Marlos

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Romero and the second or paternal family name is Bonfim.

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.

Marlos

Marlos with Shakhtar Donetsk in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Marlos Romero Bonfim
Date of birth	(1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	São José dos Pinhais, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right winger
Youth career
0000–2005	Coritiba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Coritiba	34	(3)
2009–2011	São Paulo	59	(5)
2011	Rentistas	0	(0)
2011	→ São Paulo (loan)	26	(4)
2012–2014	Metalist Kharkiv	53	(9)
2014–2021	Shakhtar Donetsk	179	(59)
2022	Athletico Paranaense	6	(0)
Total		357	(80)
International career
2017–2021	Ukraine	27	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Marlos was born in São José dos Pinhais. In July 2014, he signed a five-year contract with Shakhtar Donetsk.^[2]

In 2016–17, Marlos was recognized as a player of the month of the Ukrainian Premier League on three occasions (November 2016,^[3] May 2017,^[4] and July 2017^[5]) 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).^[6] Supposedly, this was done to solve the problem regarding the limit of foreign players allowed on the Shakhtar squad.^[6] The same day, Shakhtar Donetsk issued its official press release denying the pay out.^[7]

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.^{[citation needed]}

On 31 December 2021, Marlos left Shakhtar Donetsk following the expiration of his contract.^[8]

On 1 February 2022, Marlos signed for Athletico Paranaense.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[10]

Managerial career

In October 2024, Marlos became general director of the Brazilian club Independente Futebol São Joseense.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[12]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		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
	2009	Série A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	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
	2010	Série A	33	4	0	0	8	0	13	1	54	5
	2011	Série A	26	4	7	0	3	0	18	3	54	7
	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
	2012–13	Ukrainian Premier League	27	5	2	2	10	1	0	0	39	8
	2013–14	Ukrainian Premier League	17	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	21	3
	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
	2015–16	Ukrainian Premier League	24	8	5	0	18	4	1	0	48	12
	2016–17	Ukrainian Premier League	29	3	3	2	11	2	1	0	44	7
	2017–18	Ukrainian Premier League	29	18	3	2	8	2	1	0	41	22
	2018–19	Ukrainian Premier League	19	9	1	0	5	1	1	0	26	10
	2019–20	Ukrainian Premier League	24	13	1	0	10	0	1	0	36	13
	2020–21	Ukrainian Premier League	19	2	1	0	10	0	1	0	31	2
	2021–22	Ukrainian Premier League	14	2	1	0	10	1	1	0	26	3
	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			357	80	35	8	114	13	39	5	545	106

1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Ukrainian Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ukraine	2017	3	0
	2018	8	0
	2019	5	1
	2020	4	0
	2021	7	0
Total		27	1

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Marlos goal.^[13]

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^[14]
• 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: 2016–17 (November), 2016–17 (May), 2017–18 (July)