Marcos Júnior

For other people named Marcos Júnior, see Marcos Júnior (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lima and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
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)
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.

Club career

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]
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
  1. ^ a b Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ a b Primeira Liga
  3. ^ a b c Copa Sudamericana
  4. ^ a b Japanese Super Cup

Honours

Fluminense

Yokohama F. Marinos

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Fluminense win Brasileiro league title for fourth time | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Fluminense vs Macaé - 21 April 2012". uk.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ Vitória: Marcos Jr. chega a Salvador, e negócio com Martinuccio pode melar; Globo Esporte, 16 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ "Vitória vs Chapecoense - 17 August 2014". uk.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Yokohama Marinos-JAP, anuncia acordo com Marcos Júnior, que brinca: "Kuririn está de casa nova"". 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Gamba Osaka vs Yokohama F.Marinos - 23 February 2019". uk.soccerway.com.
  7. ^ "Yokohama F.Marinos vs Kawasaki Frontale - 10 March 2019". uk.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "２０１９Ｊリーグ 各賞発表のお知らせ 最優秀選手賞は仲川 輝人選手（横浜Ｆ・マリノス）が初受賞～横浜Ｆ・マリノスからの受賞は3人目、得点王とダブル受賞～". www.jleague.jp (in Japanese).
  9. ^ "2019 J.LEAGUE AWARDS 4部門受賞！". www.f-marinos.com (in Japanese).
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Sanfreece Hiroshima vs Kawasaki Frontale - 19 August 2023". uk.soccerway.com.
  12. ^ "横浜FMのクリリンことマルコス、来日初ゴールでかめはめ波!!「ダービーは得意」". web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). 10 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Brazil - Marcos Júnior - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do Campeonato Carioca: Fluminense e Vasco dominam indicações". UOL. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Ferj divulga seleção do carioca com cinco jogadores do Flu e dois do Bota". Globoesporte.com. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  16. ^ "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.