scoring a goal.[12]

Career statistics

As of 3 December 2023[13]
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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2012 Série A 161424[a]0243
2013 10072101[a]0192
2014 6161
2015 3052062387
2016 306150624[b]1559
2017 253141614[c]04[b]0535
2018 282106416[c]0489
Total 139175812236001508124336
Vitória (loan) 2014 Série A 604[c]0100
Yokohama F. Marinos 2019 J1 League 331500003315
2020 281120611[d]13713
2021 3391050399
2022 230102051311
2023 18220611[d]0273
Total 1353700401511122116741
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2023 J1 League 71000071
Career total 28755581227615130210242778
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Honours

Fluminense

Yokohama F. Marinos

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