Marlon Santos

Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa (born 7 September 1995), simply known as Marlon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Sassuolo.

Marlon
Personal information
Full name Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa[1]
Date of birth (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Sassuolo
Number 2
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– Sassuolo 33 (1)
National team‡
2015 Brazil U20 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2015

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]

Career statistics
As of match played 9 March 2020[8]
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fluminense 2014 Série A 200–20–220
2015 24060–100400
2016 10––7080
Total 4506020170700
Barcelona 2016–17 La Liga 200010—30
Barcelona B 2016–17 Segunda División 22000—50270
Nice (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 2301030—270
Sassuolo 2018–19 Serie A 18100——181
2019–20 15000——150
Total 331000000331
Career total 125170602201601

Honours

Fluminense

Barcelona

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 Santos".
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