Nino (footballer, born 1997)

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In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Nino
Personal information
Full name Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 27
Youth career
Sport Recife
Criciúma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Criciúma 78 (1)
2019 → Fluminense (loan) 38 (1)
2020–2023 Fluminense 138 (8)
2024– Zenit Saint Petersburg 9 (0)
International career‡
2020– Brazil U23 6 (0)
2023– Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:49, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho commonly known as Nino (born 10 April 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Brazil national team.[2]

Club career[edit]

Nino is a product of the Sport Recife and Criciúma youth systems. On February 18, 2016, in a Campeonato Catarinense match against Camboriú, he made his debut for the main squad of the latter.[3] On May 20, 2017, in a match against Oeste, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[4] On June 17, 2018, in a match against Oeste, he scored his first goal for Criciúma.[5] At the beginning of 2019, Nino moved to Fluminense on a loan deal. On April 29, in a match against Goiás, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[6] On May 18, in a match against Cruzeiro, Nino scored his first goal for Fluminense.[7] At the end of the loan spell, the club exercised the option to purchase his transfer for 1.1 million euros. In 2023, he helped the club win the Copa Libertadores but would later score an own goal in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup final against Manchester City F.C.

On 4 January 2024, Nino joined Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg on a four-and-a-half year contract for a fee reported to be around €5 million.[8][9]

International career[edit]

On 17 June 2021, Nino was named in the Brazilian squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

In August 2023, he received his first call-up to the Brazil national team by interim head coach Fernando Diniz, for two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Bolivia and Peru.[11][12] He made his debut on 21 November 2023 in a World Cup qualifier 0–1 home loss against Argentina, he substituted Marquinhos at half-time. That was Brazil's first home loss in World Cup qualifiers in history.[13]

Career statistics[edit]

As of 6 May 2024[14]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Criciúma 2016 Série B 0 0 2 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 3 0
2017 24 0 3 0 0 0 — 2[a] 0 29 0
2018 29 1 15 0 2 0 — — 46 1
2019 0 0 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Subtotal 53 1 25 0 2 0 — 3 0 83 1
Fluminense 2019 Série A 36 1 2 0 6 0 6[b] 0 — 50 1
2020 26 3 8 0 6 1 0 0 — 40 4
2021 25 2 9 1 2 0 8[c] 0 — 44 3
2022 30 0 7 0 8 0 8 0 — 53 0
2023 26 2 13 1 4 1 11[c] 1 — 54 5
Subtotal 143 8 39 2 26 2 33 1 — 241 13
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2023–24 Russian Premier League 9 0 — 3 0 — — 12 0
Career total 205 9 64 2 31 2 33 1 3 0 336 14
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores

Honours[edit]

Fluminense

Brazil Olympic

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Fluminense FC" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Nino :: Marcílio Florêncio Mota Filho :: Fluminense".
  3. ^ "Camboriú VS. Criciúma 3:5". soccerway.com. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 1:0". soccerway.com. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 2:2". soccerway.com. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Fluminense VS. Goiás 0:1". soccerway.com. 29 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Fluminense VS. Cruzeiro 4:1". soccerway.com. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Нино — игрок "Зенита"!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Zenit anuncia a contratação de Nino, que deixa o Fluminense". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Seleção Olímpica é convocada para os Jogos Olímpicos de Tóquio 2020". CBF. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Fernando Diniz convoca Seleção Brasileira para a estreia das Eliminatórias" (in Portuguese). CBF. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. ^ Mota, Cahê; Zarko, Raphael (18 August 2023). "Convocados da Seleção: veja a primeira lista de Fernando Diniz". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Brazil v Argentina game report". ESPN. 21 November 2023.
  14. ^ Nino at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

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