Maurício (footballer, born October 1988)

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

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 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 PAOK
Number 8
Youth career
2005–2006 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 61 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:18, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

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 29 goals in 172 appearances for the club.

With Zenit in 2016

On 17 January 2016, Maurício moved to Zenit Saint Petersburg 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-year contract.[6] On 30 October, he scored both goals as PAOK won 2–0 at home to Asteras Tripoli in the Superleague.[7]

On 7 October 2018, he opened the score in a 2–0 home win game against Apollon Smyrni. It was his first goal of the 2018–19 season and he was named MVP of the game.[8] On 3 February 2019, his goal in a 1–1 draw with AEK Athens helped PAOK remain unbeaten in the SuperLeague.[9]

On 10 March 2019, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which kept him out until late September.[10][11] After a very difficult period for the midfielder marred by injury (203 days to be exact), Mauricio returned to action in an away game against AEK Athens in 29 September 2019.[12]

International career

Maurício indicated that he would be likely to accept a call-up for Russia national football team if asked.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 March 2020[14]
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 Saint Petersburg 2015–16 Russian Premier League 1112120—152
2016–17 190205111272
Total 301417111424
PAOK 2017–18 Superleague 23351——284
2018–19 20520100—325
2019–20 19050——240
Total 62812110000849
Career total 254372631711129842

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

PAOK

References
  1. "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. "Maurício signs for PAOK". www.paokfc.gr. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. "Μπόμπερ" ο Μαουρίσιο, 2-0 ο ΠΑΟΚ τον Αστέρα (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 30 October 2017.
  8. ΠΑΟΚ - Απόλλων Σμύρνης 2-0 (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 7 October 2018.
  9. "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΟΚ 1-1" (in Greek). www.gazzetta.gr. 3 February 2019.
  10. "Μαουρίσιο: «Θα επιστρέψω πιο δυνατός»" (in Greek). www.to10.gr. 10 March 2019.
  11. "ΠΑΟΚ: Πρώτο παιχνίδι για Μαουρίσιο μετά από 6,5 μήνες" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 29 September 2019.
  12. "ΑΕΚ - ΠΑΟΚ 2-2: Η ντερμπάρα των Δικεφάλων δεν είχε νικητή" (in Greek). www.sport24.gr. 29 September 2019.
  13. "Brazilian football player asked to play for team Russia". LatesNewsResource. archive.is. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  14. "MAURÍCIO". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  15. "Hulk double leads Zenit St Petersburg to Russian Cup glory". Stuff.
  16. "Panionios vs. PAOK - 28 February 2018 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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