Maurício José da Silveira Júnior

Maurício
With PAOK in 2018
Personal information
Full name Maurício José da Silveira Júnior
Date of birth (1988-10-21) 21 October 1988[1]
Place of birth São José dos Campos, Brazil[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2006 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Fluminense 52 (2)
2009–2016 Terek Grozny 162 (28)
2016–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg 30 (1)
2017– PAOK 28 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:42, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Maurício José da Silveira Júnior (Greek: Μαουρίσιο Ζοσέ ντα Σιλβέιρα Ζούνιορ; born 21 October 1988) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Greek club PAOK as a midfielder.

Club career

Mauricio began his career with Brazilian side Fluminense in 2007 and made 52 appearances for the club with two goals scored.

On 2 February 2010, Maurício signed for Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny from Fluminense.[2] He scored 30 goals in 172 appearances for the club.

With Zenit in 2016


On 17 January 2016, Maurício moved to Zenit on a six-month contract, with the option of an extension at the end of it.[3] On 19 May 2016, Zenit extended Maurício's contract until the end of the 2018–19 season.[4] On 24 July 2017, he was released from his contract by mutual consent.[5]

PAOK

On 31 August 2017, PAOK announced the signing of Mauricio on a three-season contract, with an annual salary of €1.5 million. The contract reportedly also included a €10 million buy-out clause for any club interested in signing the player from PAOK. Mauricio had previously drawn the interest of many clubs around Europe in the summer, including Valencia, Anderlecht , and Hoffenheim but he decided to continue his career in Thessaloniki with PAOK.[6] On 30 October 2017, he scored a brace in a 2-0 Super League home win game against Asteras Tripoli.[7] On 7 October 2018, he opened the score in a 2-0 home win game against Apollon Smyrni. It was his first goal for the 2018-19 season and was named MVP of the game. [8]

Honours

  • Zenit Saint Petersburg
Russian Cup 2015–16 [9]
  • PAOK
Greek Cup 2017-18 [10]

International

Maurício indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for Russia national football team if asked.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 October 2018[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Terek Grozny 2010 Russian Premier League 28400——284
2011–12 37930——409
2012–13 23220——252
2013–14 29631——327
2014–15 28410——294
2015–16 17310——183
Total 16228101——17229
Zenit St.Petersburg 2015–16 Russian Premier League 1112120–152
2016–17 190205111272
Total 301417111424
PAOK 2017–18 Super League 2335100–284
2018–19 510080–131
Total 284518000415
Career total 220331931511125538

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Maurício Facts". theGuardian.com. Guardian Media Group. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Маурисиу подписал контракт с "Тереком" [Mauricio signed a contract with "Terek"] (in Russian). Championat. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Transfer news: Maurício is a Zenit player". en.fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Zenit have extended Mauricio's contact". fc-zenit.ru. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Маурисио покидает «Зенит» [Mauricio leaves «Zenit»] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 24 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Παίκτης του ΠΑΟΚ ο Μαουρίτσιο [Mauricio is playing for PAOK]. www.paokfc.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Μπόμπερ" ο Μαουρίσιο, 2-0 ο ΠΑΟΚ τον Αστέρα (in gr). www.sport24.gr. 30 October 2017.
  8. ↑ ΠΑΟΚ - Απόλλων Σμύρνης 2-0 (in gr). www.gazzetta.gr. 7 October 2018.
  9. ↑ https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/79544812/hulk-double-leads-zenit-st-petersburg-to-russian-cup-glory
  10. ↑ https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/02/28/greece/cup/panionios-nfc/paok-fc/2744640/
  11. ↑ "Brazilian football player asked to play for team Russia". LatesNewsResource. archive.is. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "MAURÍCIO". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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