Nino
Personal information
Full name Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 27
Youth career
Sport Recife
Criciúma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Criciúma 78 (1)
2019 → Fluminense (loan) 38 (1)
2020–2023 Fluminense 138 (8)
2024– Zenit Saint Petersburg 3 (0)
International career‡
2020– Brazil U23 6 (0)
2023– Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho commonly known as Nino (born 10 April 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Brazil national team.[2]

Club career

Nino is a product of the Sport Recife and Criciúma youth systems. On February 18, 2016, in a Campeonato Catarinense match against Camboriú, he made his debut for the main squad of the latter.[3] On May 20, 2017, in a match against Oeste, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[4] On June 17, 2018, in a match against Oeste, he scored his first goal for Criciúma.[5] At the beginning of 2019, Nino moved to Fluminense on a loan deal. On April 29, in a match against Goiás, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[6] On May 18, in a match against Cruzeiro, Nino scored his first goal for Fluminense.[7] At the end of the loan spell, the club exercised the option to purchase his transfer for 1.1 million euros. In 2023, he helped the club win the Copa Libertadores.

On 4 January 2024, Nino joined Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg on a four-and-a-half year contract for a fee reported to be around €5 million.[8][9]

International career

On 17 June 2021, Nino was named in the Brazilian squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

In August 2023, he received his first call-up to the Brazil national team by interim head coach Fernando Diniz, for two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bolivia and Peru.[11][12] He made his debut on 21 November 2023 in a World Cup qualifier 0–1 home loss against Argentina, he substituted Marquinhos at half-time. That was Brazil's first home loss in World Cup qualifiers in history.[13]

Career statistics

As of 3 April 2024[14]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Criciúma 2016 Série B 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 3 0
2017 24 0 3 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 29 0
2018 29 1 15 0 2 0 — — 46 1
2019 0 0 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Subtotal 53 1 25 0 2 0 — 3 0 83 1
Fluminense 2019 Série A 36 1 2 0 6 0 6[b] 0 — 50 1
2020 26 3 8 0 6 1 0 0 — 40 4
2021 25 2 9 1 2 0 8[c] 0 — 44 3
2022 30 0 7 0 8 0 8 0 — 53 0
2023 26 2 13 1 4 1 11[c] 1 — 54 5
Subtotal 143 8 39 2 26 2 33 1 — 241 13
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2023–24 Russian Premier League 3 0 — 2 0 — — 5 0
Career total 199 9 64 2 30 2 33 1 3 0 329 14
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours

Fluminense

Brazil Olympic

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Fluminense FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Nino :: Marcílio Florêncio Mota Filho :: Fluminense".
  3. ^ "Camboriú VS. Criciúma 3:5". soccerway.com. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 1:0". soccerway.com. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 2:2". soccerway.com. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Fluminense VS. Goiás 0:1". soccerway.com. 29 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Fluminense VS. Cruzeiro 4:1". soccerway.com. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Нино — игрок "Зенита"!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Zenit anuncia a contratação de Nino, que deixa o Fluminense". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Fernando Diniz convoca Seleção Brasileira para a estreia das Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. ^ Mota, Cahê; Zarko, Raphael (18 August 2023). "Convocados da Seleção: veja a primeira lista de Fernando Diniz". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Brazil v Argentina game report". ESPN. 21 November 2023.
  14. ^ Nino at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

External links


FC Zenit Saint Petersburg โ€“ current squad
Brazil men's football squad โ€“ 2020 Summer Olympics โ€“ Gold medalists
Copa Libertadores winning captains
2023 South American Team of the Year
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