Marlos
Marlos with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Full name Marlos Romero Bonfim
Date of birth (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
0000–2005 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Coritiba 34 (3)
2009–2011 São Paulo 59 (5)
2011 Rentistas 0 (0)
2011 → São Paulo (loan) 26 (4)
2012–2014 Metalist Kharkiv 54 (9)
2014–2021 Shakhtar Donetsk 179 (59)
2022 Athletico Paranaense 6 (0)
International career‡
2017–2021 Ukraine 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2021

Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukrainian: Марлос Ромеро Бонфим; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Ukraine national team.

Club career

Marlos was born in São José dos Pinhais. In July 2014, he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]

In 2016–17, Marlos was recognized as a player of the month of the Ukrainian Premier League on three occasions (November 2016,[3] May 2017,[4] and July 2017[5]) becoming the most-titled by the award.

On 20 October 2017, there surfaced information that Marlos was paid one million dollars, which was said to be a bonus for extending his contract (four years).[6] Supposedly, this was done to solve the problem regarding the limit of foreign players allowed on the Shakhtar squad.[6] The same day, Shakhtar Donetsk issued its official press release denying the pay out.[7]

In the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League he scored 18 league goals only to yield the top scorer of the season title to his teammate Facundo Ferreyra with 21 tallies.[citation needed]

On 31 December 2021, Marlos left Shakhtar Donetsk following the expiration of his contract and due to the beginning of Russo-Ukrainian War.[8]

On 1 February 2022, Marlos signed for Athletico Paranaense.[9]

International career

On 30 September 2017, FFU announced that Marlos was called up to play for Ukraine in the upcoming games of the World Cup qualification against Kosovo and Croatia.[10] Marlos made his debut for Ukraine on 6 October 2017, replacing Artem Kravets in the second half of a 2–0 away win against Kosovo in Shkodër (Albania) as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He is the second Brazilian-born to play for Ukraine after Edmar Halovskyi who represented Ukraine in 2011–2014.[10]

Career statistics

As of 26 June 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coritiba 2008 Série A 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 3
2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3
São Paulo 2009 Série A 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 1
2010 33 4 0 0 8 0 13 1 54 5
2011 26 4 7 0 3 0 18 3 54 7
Total 85 9 7 0 12 0 31 4 135 13
Metalist Kharkiv 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 9 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 15 2
2012–13 27 5 2 2 10 1 0 0 39 8
2013–14 17 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 21 3
Total 53 9 4 2 18 2 0 0 75 13
Shakhtar Donetsk 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 21 4 7 0 6 0 1 1 35 5
2015–16 24 8 5 0 18 4 1 0 48 12
2016–17 29 3 3 2 11 2 1 0 44 7
2017–18 29 18 3 2 8 2 1 0 41 22
2018–19 19 9 1 0 5 1 1 0 26 10
2019–20 24 13 1 0 10 0 1 0 36 13
2020–21 19 2 1 0 10 0 1 0 31 2
2021–22 14 2 1 0 10 1 1 0 26 3
Total 179 59 22 4 78 10 8 1 287 74
Athletico Paranaense 2022 Série A 6 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 14 3
Career total 357 80 35 8 114 13 39 5 545 106

International

As of 21 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ukraine 2017 3 0
2018 8 0
2019 5 1
2020 4 0
2021 7 0
Total 27 1
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marlos goal.[12]
List of international goals scored by Marlos
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Coritiba

Shakhtar Donetsk

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Marlos". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Marlos makes move to Shakhtar". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Марлос — найкращий гравець Ліги Парі-Матч у листопаді!" [Marlos is the best player in the Pari-Match League in November!]. fpl.ua. Ukrainian Premier League. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Марлос — найкращий гравець Ліги Парі-Матч у травні!" [Marlos is the best player in the Pari-Match League in May!]. upl.ua. Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Марлос — найкращий гравець Чемпіонату УПЛ у липні!". upl.ua. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b Akhmetov paid Marlos $1 mln for accepting Ukrainian citizenship (Ахметов заплатил Марлосу 1 млн долларов за принятие гражданства Украины). Sport Arena. 20 October 2017
  7. ^ Shakhtar denied its pay out to Marlos a million of dollars for accepting Ukrainian citizenship (Шахтер опроверг выплату Марлосу миллиона долларов за принятие гражданства Украины). Sport Arena. 20 October 2017
  8. ^ "Marlos officially left Shakhtar". The Times Hub. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  9. ^ "O sonho virou realidade: Marlos é jogador do Athletico Paranaense!". athletico.com.br (in Portuguese). Club Athletico Paranaense. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  10. ^ a b Marlos is called to the Ukraine national football team up against Croatia and Kosovo (Марлос вызван в сборную Украины на Хорватию и Косово). Sport Arena. 30 September 2017
  11. ^ "МАРЛОС - 11 - ЗВЕЗДНОЕ КАЧЕСТВО". shakhtar.com. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Marlos". National Football Teams.
  13. ^ "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 20 May 2016.

External links

Ukraine squad – UEFA Euro 2020
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
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