Marlon returns to Shakhtar
Friday, July 11, 2025
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The Brazilian defender joined the club’s squad
29-year-old centre-back Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa is returning to Shakhtar and has already joined the team in Slovenia.
We remind that Marlon first joined the Miners in summer 2021 from Italian club Sassuolo. making 22 appearances for the team in half a year. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was loaned out to Italian Monza (30 matches) and Brazilian Fluminense (30). He played for Los Angeles FC (26 apps, 1 goal) in the 2024/25 season, participating in three matches of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the USA.
Profile
Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa
Born on September 7, 1995 in Duque de Caxias (Brazil)
Height: 182 cm
Position: central defender
Career: Fluminense (2014–2017, 2023–2024), Barcelona (2017–2018), Nice (2017–2018), Sassuolo (2018–2021), Shakhtar (2021–2022), Monza (2022–2023), Los Angeles (2024–2025)
We remind that Marlon first joined the Miners in summer 2021 from Italian club Sassuolo. making 22 appearances for the team in half a year. After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he was loaned out to Italian Monza (30 matches) and Brazilian Fluminense (30). He played for Los Angeles FC (26 apps, 1 goal) in the 2024/25 season, participating in three matches of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the USA.
Profile
Marlon Santos da Silva Barbosa
Born on September 7, 1995 in Duque de Caxias (Brazil)
Height: 182 cm
Position: central defender
Career: Fluminense (2014–2017, 2023–2024), Barcelona (2017–2018), Nice (2017–2018), Sassuolo (2018–2021), Shakhtar (2021–2022), Monza (2022–2023), Los Angeles (2024–2025)