Marlon (footballer, born May 1997)

Marlon
Personal information
Full name Marlon Rodrigues Xavier
Date of birth (1997-05-20) 20 May 1997
Place of birth Cascavel, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
Grêmio
Number 23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Criciúma 74 (0)
2017–2022 Fluminense 66 (1)
2019–2020 → Boavista (loan) 26 (2)
2020–2021 → Trabzonspor (loan) 36 (0)
2022–2023 Ankaragücü 13 (0)
2023–2025 Cruzeiro 81 (4)
2025 → Grêmio (loan) 31 (1)
2026– Grêmio 13 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 April 2026

Marlon Rodrigues Xavier (born 20 May 1997), sometimes known as just Marlon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio.[1]

Career

Marlon made his professional debut for Criciúma in a 1–0 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B win over Botafogo on 7 November 2015.[2] After spending his early career in Brazil with Criciúma and Fluminense, Marlon joined Boavista F.C. on loan on 5 August 2019.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 3 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Criciúma 2015 Série B 500000——50
2016 Série B 20019020——410
2017 Série B 8015000——230
Total 33034020——690
Fluminense 2017 Série A 15020004[a]000210
2018 Série A 12050001[a]000180
2019 Série A 0040001[a]00050
2021 Série A 13000000000130
2022 Série A 3000103[a]00070
Total 430110109000640
Boavista (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 262—10——272
Trabzonspor (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 360—10001[b]0380
Ankaragücü 2022–23 Süper Lig 130—20——150
Cruzeiro 2023 Série A 2121040——262
Career total 172446011090102394
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
  2. ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

Honours

Trabzonspor

Grêmio

References

  1. ↑ @Trabzonspor (12 August 2020). "Profesyonel futbolcu Marlon Rodrigues Xavier'in, kulübümüze satın alma opsiyonlu geçici transferi konusunda Flumine…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Criciúma vs. Botafogo - 7 November 2015 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  3. ↑ Canaves, Martin (5 August 2019). "Marlon deja Río de Janeiro para jugar en el Boavista". Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Süper Kupa Trabzonspor'un! (ÖZET) Başakşehir - Trabzonspor maç sonucu: 1-2" (in Turkish). Fanatik. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)