Mauro Júnior

Mauro Jaqueson Júnior Ferreira dos Santos (born 6 May 1999), commonly known as Mauro Júnior, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for PSV Eindhoven.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Mauro Júnior
Personal information
Full name Mauro Jaqueson Júnior Ferreira dos Santos
Date of birth (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999
Place of birth Palmital, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 PSV
Number 17
Youth career
2013–2017 Desportivo Brasil
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Desportivo Brasil 4 (0)
2017–2019 Jong PSV 26 (5)
2017– PSV 36 (3)
2019–2020 → Heracles Almelo (loan) 24 (6)
National team‡
2013 Brazil U15 3 (0)
2014–2015 Brazil U17 12 (3)
2019– Brazil U23 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

PSV

On 23 June 2017, Mauro Júnior signed a five year contract with PSV until 2022.[1]

He was sent out on a season-long loan to fellow Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo for the 2019–20 season.[2] On 20 September 2019, he scored a brace as Heracles defeated local rivals FC Twente by a score of 3–2.[3]

On 24 September 2020, Mauro Júnior scored his side's second goal in a 5–1 away win over NŠ Mura in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[4]

International career

Mauro Júnior represented Brazil at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship.[5] He came on as a substitute for Marco Túlio in the final, a 1–0 loss to Colombia.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 4 October 2020.[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Desportivo Brasil 2017 – 00–4[lower-alpha 1]040
Jong PSV 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 13100–00131
2018–19 13400–00134
Total 265000000265
PSV 2017–18 Eredivisie 1512[lower-alpha 2]00000171
2018–19 402[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]01[lower-alpha 4]081
2020–21 40002[lower-alpha 5]10061
Total 231413110313
Heracles Almelo (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 2663[lower-alpha 2]00000296
Career total 75127131509014
Notes
  1. Appearances in the Campeonato Paulista
  2. Appearances in the KNVB Cup
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in the Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "PSV trekt Braziliaan Mauro Júnior aan". PSV Eindhoven (in Dutch). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. "MAURO JUNIOR RETURNS TO GROUP TRAINING WITH PSV". PSV. 4 June 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. "Twente 2:3 Heracles". Who Scored. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  4. "Mura 1–5 PSV". UEFA. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  5. "Brazil training squad announced for 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship". Samba Foot. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. "Brasil 0-1 Colombia". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. Mauro Júnior at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2017.


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