Marinho (footballer, born 1990)

Marinho
Marinho with Santos in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mário Sérgio Santos Costa
Date of birth (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990
Place of birth Penedo, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Fortaleza
Number 11
Youth career
2004–2005 Penedense
2005–2007 Corinthians-AL
2008 Santos
2008 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Fluminense 9 (0)
2009–2013 Internacional 5 (0)
2011Caxias (loan) 5 (0)
2011Paraná (loan) 7 (2)
2012Goiás (loan) 13 (1)
2013Ituano (loan) 11 (1)
2014 Náutico 21 (2)
2015 Ceará 17 (6)
2015–2016 Cruzeiro 12 (1)
2016Vitória (loan) 15 (5)
2016 Vitória 22 (10)
2017–2018 Changchun Yatai 22 (3)
2018–2019 Grêmio 23 (5)
2019–2022 Santos 89 (34)
2022–2023 Flamengo 19 (2)
2023– Fortaleza 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023

Mário Sérgio Santos Costa (born 29 May 1990), commonly known as Marinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [maˈɾiɲu]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Fortaleza.

Marinho began his career at Fluminense, and subsequently represented several teams in his home country before impressing with Vitória in 2016. He then moved to Chinese club Changchun Yatai in 2017, but returned to Brazil in the following year with Grêmio. After moving to Santos in 2019, he enjoyed a prolific 2020 season, earning several individual awards such as the South American Footballer of the Year. In 2022, he moved to Flamengo.