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Marlon Freitas

Marlon Freitas
Marlon Freitas in 2022
Personal information
Full name Marlon Rodrigues de Freitas
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Magé, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Botafogo
Number 17
Youth career
2013–2015 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Fluminense 19 (1)
2015 → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan) 31 (8)
2017 → ŠTK Šamorín (loan) 16 (3)
2018 → Criciúma (loan) 24 (1)
2019 → Botafogo-SP (loan) 48 (3)
2020–2022 Atlético Goianiense 128 (12)
2023– Botafogo 92 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:05, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Marlon Rodrigues de Freitas (born 27 March 1995), known as Marlon Freitas, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Botafogo.

Club career

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Fluminense

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Marlon was born in Magé, Rio de Janeiro, and joined Fluminense's youth setup in 2013. On 17 March 2015, he moved to Fort Lauderdale Strikers on a season-long loan deal.[1]

Marlon made his senior debut on 4 April 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against New York Cosmos. He scored his first goal late in the month, netting his team's second in a 3–1 away success over Ottawa Fury.[2] He returned to Fluminense in December 2015, after scoring eight goals in 31 appearances.[3]

Upon returning, Marlon featured as an unused substitute for Flu during the 2016 season, before joining affiliate club ŠTK Šamorín on loan on 4 January 2017.[4] He returned to his parent club in July,[5] and made his first team – and Série A – debut on 9 July, starting in a 1–1 away draw against Bahia.[6]

Marlon scored his first goal for Fluminense on 26 July 2017, netting the winner in a 2–1 Copa Sudamericana away success over Universidad Católica del Ecuador.[7] Despite featuring more regularly for the side in the remainder of the 2017 season, he lost space in the 2018 campaign, and was subsequently loaned to Série B side Criciúma on 30 May 2018.[8]

On 2 January 2019, Botafogo-SP announced the signing of Marlon on loan for the season.[9] An immediate starter, he only missed one match in the 2019 Série B due to suspension.

Atlético Goianiense

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Ahead of the 2020 season, Marlon signed a permanent contract with Atlético Goianiense, newly promoted to the top tier.[10] On 22 October of that year, after becoming an undisputed starter, he renewed his contract until the end of 2022.[11]

Career statistics

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As of 15 March 2023[12]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2015 NASL 31 8 — 0 0 — — 31 8
ŠTK Šamorín 2016–17 2. Liga 16 3 — — — — 16 3
Fluminense 2017 Série A 16 0 — — 3[a] 1 1[b] 0 20 1
2018 0 0 3 1 3 0 — — 6 1
Subtotal 16 0 3 1 3 0 3 1 1 0 26 2
Criciúma 2018 Série B 24 1 — — — — 24 1
Botafogo-SP 2019 Série B 37 3 11 0 — — — 48 3
Atlético Goianiense 2020 Série A 31 0 13 1 6 1 — — 50 2
2021 26 3 7 0 4 0 6[a] 0 — 43 3
2022 36 4 15 4 8 1 11[a] 1 — 70 10
Subtotal 93 7 35 5 18 2 17 1 — 163 15
Botafogo 2023 Série A 36 2 12 0 1 0 9 0 — 58 2
2024 6 0 13 2 1 0 6 0 — 26 2
Subtotal 42 2 25 2 2 0 15 0 — 94 4
Career total 197 22 58 6 22 2 20 2 1 0 318 32
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga

Honours

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Atlético Goianiense

Botafogo

References

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  1. ^ "Fort Lauderdale Strikers add trio of Brazilians on loan". NASL. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ottawa Fury can't keep pace with Strikers at TD Place". Ottawa Citizen. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Strikers Announce Initial Roster Moves". 24 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Marlon Freitas e Alan Fialho são as novidades do projeto Flu Samorin" [Marlon Freitas and Alan Fialho are the news of the project Flu Samorin] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Após retorno de trio, nova leva de Xerém chega ao Fluminense Samorin" [After the return of trio, new batch from Xerém arrives at Fluminense Samorin] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Flu segura pressão do Bahia mas não evita empate no fim" [Flu withstand pressure from Bahia but cannot avoid draw in the end] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Goleador do time de Ronaldo nos EUA, Marlon Freitas cresce no Fluminense" [Goalscorer in Ronaldo's team in the USA, Marlon Freitas grows at Fluminense] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Criciúma apresenta Marlon Freitas, Ralph e Vitor Feijão" [Criciúma present Marlon Freitas, Ralph and Vitor Feijão] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Com passagens por Fluminense e Criciúma, Marlon Freitas é o novo reforço do Pantera" [With stints at Fluminense and Criciúma, Marlon Freitas is the new addition of Pantera] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Botafogo FC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Atlético está próximo de anunciar volante que estava no Botafogo-SP" [Atlético is close to announce defensive midfielder who was at Botafogo-SP] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Sagres Online. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Atlético-GO prorroga contrato de Marlon Freitas por mais um ano" [Atlético-GO extend contract of Marlon Freitas for one more year] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  12. ^ Marlon Freitas at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ É campeão! Atlético-GO vira sobre Goiás na Serrinha e fatura Goianão, O Popular, 2 April 2022
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