Marlon Freitas
Marlon Freitas in 2022
Personal information
Full name Marlon Rodrigues de Freitas
Date of birth (1995-03-27) 27 March 1995
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 9 (0)
*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

Fluminense

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

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

As of 15 March 2023[12]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2015 NASL 318—00——318
ŠTK Šamorín 2016–17 2. Liga 163————163
Fluminense 2017 Série A 160——3[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0201
2018 003130——61
Subtotal 16031303110262
Criciúma 2018 Série B 241————241
Botafogo-SP 2019 Série B 373110———483
Atlético Goianiense 2020 Série A 31013161——502
2021 26370406[lower-alpha 1]0—433
2022 3641548111[lower-alpha 1]1—7010
Subtotal 937355182171—16315
Botafogo 2023 Série A 00901000—100
Career total 197225862222021031832
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga

Honours

Atlético Goianiense

References

  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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