Serginho (footballer, born March 1995)

Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior (born 15 March 1995), commonly known as Serginho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or second-striker for and captains Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soler and the second or paternal family name is de Oliveira. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Serginho
Serginho celebrating with Kashima Antlers after winning the 2018 AFC Champions League Final
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Antônio Soler de Oliveira Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995[1]
Place of birth Monte Aprazível, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Second-striker
Team information
Current team
 Changchun Yatai
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2008 SESC
2008–2011 São Paulo
2011–2015 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Santos 29 (0)
2016 → Vitória (loan) 16 (1)
2017 → Santo André (loan) 0 (0)
2018 → América Mineiro (loan) 12 (4)
2018–2019 Kashima Antlers 43 (15)
2020– Changchun Yatai 55 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022

Club career

Born in Monte Aprazível, São Paulo, Serginho joined Santos FC's youth setup in 2011, aged 15, after being released by rivals São Paulo FC due to a recurrent back injury.[2] He soon earned plaudits for his performances with the under-20's, being a key midfield unit during the 2014 Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior winning campaign.

On 9 March 2014 Serginho made his first-team debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 4–1 home success over Oeste for the Campeonato Paulista championship.[3] He made his Série A debut on 11 September, again from the bench in a 1–3 away loss against Sport Recife.[4]

On 15 January 2016, Serginho renewed his contract – which was due to expire at the end of the year – until 2018.[5] On 7 July, he was loaned to fellow top tier club Vitória until the end of the year.[6]

Serginho scored his first professional goal 17 November 2016, netting Vitória's second in a 2–3 away loss against former club Santos.[7] The following 17 February he moved to Santo André, on loan until the end of the 2017 Campeonato Paulista.[8]

Upon returning, Serginho did not play a single minute until July 2017, in a 1–0 away win against Atlético Mineiro. He started to feature more regularly in late September, mainly used as a substitute.[9]

On 23 January 2018, Serginho was loaned to fellow top tier club América Mineiro for one year.[10] On 15 April, he scored a brace in a 3–0 home defeat of Sport.

On 29 July 2018, he moved to J1 League club Kashima Antlers.[11] Serginho made an impressive appearance with Kashima in the 2018 AFC Champions League.[12][13]

Career statistics
As of 31 December 2022.[14]
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2014 Série A 501030———90
2015 1000030———130
2016 5011020———180
2017 90—————90
Total 29012080—00—490
Vitória (loan) 2016 Série A 161———20—181
Santo André (loan) 2017 Paulista —130————130
América Mineiro (loan) 2018 Série A 12410122———247
Kashima Antlers 2018 J.League 103—304265—2310
2019 3312—42201163[lower-alpha 1]15321
Total 43150072621711317631
Changchun Yatai 2020 China League One 153—21———174
2021 Chinese Super League 153—00———153
2022 259—00———259
Total 551500210000005716
Career total 155353511956219113123755
  1. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Club

Santos

Kashima Antlers

Changchun Yatai

References
  1. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: List of Players: Kashima Antlers" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2018. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2018.
  2. "Dispensado por rival por 'lesão sem cura', Serginho brilha no Santos" [Released from rival due to 'incurable injury', Serginho shines in Santos] (in Portuguese). Diário Lance!. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. "Pelo alto, Santos goleia outra vez na Vila Belmiro e complica o Oeste" [From above, Santos thrashes again in Vila Belmiro and complicates Oeste] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. "Com "hat-trick" de Patric, Sport vira, bate Santos e se aproxima do G-4" [With a hat-trick from Patric, Sport completes comeback, defeats Santos and goes closer to G-4] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. "Jovem meia Serginho renova contrato com o Santos até 2018" [Young midfielder Serginho renews contract with Santos until 2018] (in Portuguese). Terra. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. "Santos FC empresta meia Serginho ao Vitória (BA)" [Santos FC loan midfielder Serginho to Vitória (BA)] (in Portuguese). Santos FC. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  7. "Santos bate Vitória e diminui distância para o Palmeiras, que empatou em BH" [Santos defeat Vitória and shorten distance to Palmeiras, which drew in BH] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  8. "Serginho é emprestado pelo Santos ao Santo André até o fim do Paulista" [Serginho is loaned from Santos to Santo André until the end of the Paulista] (in Portuguese). Terra. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  9. "Serginho reaparece no Santos e ganha nova função com Levir Culpi" [Serginho reappears at Santos and wins new role with Levir Culpi] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. "Santos empresta Serginho para o América-MG" [Santos loan Serginho to América-MG] (in Portuguese). Terra. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. セルジーニョ選手が加入 (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  12. "TOYOTA PLAYER OF THE WEEK | AFC". www.the-afc.com.
  13. "AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018".
  14. SERGINHO at soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-05-10
  15. "观察： 亚泰重返中超--金元逝去 秩序回归". sports.sina.com.cn. 2020-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
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