Nino (footballer, born 1997)

Nino
Personal information
Full name	Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho
Date of birth	10 April 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Recife, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Zenit Saint Petersburg
Youth career
	Sport Recife
	Criciúma
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2019	Criciúma
2019	→ Fluminense (loan)
2020–2023	Fluminense
2024–	Zenit Saint Petersburg
International career‡
2020–	Brazil U23
2023–	Brazil
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:17, 17 October 2023 (UTC); ‡ 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

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.^[3]^[4]

On 17 June 2021, Nino was named in the Brazilian squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]

As of 7 December 2023^[8]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	0	0	—		0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			196	9	64	2	28	2	33	1	3	0	324	14

Fluminense

Brazil Olympic

^ ^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.
^ "Nino :: Marcílio Florêncio Mota Filho :: Fluminense".
^ "Нино — игрок «Зенита»!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Zenit anuncia a contratação de Nino, que deixa o Fluminense". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ "Fernando Diniz convoca Seleção Brasileira para a estreia das Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ 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.
^ Nino at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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