Marlos

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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)
2011São 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 Бонфім; 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Coritiba

Shakhtar Donetsk

Individual

References[edit]

  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.

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