Marlos

Marlos Romero Bonfim (Ukrainian: Марлос Ромеро Бонфим; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a Brazilian-born Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ukrainian club FC Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukraine national team.

Club Career

Marlos was born in Sao Jose 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 roster. The same day, FC 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.

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