Nino (footballer, born 1997)

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
Nino in 2025
Personal information
Full name Marcilio Florencio Mota Filho[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997[1]
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 33
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 74 (3)
International career‡
2020–2021 Brazil U23 6 (0)
2023– Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals 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.

Club career

Nino is a product of the Sport Recife and Criciúma youth systems. On 18 February 2016, in a Campeonato Catarinense match against Camboriú, he made his debut for the main squad of the latter.[2] On 20 May 2017, in a match against Oeste, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.[3] On 17 June 2018, in a match against Oeste, he scored his first goal for Criciúma.[4] At the beginning of 2019, Nino moved to Fluminense on a loan deal. On 29 April, in a match against Goiás, he made his debut in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.[5] On 18 May, in a match against Cruzeiro, Nino scored his first goal for Fluminense.[6] 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.[7][8]

On 2 June 2024, Nino scored a late equalizer in the 2024 Russian Cup final which Zenit eventually won in added time.[9]

International career

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

As of match played 23 August 2026[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Criciúma 2016 Série B 002000—1[a]030
2017 2403000—2[a]0290
2018 29115020——461
2019 005000——50
Total 531250200030831
Fluminense 2019 Série A 36120606[b]0—501
2020 263806100—404
2021 25291208[c]0—443
2022 300708080—530
2023 2621314111[c]1—545
Total 14383922623310024113
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2023–24 Russian Premier League 120—41——161
2024–25 302—50—00352
2025–26 271—50——321
2026–27 50—00—1[d]060
Total 743001410010894
Career total 270126424233314041318
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  4. ↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Honours

Fluminense

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Brazil Olympic

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Camboriú VS. Criciúma 3:5". soccerway.com. 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 1:0". soccerway.com. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Oeste VS. Criciúma 2:2". soccerway.com. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Fluminense VS. Goiás 0:1". soccerway.com. 29 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Fluminense VS. Cruzeiro 4:1". soccerway.com. 18 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Нино — игрок "Зенита"!". FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "Zenit anuncia a contratação de Nino, que deixa o Fluminense". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 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
  15. ↑ ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  16. ↑ ""Зенит" стал 11-кратным чемпионом России и обновил рекорд по количеству титулов" [Zenit became Russian champion for 11th time and updated the record for number of trophies] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  17. ↑ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 18 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.
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