# Marlos

Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukrainian: Марлос Ромеро Бонфім; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking 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). 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.
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 and due to the beginning of Russo-Ukrainian War.
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 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

    As of 26 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Coritiba | 2008 | Série A | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| Coritiba | 2009 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Coritiba | Total | Total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| São Paulo | 2009 | Série A | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| São Paulo | 2010 | Série A | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 54 | 5 |
| São Paulo | 2011 | Série A | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 54 | 7 |
| São Paulo | Total | Total | 85 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 135 | 13 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2011–12 | Ukrainian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2012–13 | Ukrainian Premier League | 27 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2013–14 | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | Total | Total | 53 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 13 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2014–15 | Ukrainian Premier League | 21 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 5 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2015–16 | Ukrainian Premier League | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 12 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2016–17 | Ukrainian Premier League | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2017–18 | Ukrainian Premier League | 29 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 22 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 10 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 24 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 13 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Total | Total | 179 | 59 | 22 | 4 | 78 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 287 | 74 |
| Athletico Paranaense | 2022 | Série A | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 357 | 80 | 35 | 8 | 114 | 13 | 39 | 5 | 545 | 106 |

### International

    As of 21 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Ukraine | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 27 | 1 |
    Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marlos goal.
List of international goals scored by Marlos :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 7 September 2019 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | 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 (3): 2016–17 (November), 2016–17 (May), 2017–18 (July)