Marcos Júnior

Marcos Júnior Lima dos Santos (born 19 January 1993), known as Marcos Júnior, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]

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
Place of birth Gama, DF, Brazil
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Club information
Current team
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2012 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Fluminense 139 (17)
2014 → Vitória (loan) 6 (0)
2019– Yokohama F. Marinos 94 (35)
National team‡
2011 Brazil U18 5 (2)
2013 Brazil U20 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:55

Club Career

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.[2]

On 1 June 2014, Fluminense loaned Marcos Júnior out to EC Vitória until 31 December 2014.[3]

On 4 January 2019, Marcos Júnior signed with Yokohama F. Marinos in the J. League Division 1.[4] 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.

Career statistics
As of 13 February 2022[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental State League Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2012 Série A 161––4[lower-alpha 1]042–243
2013 10010–1[lower-alpha 1]072–192
2014 ––––61–61
2015 30562––20–387
2016 30662––1504[lower-alpha 2]1559
2017 25361–4[lower-alpha 3]01414[lower-alpha 2]0535
2018 28241–6[lower-alpha 3]0106–489
Total 13917236–15058128124336
Vitória (loan) 2014 Série A 60––4[lower-alpha 3]0––100
Yokohama F. Marinos 2019 J1 League 3315–––––3315
2020 2811–2061–1[lower-alpha 4]13713
2021 3391050–––399
Total 9435107061–1110937
Career total 239522467025158129236273
  1. Copa Libertadores
  2. Primeira Liga
  3. Copa Sudamericana
  4. Japanese Super Cup

Honours

Fluminense

Yokohama F. Marinos

Individual

References
  1. "マルコス ジュニオール選手加入内定のお知らせ | ニュース".
  2. "Fluminense win Brasileiro league title for fourth time | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  3. Vitória: Marcos Jr. chega a Salvador, e negócio com Martinuccio pode melar; Globo Esporte, 16 June 2014 (in Portuguese)
  4. "Yokohama Marinos-JAP, anuncia acordo com Marcos Júnior, que brinca: "Kuririn está de casa nova"".
  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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