Marlos Romero Bonfim (; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Ukraine national team.
Club career Marlos was born in São José dos Pinhais. In July 2014, he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.
In 2016–17, Marlos was recognized as a player of the month of the Ukrainian Premier League on three occasions (November 2016, May 2017, and July 2017) becoming the most-titled by the award.
On 20 October 2017, there surfaced information that Marlos was paid one million dollars, which was said to be a bonus for extending his contract (four years).Akhmetov paid Marlos $1 mln for accepting Ukrainian citizenship (Ахметов заплатил Марлосу 1 млн долларов за принятие гражданства Украины). Sport Arena. 20 October 2017 Supposedly, this was done to solve the problem regarding the limit of foreign players allowed on the Shakhtar squad. The same day, Shakhtar Donetsk issued its official press release denying the pay out.Shakhtar denied its pay out to Marlos a million of dollars for accepting Ukrainian citizenship (Шахтер опроверг выплату Марлосу миллиона долларов за принятие гражданства Украины). Sport Arena. 20 October 2017
In the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, he scored 18 league goals only to yield the top scorer of the season title to his teammate Facundo Ferreyra with 21 tallies.
On 31 December 2021, Marlos left Shakhtar Donetsk following the expiration of his contract.
On 1 February 2022, Marlos signed for Athletico Paranaense.
International career On 30 September 2017, FFU announced that Marlos was called up to play for Ukraine in the upcoming games of the World Cup qualification against Kosovo and Croatia.Marlos is called to the Ukraine national football team up against Croatia and Kosovo (Марлос вызван в сборную Украины на Хорватию и Косово). Sport Arena. 30 September 2017 Marlos made his debut for Ukraine on 6 October 2017, replacing Artem Kravets in the second half of a 2–0 away win against Kosovo in Shkodër (Albania) as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. He is the second Brazilian-born to play for Ukraine after Edmar Halovskyi who represented Ukraine in 2011–2014.
Managerial career In October 2024, Marlos became general director of the Brazilian club Independente Futebol São Joseense.
Career statistics Club + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCoritiba2008Série A3330000003332009Série A1000000010Total343000000343São Paulo2009Série A2610010002712010Série A33400801315452011Série A2647030183547Total8597012031413513Metalist Kharkiv2011–12Ukrainian Premier League910061001522012–13Ukrainian Premier League27522101003982013–14Ukrainian Premier League173202000213Total53942182007513Shakhtar Donetsk2014–15Ukrainian Premier League2147060113552015–16Ukrainian Premier League248501841048122016–17Ukrainian Premier League29332112104472017–18Ukrainian Premier League291832821041222018–19Ukrainian Premier League19910511026102019–20Ukrainian Premier League2413101001036132020–21Ukrainian Premier League19210100103122021–22Ukrainian Premier League1421010110263Total1795922478108128774Athletico Paranaense2022Série A60226100143Career total3578035811413395545106
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsUkraine201730201880201951202040202170Total271
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marlos goal.
+ List of international goals scored by MarlosNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 7 September 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
Honours Coritiba Brazilian Série B: 2007 Paraná State League: 2008
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 Individual UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League Footballer of the Year: 2016, 2017, 2018 Ukrainian Premier League Best Player of Season: 2017–18 Football Stars of Ukraine – Best UPL player: 2017, 2018 Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Month: 2016–17 (November), 2016–17 (May), 2017–18 (July)
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