# Endrick (footballer, born 1995)

Endrick dos Santos Parafita (born 7 March 1995), simply known as Endrick, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City, on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Malaysia national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Endrick began his career as a footballer with the Brazilian club Ypiranga in 2014.

### Campinense Clube

In 2015, Endrick moved to another club in Brazil, Campinense.

### Santa Rita

Later that same year in 2015, Endrick moved to the Angolan club Santa Rita de Cássia.

### Apollon Limassol

On 8 August 2016, Endrick began his career in Europe by joining the Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol.

#### AEZ Zakakiou (loan)

On 9 August 2016 after the day he moved to Apollon Limassol, Endrick was loaned out to AEZ Zakakiou until the end of the 2016–17 season. He make his debut for the club on 21 August in a 3–1 win over Ethnikos Achnas.

### Botoșani

On 23 January 2017, Endrick later moved to the Romanian club Botoșani. He made his debut on 20 February in a 1–0 loss to Dinamo București.

### Felcra

On 9 January 2018, Endrick began his career in Asia with a move to the Malaysian football club Felcra, where he helped the club to become the runners-up in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League.

### Selangor

In January 2019, Endrick joined Malaysia Super League club, Selangor. He make his debut in a 1–1 draw to Felda United on 3 February. Endrick scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 lost to Johor Darul Ta'zim on 1 March.

### Penang

On 5 March 2020, Endrick moved to Malaysia Premier League club, Penang. He helped them to win the 2020 Malaysia Premier League, thus securing their promotion to the 2021 Malaysian Super League.

### Johor Darul Ta'zim

On 5 January 2023, Endrick signed for Johor Darul Ta'zim as part of their campaign in the upcoming 2023 Malaysia Super League and 2023-24 AFC Champions League campaign. As he had been playing in Malaysia for the last 5 years, he is registered as a local player after acquiring Malaysian citizenship. Endrick scored on his debut in a 3–0 win against Kuala Lumpur City on 1 March. He went on to scored in three consecutive league match onwards. On 19 September, he make his AFC Champions League debut in a 1–0 lost to Japanese club Kawasaki Frontale. Endrick manage to scored his first AFC Champions League goal in a 4–1 win over Thailand club BG Pathum United on 12 December.

#### Ho Chi Minh City (loan)

On 11 August 2024, Endrick is loaned to V.League 1 side Ho Chi Minh City until the end of the 2024–25 season. On 22 September, he scored and assisted a goal in a 2–1 win over Quy Nhon Binh Dinh.

## International career

As Endrick was born in Brazil prior to acquiring Malaysian citizenship, Endrick is eligible to play for Brazil. After playing in Malaysia for the last 6 years, Endrick acquired Malaysian citizenship in early 2023, thus allowing him to represent Malaysia. On 15 March 2023, he received his first national call up to the Malaysia national team for the centralised training camp beginning on 18 March ahead of the international friendlies against Turkmenistan and Hong Kong. He made his debut on 28 March against Turkmenistan at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. He was also called up to play at the 2023 Merdeka Tournament in October 2023.
Endrick was part of the squad that was chosen to represent at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar and also the 2024 ASEAN Championship.

## Honours
### Club

Felcra
* Malaysia Premier League runner-up: 2018
Penang
* Malaysia Premier League: 2020
Johor Darul Ta'zim
* Malaysia Super League: 2023
* Malaysia FA Cup: 2023
* Malaysia Cup: 2023
* Malaysia Charity Shield: 2023

### International
#### Malaysia

* Merdeka Tournament: 2024; runner-up 2023