Murilo Cerqueira

Murilo Cerqueira Paim (born 27 March 1997) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a central defender or defensive midfielder for Brazilian club Palmeiras.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Cerqueira and the second or paternal family name is Paim.
Murilo Cerqueira
Murilo playing for Palmeiras in 2022
Personal information
Full name Murilo Cerqueira Paim
Date of birth (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997
Place of birth São Gonçalo dos Campos, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Palmeiras
Number 26
Youth career
2012–2016 Cruzeiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Cruzeiro 50 (0)
2019–2022 Lokomotiv Moscow 52 (4)
2022– Palmeiras 66 (12)
International career‡
2016 Brazil U20 3 (2)
2019–2020 Brazil U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Cruzeiro

Cerqueira played for the Cruzeiro Youth Teams since 2012. In 2017, he was promoted to the senior team. On March 21, 2017 he made his professional debut for Cruzeiro in the match against Joinville Esporte Clube at the Primeira Liga.[2][3]

Lokomotiv
Murilo with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2019

On 18 June 2019, Murilo signed a 5-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Lokomotiv Moscow.[4] On 12 May 2021, he scored the last goal in a 3–1 victory over PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara in the 2020–21 Russian Cup final.

Palmeiras

On 12 January 2022, Cerqueira signed a five-season contract with Série A club Palmeiras.[5]

International career

Cerqueira represented Brazil U20 at youth level. He was one of the sparring players for the Brazil 2016 Olympic team. He was also part of the Brazil U-23 team which won the 2019 Toulon Tournament. He was present for the 2020 Summer Olympics qualifying cycle, but ended up not being called up to the final list for the tournament. [6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 19 August 2023[7][8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cruzeiro 2017 Série A 24050002[lower-alpha 1]0310
2018 Série A 90001[lower-alpha 2]010[lower-alpha 3]0200
2019 Série A 10001[lower-alpha 2]04[lower-alpha 3]060
Total 3405020160570
Lokomotiv Moscow 2019–20 Russian Premier League 250105[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0320
2020–21 Russian Premier League 224215[lower-alpha 4]01[lower-alpha 5]0305
2021–22 Russian Premier League 50003[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 5]090
Total 5243113030715
Palmeiras 2022 Série A 325408[lower-alpha 2]313[lower-alpha 7]35711
2023 Série A 102203[lower-alpha 2]014[lower-alpha 8]2294
Total 427601132758615
Career total 1281114122346521420
  1. Appearance(s) in Primeira Liga (Brazil)
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores
  3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Mineiro
  4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. Appearance(s) in Russian Super Cup
  6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  7. Eleven appearances and three goals in Campeonato Paulista, two appearances in Recopa Sudamericana
  8. Thirteen appearances and two goals in Campeonato Paulista, one appearance in Supercopa do Brasil

Honours

Club

Cruzeiro

Lokomotiv Moscow

Palmeiras

International

Brazil U23

Individual

References
  1. "Серкейра МУРИЛО | ФК Локомотив".
  2. Macedo, Guilherme; Arruda, Rafael (21 June 2017). "Chance para Murilo: Cruzeiro tem histórico de jovens zagueiros que se deram bem; veja". Super Esportes. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. Amaral, Thaynara. "Novo titular, Murilo se inspira em Sérgio Ramos e recebe conselhos de Dedé". Globo Esporte. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  4. "Серкейра Мурило – в "Локо"!" [Cerqueira Murilo is at Loko!]. FC Lokomotiv Moscow. 18 June 2019.
  5. "Palmeiras contrata zagueiro Murilo, campeão pelo Lokomotiv" [Palmeiras hire defender Murilo, champion for Lokomotiv] (in Portuguese). Palmeiras. 12 January 2022.
  6. "Sub-20 convocada para treinos na Granja". CBF. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  7. "Murilo Ogol Profile". Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. "Murilo". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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