Marlos

Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukrainian: Марлос Ромеро Бонфим; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a Brazilian-born Ukrainian attacking midfielder or right winger who plays for Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He received Ukrainian citizenship in September 2017.

Marlos

Marlos with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Marlos Romero Bonfim
Date of birth	(1988-06-07) 7 June 1988
Place of birth	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Right winger
Club information
Current team	Shakhtar Donetsk
Number	11
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	53	(9)
2014–	Shakhtar Donetsk	143	(55)
National team^‡
2017–	Ukraine	16	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2019

Career

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

In 2016–2017, 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.

In 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.

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.[6] 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 to play for Ukraine after Edmar Halovskyi who represented Ukraine in 2011–2014.[6]

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 (4 years).[7] Supposedly, this was done to solve the problem regarding the limit of foreign players allowed on the Shakhtar roster.[7] The same day, FC Shakhtar Donetsk issued its official press release denying the pay out.[8]

Career statistics

As of 26 June 2020[9]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Coritiba	2008	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	3
	2009	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		34	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	3
São Paulo	2009	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	1
	2010	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	33	4	0	0	8	0	13	1	54	5
	2011	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	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	Ukrainian Premier League	27	5	2	2	10	1	0	0	39	8
	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	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	Ukrainian Premier League	24	8	5	0	18	4	1	0	48	12
	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	29	3	3	2	11	2	1	0	44	7
	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	29	18	3	2	8	2	1	0	41	22
	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	19	9	1	0	5	1	1	0	26	10
	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	21	13	1	0	7	0	1	0	30	13
	Total		143	55	20	4	55	9	6	1	224	69
Career total			315	76	31	6	85	11	37	5	468	98

International

As of 14 October 2019

Ukraine
Year	Apps	Goals
2017	3	0
2018	8	0
2019	5	1
Total	16	1

International goals

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.[10]

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

• Brazilian Série B: 2007
• Paraná State League: 2008

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017

Individual

• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16[11]
• Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2018
• Ukrainian Premier League best player of season: 2017–18
• Football Stars of Ukraine – Best UPL player: 2017, 2018

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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. 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
7. Akhmetov paid Marlos $1 mln for accepting Ukrainian citizenship (Ахметов заплатил Марлосу 1 млн долларов за принятие гражданства Украины). Sport Arena. 20 October 2017
8. 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
9. "МАРЛОС - 11 - ЗВЕЗДНОЕ КАЧЕСТВО". shakhtar.com. FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
10. "Tufan, Ozan". National Football Teams.
11. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season". UEFA. 20 May 2016.

External links

• metalist.ua at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-05-12) (in Ukrainian)