Marlon Santos

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This article is about the centerback. For the midfielder also known as Marlon Santos, see Marlon (footballer, born 1995).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Silva and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.
Marlon Santos
Personal information
Full name Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2014 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Fluminense 45 (0)
2016–2017 → Barcelona B (loan) 22 (0)
2016–2017 → Barcelona (loan) 2 (0)
2017–2018 Barcelona 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Nice (loan) 23 (0)
2018–2021 Sassuolo 65 (1)
2021– Shakhtar Donetsk 7 (0)
National team‡
2015 Brazil U20 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2015

Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa (born 7 September 1995), known as Marlon Santos or just Marlon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk.

Club career[]

Fluminense[]

Santos joined the Fluminense academy at the age of 14, after progressing through the youth ranks, he made his debut for Fluminense at the age of 18, in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, versus São Paulo in a 5–2 victory. Marlon also made his Copa Sudamericana three months and six days later. Marlon went on to have 51 appearances for Fluminense until he was loaned out on a season-long loan to the Barcelona B team.

Barcelona[]

On 8 June 2016, Marlon Santos signed for Barcelona on a season-long loan. Marlon made his debut for the main squad of Barcelona on 23 November 2016 in a Champions League Group C game against Celtic, coming on as a substitute in the 72nd minute for Gerard Piqué.[3] He made his debut in La Liga against Las Palmas.

After impressing on loan at Barcelona/Barcelona B, Marlon Santos was signed by Barcelona from Fluminense for €5 million signing a four-year contract. After going to the United States with Barcelona during pre-season, Ernesto Valverde decided to loan him out to French club Nice.

Nice (loan)[]

In August 2017, Nice signed Marlon Santos on a two-year loan with an option to buy at the end of the loan for €20 million. He made his debut for Nice against Monaco in a 4–0 win.[4] However, his loan ended early at the end of the 2017–18 season as manager Patrick Vieira announced that Marlon will no longer form part of his squad.[5]

Sassuolo[]

On 16 August 2018, Marlon Santos signed to Italian Serie A club Sassuolo for an initial fee of €6 million with a buy-back clause for Barcelona.[6] Upon 50 games played Sassuolo would owe Barcelona another €6 million.[7]

Shakhtar Donetsk[]

On 22 June 2021, Shakhtar Donetsk announced the signing of Marlon to a five-year contract.[8]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 23 May 2021[9]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fluminense 2014 Série A 20 0 – 2 0 – 22 0
2015 24 0 6 0 – 10 0 40 0
2016 1 0 – – 7 0 8 0
Total 45 0 6 0 2 0 17 0 70 0
Barcelona 2016–17 La Liga 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 3 0
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División 22 0 0 0 — 5 0 27 0
Nice (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 23 0 1 0 3 0 — 27 0
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 18 1 0 0 — — 18 1
2019–20 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0
2020–21 24 0 1 0 — — 25 0
Total 65 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 66 1
Career total 157 1 8 0 6 0 22 0 193 1

Honours[]

Fluminense

Barcelona

Shakhtar Donetsk

References[]

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 25 de junio de 2017, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 25 June 2017, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Statistiche Giocatori" (in Italian). U.S. Sassuolo Calcio. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Celtic-Barcelona game report". UEFA. 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Les notes des joueurs niçois après le derby Nice-Monaco". 9 September 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Marlon Santos' Nice loan from Barcelona ends early". Sky Sports. 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Calciomercato: il Sassuolo ingaggia Marlon dal Barcellona F.C." (in Italian). sassuolocalcio.it. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Agreement with US Sassuolo Calcio for the transfer of Marlon Santos". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Marlon is Shakhtar player". shakhtar.com/. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Marlon Santos".

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