Malcom

Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira (born 26 February 1997), or simply Malcom (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈmawko]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg. He is mostly deployed as a right winger.

He began his career at Corinthians, making his professional debut in 2014 and winning the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A. In January 2016, he transferred to Bordeaux, where he played 96 total games and scored 23 goals over the next two-and-a-half years. He signed for Barcelona for an initial fee of €41 million in 2018. A year later, he signed for Zenit for a fee of €40 million.

Club Career

Corinthians

Born in Sao Paulo, Malcom began his career in the youth of hometown club Corinthians. In early 2014, he starred in the side that came runners-up to Santos in the Copa Sao Paulo de Futebol Junior.

He was called by coach Mano Menezes into the first team and made his professional debut on 19 March 2014 in a Copa do Brasil first round game away to Bahia de Feira, playing the last ten minutes of the 2–0 win in place of Jadson. Four days later he made his sole appearance of the Campeonato Paulista season, coming on around the same mark for Luciano in a 3–0 home win over Atletico Sorocaba.

Malcom made his Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A debut on 27 April 2014, as a substitute for Romarinho in a 2–0 home win over Flamengo. He scored his first professional goal on 18 September, opening a 1–1 draw with Chapecoense at Arena Corinthians.

He was a regular first team player during the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A championship campaign. He played a total of 70 games and scored 10 goals during his tenure at the club.

Bordeaux

French team Bordeaux signed Malcom on 31 January 2016, replacing Sunderland-bound Wahbi Khazri. The club paid €5 million for half of his economic rights.

He made his Ligue 1 debut a week later, starting in a 4–1 home loss to Saint-Etienne and being subst

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